Blue Dot Festival

[shoptildrop]

OMG Goldfrapp and Hawkwind this festival is awesome!!!

[DDave]

Goldfrapp playing the 8th July.

[Paul ™]

52 minutes ago, DiscothequeDave said:

Goldfrapp playing the 8th July.

Excellent

[DDave]

38 minutes ago, Paul ™ said:

Excellent

Soulwax Goldfrapp Orbital 

Shaping up to be a great night, that.

[the wonderwhy]

56 minutes ago, DiscothequeDave said:

Soulwax Goldfrapp Orbital 

Shaping up to be a great night, that.

Soulwax are on Orbit, so I'm assuming they'll clash in some with Orbital unfortunately 

[Paul ™]

Hope not, am only going for a day ticket so want to see as much as possible!

[michael eavis' beard]

DJ Yoda's History of Gaming should be a laugh!

[Zoo Music Girl]

Much to be admired on that line-up but nothing that grabs me as must-see, Orbital aside, and I'm hoping I'll get another chance to see them. That and financial/timing considerations mean I will gracefully bow out this year, with intentions to return again soon. 

Have a good one all

[Amy Lawn]

New additions only just brought to my attention! Tickets to be bought soon. Arcade Fire at the MIF right into Bluedot is going to be a good time!

[dirty_dog]

6 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

New additions only just brought to my attention! Tickets to be bought soon. Arcade Fire at the MIF right into Bluedot is going to be a good time!

same for me, even considered Radiohead on the Thursday but all sold out, build your own festival

[Amy Lawn]

3 minutes ago, dirty_dog said:

same for me, even considered Radiohead on the Thursday but all sold out, build your own festival

What's the crack with the good festival stuff happening around Manchester now? Arcade Fire at the MIF, great line-ups for Bluedot and Parklife; mark my words, it'll be Godspeed You Black Emperor and Kendrick Lamar headlining Ramsbottom Festival next.

[dirty_dog]

7 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

What's the crack with the good festival stuff happening around Manchester now? Arcade Fire at the MIF, great line-ups for Bluedot and Parklife; mark my words, it'll be Godspeed You Black Emperor and Kendrick Lamar headlining Ramsbottom Festival next.

it's Manchester based companies that are getting involved in a number of Festivals now,

festival No 6 always has a good Mancunian representation as well

[Paul ™]

13 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

New additions only just brought to my attention! Tickets to be bought soon. Arcade Fire at the MIF right into Bluedot is going to be a good time!

Doing AF but then just the Saturday of BD but staying local campsite for a couple of nights 

[danceonfire]

Just got my tickets for this. Looking forward to it. Ive not been before. Has anyone who went last year got any tips or info on what to expect.  Cheers.

[Zoo Music Girl]

4 minutes ago, danceonfire said:

Just got my tickets for this. Looking forward to it. Ive not been before. Has anyone who went last year got any tips or info on what to expect.  Cheers.

I went to the first one last year and had a bloody lovely time! Not going this year mainly due to getting Glastonbury tickets and not being able to afford/justify both but I'd be back in a heartbeat otherwise. Really small and intimate festival, amazing vibes, very friendly, great food, mix of science and fun stuff, incredible setting and great bands. What's not to love? ONLY concern I'd have would be in a wet year those campsites would be muddy as. Enjoy!

[danceonfire]

Thanks for your reply. Let's hope it's a dry one then!! 

[DJL]

Really excited about this. Any idea what it's like after hours? Clashfinder suggests a lot of fairly early finishes?

[DJL]

... when you ask a question and are used to the glastonbury thread speed of responses/ arguements/ mockery...

Also when might be advisable to get to the campsite?

The only person who appears to have gone last year and is posting (please and  thank you)...

@Zoo Music Girl

[Zoo Music Girl]

13 hours ago, DJL said:

... when you ask a question and are used to the glastonbury thread speed of responses/ arguements/ mockery...

Also when might be advisable to get to the campsite?

The only person who appears to have gone last year and is posting (please and  thank you)...

@Zoo Music Girl

Haha yeah, it's a lot less busier in here! I imagine too with Glastonbury so close and the election today, people aren't really coming over this way very much. There's definitely a few people off the site who are going this year, though - I think it's just that I still have an alert set up from last year!

If you read back through the thread, I think a few people have been talking about the traffic situation. It's really hard to say when to get there, as there's only been one and the car parks were a bit waterlogged that year, which I think caused delays. From memory we rocked up about 3ish and had to queue for a good hour or so. The acts kicked off around 5:30 and I think we just about had time to pitch and get in for the last few minutes of Infinite Monkey Cage. The site is small though, so once you're in and pitched getting anywhere is easy.

With regards to your other question, I think most of the music was finished by at 2am? I can't really remember anything beyond that, but these days I don't really make it up past that hour so it suited me! So I'm not sure if they actively clear people out of the main arena at a particular time. I don't think so, I was probably on my way back to the campsite by then.

Really loved the festival and am quite jealous! Might well revisit next year.

[DJL]

10 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Haha yeah, it's a lot less busier in here! I imagine too with Glastonbury so close and the election today, people aren't really coming over this way very much. There's definitely a few people off the site who are going this year, though - I think it's just that I still have an alert set up from last year!

If you read back through the thread, I think a few people have been talking about the traffic situation. It's really hard to say when to get there, as there's only been one and the car parks were a bit waterlogged that year, which I think caused delays. From memory we rocked up about 3ish and had to queue for a good hour or so. The acts kicked off around 5:30 and I think we just about had time to pitch and get in for the last few minutes of Infinite Monkey Cage. The site is small though, so once you're in and pitched getting anywhere is easy.

With regards to your other question, I think most of the music was finished by at 2am? I can't really remember anything beyond that, but these days I don't really make it up past that hour so it suited me! So I'm not sure if they actively clear people out of the main arena at a particular time. I don't think so, I was probably on my way back to the campsite by then.

Really loved the festival and am quite jealous! Might well revisit next year.

Ta muchly. Looks like getting in on the friday will be a mission. We'll try and get it out of the way as early as possible...

[Zoo Music Girl]

Yeah I'd get there nice and early if I were you. Bag searches were fairly cursory last time and they could be a lot more intensive this year. I don't think you'll have a problem getting a decent pitch though as anywhere looked fine to me and it's all so close by. It's just annoying when a festival starts and opens on the same day as you want to be there for the action!

[jjason]

Hello gents,

If you were after a campervan ticket (they sold out 2 months ago), you can now buy them. Select weekend camping (0) then campervan (1) and you get one. Just bought mine

[the wonderwhy]

So they'd added Leftfield... but you have to sign up for Amazon & win a competition to see them? 

[the wonderwhy]

Also, what time does the music finish? 

[johnl]

Seems a Tory sized own goal on the Leftfield thing...