Bluedot | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Music festival, Science festival |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
Inaugurated | 22 July 2016 |
Most recent | 21 July 2022 |
Next event | 21 July 2023 |
Attendance | 15,000 per day [1] |
Website |
discoverthebluedot |
Bluedot is a music, science and culture event held annually in July since 2016 at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, combining music, live science experiments, expert talks and immersive artworks. [1] [2] [3]
The event is endorsed by the University of Manchester, [4] current owners of the observatory. [5]
The festival is named after Pale Blue Dot, a famous 1990 photograph of planet Earth popularised by Carl Sagan. [7]
In May 2022, it was announced the live entertainment platform, Superstruct Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in Bluedot. [8]
Since 2016, acts performing at the bluedot festival have included Orbital, Underworld, Alt-J, Goldfrapp, Jean-Michel Jarre, [1] [2] [3] The Chemical Brothers, [9] Gary Numan and The Flaming Lips. [10]
Kraftwerk headlined Saturday at the 2019 event, alongside New Order and Hot Chip. [11] [12]
The 2020 festival was due to feature Björk, Groove Armada and Metronomy, [13] however the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] The acts were rescheduled to headline the festival in July 2021. However, the festival was cancelled for a second time due to COVID-19, citing the lack of insurance from the British government to cover financial losses if the event were to be cancelled for COVID-19-related reasons. [15] [16] [17] Bluedot returned in July 2022, with Björk headlining. [18]
The 2023 festival was headlined by Grace Jones [19] [20]
The festival has included talks and demonstrations from
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