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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Jess Flaherty

Family festival with famed astronaut Tim Peake, musicians and more a short drive from Liverpool

Famed astronaut and Army Air Corps officer Tim Peake is to headline an award-winning festival just a short drive from Liverpool.

Bluedot Festival is making its much anticipated return this summer, kicking off on July 21. Now in its fifth year, the award-winning music, science and culture festival will take place at Cheshire’s Jodrell Bank Observatory.

The UK’s pioneer astronaut Tim Peake has been confirmed as a headliner for the festival's family programme, alongside Clangers, Brainiac Live and The Space Shed. Bluedot is held at the site of the impressive Lovell Telescope, which is one of the biggest telescopes in the world and an icon of global astronomy.

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