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Bluedot 2020

23 Jul–26 Jul 2020 Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre And Arboretum, Cheshire

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Bluedot returns for another year to Jodrell Bank, the iconic observatory and heart of our quest for knowledge of the cosmos. Bluedot invites you to camp out under the stars and to explore a stellar programme of music, science, arts, technology, culture, food and film.

Brought to you by the team behind Live From Jodrell Bank. Bluedot’s mission is to entertain and inspire through a full weekend of groundbreaking encounters, including performances, DJ sets, comedy, talks, workshops and live experiments.

Lineup

Fri 24th

29 acts

Groove Armada (live) Lovell Main Stage
BCUC Lovell Main Stage
Henge Lovell Main Stage
Liz Lawrence Lovell Main Stage
Pussy Riot Lovell Main Stage
Róisín Murphy Lovell Main Stage
DJ Acid Rephlux Deep Space Disco
Good Afternoon DJ's Deep Space Disco
Too Many Man Deep Space Disco
高中正義 Orbit
A Certain Ratio Orbit
Daniel Avery Orbit
Haai Orbit
Holodrum Orbit
Pussy Riot Orbit
Robin Richards Orbit
Sinead O'Brien Orbit
Phill Jupitus Contact
This Is Your Trial Contact
Black Futures Nebula
DJ Yoda Nebula
Indian Queens Nebula
Lazarus Kane Nebula
Mark Radcliffe's Une Nebula
Plastic Mermaids Nebula
Porridge Radio Nebula
P.V.A. Nebula
The Goa Express Nebula
The Starlight Magic Hour Nebula

Sat 25th

27 acts

Metronomy Lovell Main Stage
Lanterns On The Lake Lovell Main Stage
Los Bitchos Lovell Main Stage
Ride Lovell Main Stage
Sinkane Lovell Main Stage
Big Fish Little Fish Deep Space Disco
discolypso Deep Space Disco
Henge (DJ set) Deep Space Disco
All We Are Orbit
Beak Orbit
Nihiloxica Orbit
Otis Mensah Orbit
Squarepusher Orbit
Tangerine Dream Orbit
Tim Burgess Orbit
Tourist Orbit
Adam Buxton Contact
Garrett Millerick Contact
Matthew Winning Contact
My Feminist Boner Contact
homoelectric Nebula
Intergalactic Republic Of Kongo Nebula
Julia Bardo Nebula
Just Mustard Nebula
Melt Yourself Down Nebula
TTRRUUCES Nebula
We Are Not Devo Nebula

Sun 26th

19 acts

Björk Lovell Main Stage
Halle Orchestra Lovell Main Stage
808 State Lovell Main Stage
Anna Meredith Lovell Main Stage
EOB Lovell Main Stage
Pongo Lovell Main Stage
Crazy P (DJ set) Deep Space Disco
Regal Disco Deep Space Disco
BC Camplight Orbit
Dry Cleaning Orbit
Lost Souls of Saturn (live) Orbit
Onipa Orbit
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Orbit
Pumarosa Orbit
Rosie Lowe Orbit
Spiritualized Orbit
Andrew O\'Neill Contact
Fern Brady Contact
Oh My God! It's The Church Nebula

Unknown Day

8 acts

Kiri Pritchard Mclean Contact
Olga Koch Contact
Rob Rouse Contact
A Guy Called Gerald unknown stage
DJ FallBack unknown stage
DJ Riv unknown stage
Princess Leia & Han Solo's Wedding Disco unknown stage
Seth Troxler unknown stage

Camping

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Location & Map

Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre And Arboretum, Cheshire

Macclesfield, Cheshire, Cheshire, SK119DW

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Past Reviews

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Review

4/5

Blue Dot Festival 2018

"Set in the beautiful Cheshire countryside in the shadow of the huge Lovell Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Blue Dot Festival is a new experience for me."

Paul M. Jones 24 Jul 2018

Videos

Bluedot 2020 — Official Video

Bluedot 2020 — Highlights

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bluedot Festival Headliners Announced
bluedot has released the first wave of artists for this year with Björk, Groove Armada and Metronomy headlining the fifth instalment of the award-winning music, science and culture event at Cheshire’s iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory taking place 23–26 July 2020.
15 Feb 2020

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