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Bluedot Festival

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]

Dark grey and black static with coloured vertical rays of sunlight over part of the image. A small pale blue point of light is barely visible.
The 1990 Pale Blue Dot photograph.[6]

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]

Musical performances

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]

Science talks

The festival has included talks and demonstrations from

References

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  2. ^ a b Heward, Emily (2017). "Review: Bluedot Festival day two at Jodrell Bank". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Manchester Evening News.
  3. ^ a b Martin, Daniel (2016). "Bluedot festival review – cosmic vibes permeate rave revival". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "bluedot 2019". events.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics | The University of Manchester". www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ Staff (12 February 2020). "Pale Blue Dot Revisited". NASA. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. ^ Sagan, Carl (1990). "The Pale Blue Dot". youtube.com. YouTube.
  8. ^ "Superstruct acquires UK festival Bluedot". IQ Magazine. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Bluedot Festival 2018: Review - The Skinny".
  10. ^ Wray, Daniel Dylan (23 July 2018). "Bluedot festival review – Gary Numan makes waves at science-pop mashup". The Guardian.
  11. ^ Moore, Sam (21 November 2018). "Kraftwerk announce huge 2019 UK festival show as Bluedot headliners". nme.com. NME. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  12. ^ "2019 Lineup". Bluedot Festival. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Line-Up". Bluedot. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. ^ Heward, Emily (16 April 2020). "Bluedot postpones 2020 festival to next year". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. ^ "More than a quarter of UK music festivals cancelled over insurance fears". The Guardian. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Covid: Bluedot festival cancelled over 'lack of government support'". BBC News. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Alert: 76% of UK Festivals Could Cancel If the Government Doesn't Step in". www.vice.com. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Bluedot 2022 – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  19. ^ "Bluedot Festival 2023 Lineup". discoverthebluedot. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Bluedot festival: who is headlining Manchester festival with Grace Jones, tickets, prices". nationalworld. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Science In The Soul: Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Jim Al-Khalili – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  22. ^ "Teresa Anderson – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  23. ^ "Sarah Bridle – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  24. ^ "Philippa Browning – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  25. ^ "Richard Dawkins".
  26. ^ "Tamsin Edwards". discoverthebluedot.com.
  27. ^ "Tim O'Brien – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  28. ^ "Lisa Harvey-Smith – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  29. ^ "JESSICA WADE & MELISSA CASTRILLÓN". discoverthebluedot.com.
  30. ^ "Heather Williams". Bluedot Festival. Retrieved 4 March 2019.


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