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bluedot festival


Friday 25 July July, 2025
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Macclesfield


About bluedot

bluedot is a truly unique festival taking place at Jodrell Bank, the iconic observatory at the heart of humanity’s quest for discovery.

This experience invites you to explore a stellar programme of music, science, arts, technology, culture and film and discover a festival unlike any other on Earth.

bluedot's mission is to entertain and inspire through a series of ground breaking live performances, DJ sets, talks, workshops, experiments, exhibitions and experiences.

bludot returns 20th-23rd July 2023!

Following two years of postponements, the award-winning intergalactic music, science and culture festival, bluedot (21 - 24 July ’22) – made a triumphant return in 2022.

Headlining Sunday evening with a UK Festival Exclusive and uniquely commissioned performance alongside Manchester’s famed Halle Orchestra was international superstar Björk.

Legendary Scottish post-rockers Mogwai headlined Saturday night at bluedot 2022 alongside Indie-electro giants, Metronomy whilst one of the best-loved dance acts, Groove Armada closed Friday night.

The stellar line-up also saw Spiritualized, Yard Act, Working Mens Club, A Certain Ratio, Tim Burgess, Squarepusher and Anna Meredith amongst many more acts. 

bluedot has also had headline names from its science programme for 2022. Key speakers included host of Radio 4’s The Life Scientific Professor Jim Al-Khalili, British historian and filmmaker David Olusoga, leading space scientist Monica Grady, and astrophysicist and host of BBC’s The Sky at Night Chris Lintott.

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bluedot Reviews

4 / 5

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56 reviews

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Melody Walters

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23 July 2019

Waited 4 decades to see Kraftwerk.... they were mind blowing and the sound quality across the festival was faultless

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Jax Gordon

Verified Review

23 July 2019

fantastic event as always. great music. learned loads. great range of food. app works really well. loved the pre pay wristbands too. so much easier! only improvement suggestion: organise camping space better and have an opt-in quiet zone .... or an opt in party zone ... so that entire site is not at the mercy of karioke and drnken revelry all night.

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Abbie Williams

Verified Review

22 July 2019

Incredible weekend - I'm dying to go back already!

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John Rounsley

Verified Review

22 July 2019

Excellent festival. Great vibe. Small enough to feel intimate. But big enough to have lots going on. And can't p beat the location, underneath routes the Lovell telescope

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Friday 25 July July, 2025
Jodrell Bank Observatory in Macclesfield

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Bluedot Festival is TBC for 2025!

Bluedot is located in Cheshire as part of Manchester University, The Jodrell Bank Observatory. The postcode to take you directly to the site is SK11 9DW.

Bluedot Festival is suitable for all ages with plenty of science and art activities for the family to enjoy. You may be asked to show photo ID.

You are allowed to bring food and drink to the campsite however you are not allowed to bring your own food and drink into the festival site. There will be a wide variety of food and drink stalls inside the festival, serving up organic, vegetarian and vegan options.

The set times are generally released on the first day of the festival.