Bluedot Festival

Bluedot
Setting up the 2016 festival. 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 recent21 July 2023 (2023-07-21)
Next eventtbc
Attendance15,000 per day[1]
Websitediscoverthebluedot.com

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]

  1. ^ a b "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". 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.