Sigur Ros - Live from Jodrell Bank 2013

Sigur Ros - Live from Jodrell Bank 2013

Friday 30th August 2013
Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre and Arboretum, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK119DL, England MAP
£35

Daily capacity: 5,000

Last updated: Fri 14th Jun 2013

Live from Jodrell Bank is a series of shows taking place on weekends throughout the year on an outdoor stage right in the shadow of the towering Lovell telescope. Each day is a separate event, individually ticketed with no camping on offer.

Line-up

Transmission 004: sees Sigur Ros headline on Friday 30th August with support from Polica, Nik Colk Void, and Daughter.

Tickets

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More info

As well as providing an amazing backdrop the telescope will also be serving a secondary purpose as the worlds most incredible projection screen! Throughout the day there will be experiments and workshops along with free access to the new visitor centre Â and in the evening the acts will perform. Jodrell Bank is brought to you by the creative minds behind Kendal Calling festival, The Warehouse Project and Ear To The Ground.

The science

Before the spectacular evening concerts and throughout each day, attendees will be able to participate in a fantastic range of hands-on experiments and workshops on site at Jodrell Bank. With full access to the magnificent Discovery centre included in every ticket, this is a great chance to find out more about the mind-blowing research happening at Jodrell Bank. Explore the wonders of the universe and find out for yourself why stargazing has enjoyed a massive resurgence in the past few years.

The audience will also benefit from free entry to the Space Pavilion, Jodrell Bank's newly built visitors centre, until 5pm. Gig-goers will be able to take away printouts of live signals received by the Lovell Telescope, discover how hot or cold they are with the use of the centre's infra-red camera, see the astronomy picture of their birthday and listen to the sound of the Big Bang.

Science activity includes The Universe From Jodrell Bank, Noisy Toy, Explore The Earth And The Solar System, Science Behind The Music, Light For Life, Physics In The Field, Large Hadron Collider, Sound Lab and much more.

Camping

Live From Jodrell Bank is offering the option of camping, close to the venue site in Cheshire with the camp site in full view of the Lovell telescope. Camping facilities are run by Camp At My Event with the campsite based opposite Holmes Chapel Station where there will be regular shuttle buses running over the weekend to Jodrell Bank.

There are a variety of camping options available; Weekend Passes which includes parking and shuttle to the venue at £32 and the option to add a pre erected four person tent for three days from £45 per person. There is also a package deal which includes tickets for both Jodrell Bank shows this month and three nights camping at £99.

Other transmissions

For information on the other Australian Pink Floyd, Proms, and New Order headlined events happening this year, click here.

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