Blue Dot Festival

[evannn]

9 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Orbit headliners don't tend to clash with the Lovell headliners, do they? I can't really remember myself but Bjork clashing with Spiritualized would be horrible

I can't remember exactly because I was only keen on one headliner each night, but in 2016 there was *some* overlap between headliners

[Gilgamesh69]

8 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Thanks! I'm sorely tempted. Good to hear no clash between Squarepusher and Bjork too as those would be my must-sees.

Do it. Great little festival, you won't regret it

[eFestivals]

for an easy view of days & stages, check the efests line-up page

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/bluedot/2020/lineup.shtml

[Zoo Music Girl]

3 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Do it. Great little festival, you won't regret it

Yeah I've been before (went the first year actually) and loved it. Just not sure if trying the Glastonbury resale yet and probably can't justify both... Also got to persuade him indoors!

[bernie_rsa]

EOB!! Yasss! Was desperate for Thom but knew it would be a long shot. @Dave85radioheadHave been following your theories for weeks! Haha

[Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese]

Do we think the Bjork date will sell out? When will day tickets go on sale and what sorta price?

 

(I'm so excited for bjork with spiritualised sub)

[Zoo Music Girl]

Anyone know what price weekend tickets will be?

Travel options seem a bit of a pain from London as no Thursday coach. How do you get there from the train stations? Taxi?

[Gilgamesh69]

2 minutes ago, Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese said:

Do we think the Bjork date will sell out? When will day tickets go on sale and what sorta price?

 

(I'm so excited for bjork with spiritualised sub)

Spiritualized aren't subbing, they're on a different stage :(.

 

I reckon Bjork tickets could quite probably sell out.

[GrumpyRaver]

A thought on the TBA orchestral headliner... Jon Hopkins is doing an orchestral tour next month...

[Superunknown]

2 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

A thought on the TBA orchestral headliner... Jon Hopkins is doing an orchestral tour next month...

Played last year.

[Splonk]

43 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Orbit headliners don't tend to clash with the Lovell headliners, do they?

Sadly, yes.

Or at least they have done in the past.

[Gilgamesh69]

3 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Anyone know what price weekend tickets will be?

Travel options seem a bit of a pain from London as no Thursday coach. How do you get there from the train stations? Taxi?

I'm sure they'll put up more travel options soon, but I think from the nearest train station you'll have to get a taxi; I could potentially sort you a lift but not sure yet.

 

Or you could head all the way into Manchester city centre and they do coached straight to the festival site from there. But that would be a bit much I imagine

[Zoo Music Girl]

3 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

I'm sure they'll put up more travel options soon, but I think from the nearest train station you'll have to get a taxi; I could potentially sort you a lift but not sure yet.

 

Or you could head all the way into Manchester city centre and they do coached straight to the festival site from there. But that would be a bit much I imagine

Ah bless you Sure I'll sort something if we do go. Last time we went with my partner's brother who lives outside Manchester, so we drove in. I guess we could potentially come up a day before and stay at theirs, then go via Manchester...

[the wonderwhy]

16 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Travel options seem a bit of a pain from London as no Thursday coach. How do you get there from the train stations? Taxi?

Avanti to Macclesfield then its an easy/quick/cheap taxi to the festival. Going home is a bit of pain as you usually have to be on a booked train but just leave plenty of time. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

8 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Avanti to Macclesfield then its an easy/quick/cheap taxi to the festival. Going home is a bit of pain as you usually have to be on a booked train but just leave plenty of time. 

Cheers! So it is doable by taxi then. Presume they can drop you near the entrance easy enough?

Oh and how easy is it to get a taxi on the way back? Do you book in advance?

Edited February 12, 2020 by Zoo Music Girl

[the wonderwhy]

4 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Cheers! So it is doable by taxi then. Presume they can drop you near the entrance easy enough?

Oh and how easy is it to get a taxi on the way back? Do you book in advance?

They drop you 20 seconds walk from the ticket scanners. You'll be in the campsite within 5 minutes of getting out the taxi. 

They have a taxi rank so you can get one if you don't book but I think there can often be a queue. Last year we just rang up and booked one on the Sunday evening. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, the wonderwhy said:

They drop you 20 seconds walk from the ticket scanners. You'll be in the campsite within 5 minutes of getting out the taxi. 

They have a taxi rank so you can get one if you don't book but I think there can often be a queue. Last year we just rang up and booked one on the Sunday evening. 

This is all top-notch info, thanks!

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just found the ticket prices on Efests - so am I right in thinking you have to pay a special add-on for Thursday? Is it normally worth it, would people say? Presume it's only open from the afternoon.

For our first year, I'm pretty sure it only ran Fri to Sun.

[Gilgamesh69]

11 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Just found the ticket prices on Efests - so am I right in thinking you have to pay a special add-on for Thursday? Is it normally worth it, would people say? Presume it's only open from the afternoon.

For our first year, I'm pretty sure it only ran Fri to Sun.

There's not that much on, but it's a nice little chillout day, and means you can find a good camping spot. I did it last year and mostly just spent it drinking and hanging out with mates, but I enjoyed it. It's not a must though

 

Also yeah, it's an extra ticket. Could always look closer to the time and see if you can get a cheap Thursday ticket? 

Edited February 12, 2020 by Gilgamesh69

[the wonderwhy]

Whenever I've been I was under the impression there weren't really any bad camping spots. 

However last year there were reports of people on Friday afternoon struggling to find space to camp and I think they had to sort some kind of overflow option. So it might be worth the Thursday ticket price if you're coming from afar and would like that guarantee. 

Need to decide if I'm gonna go again this year. Line up is one of the better ones out there but I'm not particularly arsed about Groove Armada and Bjork will almost certainly be more of a chin stroking event. Undercard is v good but its annoying that they congregate all the good stuff within 3-4 hours of the evening and leave the rest of the day looking pretty bare. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Yeah I think if we do go then I'll go for the Thursday option, not so much to get a good camping spot (really mot arsed about that as long as we are on site somewhere) but to be there from the start of Friday and have three full days at the thing. Are there talks/music etc on the Thursday, or just the headliner? I think we'd use the day really for settling in and having a wander.

[GrumpyRaver]

1 hour ago, Superunknown said:

Played last year.

Doesn’t rule him out, especially as it’s a completely different show. Chic played Bestival three years in a row!  It could be someone like Max Richter, but I don’t know why that wouldn’t just be announced now, and I can’t see them going down the Hacienda Classical/Pete Toby Orchestra route, personally.

[GrumpyRaver]

22 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Whenever I've been I was under the impression there weren't really any bad camping spots. 

However last year there were reports of people on Friday afternoon struggling to find space to camp and I think they had to sort some kind of overflow option. So it might be worth the Thursday ticket price if you're coming from afar and would like that guarantee. 

Need to decide if I'm gonna go again this year. Line up is one of the better ones out there but I'm not particularly arsed about Groove Armada and Bjork will almost certainly be more of a chin stroking event. Undercard is v good but its annoying that they congregate all the good stuff within 3-4 hours of the evening and leave the rest of the day looking pretty bare. 

Given the quality and range of the undercard, there’s clearly gonna be great music scattered throughout the day this year

[LowFatIeuanaise]

2 minutes ago, GrumpyRaver said:

Given the quality and range of the undercard, there’s clearly gonna be great music scattered throughout the day this year

Not to mention there were some true gems early in the day last year despite the names being less prominent.

It's certainly not Bluedot without Henge and their set provided the most unmissable party of the weekend

[Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese]

I've just seen Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and EOB will be there as well. I'm so excited!