Live and direct, on the ground at Jodrell Bank for 2023’s festival of music, science and culture
cktrl / Jessica Winter / Holodrum / Young Fathers
Sunday starts mellow, becomes dramatic
Doctor Who / Adam Buxton / Max Cooper
Sunday chat to 3D spectacular
Bluedot 2023: The Radiophonic Workshop / Grace Jones
Glorious Sunday headliner wraps up Bluedot in style… and rain
Bluedot 2023: The Go! Team / Tinariwen / Snapped Ankles / TVAM / Henge / Foxtrap
More Saturday turns at our favourite festival
Bluedot 2023: Ishmael Ensemble / Nish Kumar / Belief
A dash from The Orchestra Object Tent, to Orbit, to Mission Control, ending up in Nebula
Bluedot 2023: Pavement / Sorry / The Pictish Trail / Henge
Pavement top-out Saturday in fine style
Bluedot 2023: Nubya Garcia / NIMMO / ONIPA
Sax boss takes the Lovell Stage, and a couple of Friday’s lesser spotted delights
Bluedot 2023: Leftfield / Gwenno/ Creep Show / Beak>/ MADMADMAD
Cracking Orbit Stage line-up
Bluedot 2023: Roisin Murphy / Django Django / Miss Grit
Main stage goes underground, overground
Bluedot 2023: Max Richter
Proms in the park vibe gives way to the classical moshpit
2022
Bluedot 2022: Sunday, Lovell Stage
Rain clouds are looming ominously when London-based post-punk outfit Warmduscher take to the stage.
Bluedot 2022: Sunday, Orbit/Nebula stages
It feels like half of Bluedot is sheltering from Sunday’s early evening rain, rather than specifically being in the Orbit tent to see Jockstrap.
Bluedot 2022: Sunday Diary
We bump into Tim Peake in the media centre. I say “bump into”, it was more “walk past while he’s talking to someone else”.
Bluedot 2022: Saturday Diary
Saturday begins with a great discovery; a shortcut opposite the Mission Control tent which guides you through the Actual Reality Arcade, past the Space Pavillion and the Notes tent to the sanctuary of internet and proper toilets of the press office.
Bluedot 2022: Saturday, Lovell Stage
Bluedot has got me feeling all wistful today. It started just after breakfast, when I absent-mindedly bumped into The Clangers plink-plonking around in the Mission Control tent.
Bluedot 2022: Saturday, Orbit Stage
The Orbit tent is heaving. Yorkshire’s Working Men’s Club seem to be building a real head of steam with press and public alike, and there’s a clear sense of anticipation here
Bluedot 2022: Friday Diary
There’s more to Bluedot than music. Mark Roland explores the lesser-travelled nooks of the space telescope’s weirder environs
Bluedot 2022: Friday, Orbit Stage
It’s Friday, and Bluedot feels like it’s ramping up for the weekend. People are packed into the Orbit tent like sardines, expectant and ready for action.
Bluedot 2022: Friday, Lovell and Nebula Stages
As the morning rain subsides, which alchemised my espresso into an Ice-Americano, the sun finally emerges, just as Tim Burgess’ blonde bowl cut appears on the main Lovell stage.
Bluedot 2022: Thursday, Lovell Stage
Under the shadow of the magnificent Lovell telescope, as night begins to fall, Hannah Peel and Paraorchestra take to the stage, and Bluedot is officially up and running.