Wake

Wake or The Wake may refer to:

Culture

 * Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies
 * Wakes week, an English holiday tradition
 * Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh gŵyl mabsant, the fairs held on the local parish's patron saint's annual feast

Film, television, and audio

 * Wake (2009 film), an independent film
 * Wake (cancelled film), a cancelled American action thriller film
 * "Wake" (The Secret Circle), a television episode
 * The Wake (1986 film), a Canadian drama film
 * The Wake (2005 film), a Greek film
 * The Wake (audio drama), a Doctor Who related audio drama

Literature

 * Wake (McMann novel), 2008
 * Wake (Sawyer novel), 2009
 * Wake (comics), a French comic created by Morvan and Buchet
 * The Wake (novel), 2014, by Paul Kingsnorth
 * The Sandman: The Wake, a 1995 graphic novel

Games

 * Alan Wake, a 2010 video game
 * Alan Wake 2, the 2023 video game sequel.
 * Crasher Wake, a Gym Leader in the Pokémon video games

Music

 * Wake (opera), a 2018 opera by Giorgio Battistelli
 * The Wake (UK band), a post-punk band
 * The Wake (American band), a gothic rock band
 * Wake (Dead Can Dance album), 2003
 * Wake (Floater album), 2010
 * Wake (Mortal album), 1994
 * Wake (Tara MacLean album), 2008
 * Wake (Trio Töykeät album), 2005
 * Wake (Lycia album), 1989
 * Wake (For Today album), 2015
 * The Wake (IQ album), 1985
 * The Wake (Scott Kelly album), 2008
 * The Wake (Voivod album), 2018

Places and schools

 * Wake, Okayama, Japan
 * Wake, Virginia, U.S.
 * Wake County, North Carolina, U.S.
 * Wake Forest, North Carolina, U.S.
 * Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
 * Wake Forest Demon Deacons, this school's athletic program
 * Wake Island, in the Pacific Ocean
 * Bade Airport, the airport in Papua, Indonesia, assigned ICAO code WAKE

Science

 * WAKE (cipher), a stream cipher
 * Wake (physics), the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body
 * Wake low, a meteorological phenomenon which can cause high winds
 * Wake-on-LAN, a signal that activates a device via a network connection
 * Wake-on-ring, or Wake-on-Modem (WOM), a signal that activates a device via a telephone connection
 * Wake turbulence, the air turbulence that forms around and behind an aircraft
 * Wake, a group of vultures

Other uses

 * WAKE (AM), radio station in Indiana, United States
 * Wake (sculpture), a 2004 weathering steel sculpture by Richard Serra
 * Wake (surname)
 * USS Wake, the only U.S. ship to surrender in World War II.