Bluedot is a music, science and culture event held annually in July since 2016 at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, combining music, live science experiments, expert talks and immersive artworks.

[1][2][3] The event is endorsed by the University of Manchester,[4] current owners of the observatory.

[5] The festival is named after Pale Blue Dot, a famous 1990 photograph of planet Earth popularised by Carl Sagan.

[8] Since 2016, acts performing at the bluedot festival have included Orbital, Underworld, Alt-J, Goldfrapp, Jean-Michel Jarre,[1][2][3] The Chemical Brothers,[9] Gary Numan and The Flaming Lips.

[10] Kraftwerk headlined Saturday at the 2019 event, alongside New Order and Hot Chip.