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]

Bluedot
bluedot takes place against the backdrop of the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory (JBO) in Cheshire
StatusActive
GenreMusic festival, Science festival
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Inaugurated22 July 2016 (2016-07-22)
Most recent18 July 2019 (2019-07-18)
Next event23 July 2020 (2020-07-23)
Attendance15,000 per day[1]
Websitediscoverthebluedot.com

The event is endorsed by the University of Manchester,[4] current owners of the observatory.[5]

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]

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,[8] Gary Numan and The Flaming Lips.[9]

Kraftwerk headlined Saturday at the 2019 event, alongside New Order and Hot Chip.[10][11]

The 2020 festival was due to feature Björk, Groove Armada and Metronomy,[12] however the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The acts have been rescheduled to headline the festival in June 2021.

Science talks

The festival has included talks and demonstrations from Richard Dawkins, Brian Cox, Jim Al-Khalili,[14] Philippa Browning,[15] Timothy John O'Brien,[16] Sarah Bridle,[17] Lisa Harvey-Smith,[18] Heather Williams[19] and Teresa Anderson.[20]

References
  1. "Bluedot". Bluedot.
  2. Heward, Emily (2017). "Review: Bluedot Festival day two at Jodrell Bank". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Manchester Evening News.
  3. Martin, Daniel (2016). "Bluedot festival review – cosmic vibes permeate rave revival". theguardian.com. 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. "Bluedot Festival 2018: Review - The Skinny".
  9. Wray, Daniel Dylan (23 July 2018). "Bluedot festival review – Gary Numan makes waves at science-pop mashup". the Guardian.
  10. Moore, Sam (21 November 2018). "Kraftwerk announce huge 2019 UK festival show as Bluedot headliners". nme.com. NME. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  11. "2019 Lineup". Bluedot Festival. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  12. "Line-Up". Bluedot. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  13. Heward, Emily (16 April 2020). "Bluedot postpones 2020 festival to next year". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. "Science In The Soul: Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Jim Al-Khalili – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  15. "Philippa Browning – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  16. "Tim O'Brien – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  17. "Sarah Bridle – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  18. "Lisa Harvey-Smith – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.
  19. "Heather Williams". Bluedot Festival. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  20. "Teresa Anderson – Bluedot Festival". Bluedot Festival.


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