Bluedot festival: Meet Prof Brian Cox and go pulsar hunting this weekend!
Head to Jodrell Bank for a complex mix of artists, speakers, scientists and performers into a space event unlike any on earth
Taking place on 22 through to 24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for knowledge, bluedot is a brand new three-day festival of discovery that promises to fuse a complex mix of artists, speakers, scientists and performers into an event unlike any on earth.
The eclectic line-up includes Jean-Michel Jarre, Caribou, Underworld, Everything Everything, Public Service Broadcasting, Mercury Rev, Steve Mason, Ben UFO, British Sea Power, DJ Yoda, The Infinite Monday Cage with Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince as well as an array of talent from across the scientific, literary and arts communities with five distinct arenas featuring space orchestras, talks, screenings, lectures, comedy and debates including Dallas Campbell, Danielle George, Monica Grady, Matt Taylor, Pete Lawrence, Alan Garner, Jez and Andy Williams, Andrew Smith and many more.
A vast spectrum of hands-on activities will also be available including the Luminarium, art installations, robot workshops, a planetarium, the Galaxy Garden, pulsar hunting, graphene making classes and much more as well as an extensive programme of family entertainment offering kids’ of all ages the chance to enjoy an variety of specially designed science shows, an array of surprising and interactive workshops, meet and greets with science superhero’s and much, much more.
Full weekend camping and day tickets are now on sale. Adult weekend tickets start from £129 and day tickets start from £35. Children’s weekend tickets start from £69 and day tickets from £25 (Friday and Saturday). Children go free on Sunday. The seven-course menu provided by Michelin star chef Aiden Byrne in ‘The Restaurant at the end of the Universe’ starts from £69.
More information can be found here.
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