Bluedot Festival
bluedot music science culture event held annually july since jodrell bank observatory cheshire england combining music live science experiment expert talk immersive artwork event endorsed university manchester current owner observatory festival named pale blue dot famous photograph planet earth popularised carl sagan may announced live entertainment platform superstruct entertainment acquired majority stake bluedot since act performing bluedot festival included orbital underworld altj goldfrapp jeanmichel jarre chemical brother gary numan flaming lip kraftwerk headlined saturday event alongside new order hot chip festival due feature björk groove armada metronomy however event cancelled due covid pandemic act rescheduled headline festival july however festival cancelled second time due covid citing lack insurance british government cover financial loss event cancelled covidrelated reason bluedot returned july björk headlining festival headlined grace jones festival included talk demonstration jim alkhalili teresa anderson sarah bridle philippa browning richard dawkins brian cox tamsin edward tim obrien lisa harveysmith jess wade heather williams