BLUEDOT 2020 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. One of the most influential and ground-breaking musicians of all time, Björk’s festival exclusive set […]
-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- Thursday Arriving at the festival late Thursday afternoon, we are just in time for Emma Gene Thackery. After finding a space in the busy camping ground to pitch, we make our first journey through the festival grounds. The festival is full, ready for the Halle Orchestra who are just as much […]

LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2019

LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2018 – SUNDAY

-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- [The final of our three-part Bluedot Festival 2018 review, one for each day.] The press office is a dark-walled structure by an ice cream van. It is inauspicious; you peer into the café when you walk up the path, at the cups, buffet and cheap tables. Within it, however, I splutter […]
-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- [The second of three parts of our Bluedot Festival 2018 review, one for each day. Come back over the next 24hrs for our coverage of Sunday’s festivities.] The morning is hotter than the fear of parasitic death. Sorry, but that’s the frame of thought I’m in after listening to Mark Taylor. […]

LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2018 – SATURDAY

LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2018 – FRIDAY

-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- [The first of three parts of our Bluedot Festival 2018 review, one for each day. Come back over the next 48hrs for our coverage of Saturday and Sunday’s festivities.] “All things are artificial,” goes the famous saying of Thomas Browne, one of our country’s most acrobatic thinkers, “for nature is the […]
Bluedot Festival: Official | Facebook | Twitter “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.” The words of the great cosmologist Carl Sagan, the spiritual godfather of Bluedot Festival, the annual celebration of music, science, arts, culture and exploration that this month returns for its third instalment. For the first time the […]

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD YEAR, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

SOUND CITY IS ZIPPING UP ITS BOOTS AND GOING BACK TO ITS ROOTS IN THE CITY CENTRE FOR 2018

Sound City, the latest edition of the award-winning metropolitan festival of live music and arts, takes place on the Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May 2018 to kick-start the UK season in style. Early bird tickets go on sale at 9am today. The festival has earned a reputation for its inventive use of a wide […]
bluedot taking place 7th-9th July 2017 at Jodrell Bank, has revealed two surprise special guests for this years festival including brand new Mancunian group Rogue Emperor, and pioneering dance act, Leftfield – presented by Amazon Music – who will be opening the Orbit stage at 6pm on Friday’s opening night. Leftfield, one of electronic music’s all […]

LEFTFIELD & ROGUE EMPEROR ADDED TO BLUEDOT BILL

MORE NEW ARTISTS FOR BLUEDOT 2017 PLUS DAY TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

Taking place Friday 7th-Sunday 9th July 2017, bluedot – the unique festival at Jodrell Bank Observatory that fuses music, arts and culture – has today announced a fourth wave of artists to join its already impressive bill. Singer-songwriter and producer, Astronomyy is a welcome addition to the festival. Known for his atmospheric chillwave and R&B-influenced […]
Sound City have just revealed even more live acts and some exciting additions to the arts and culture programme for its tenth anniversary. This includes Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess, who will be joined by the band’s guitarist Mark Collins for a special performance at the Tim Peaks Diner on Sunday. As well as treating fans […]

THIRD WAVE OF SOUND CITY ACTS ANNOUNCED INCLUDING TIM BURGESS