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Bluedot Festival 2022 - food and drink prices as festival gets underway in Cheshire
22.07.2022 - 21:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The huge music, art and science festival Bluedot is back for the summer after a three year absence - with a packed lineup of entertainment. The event got underway on Thursday night with thousands heading to camp on the site, next to Jodrell Bank's stunning Lovell Telescope, ready for the weekend's schedule.
Thousands more will be heading along on individual day tickets to see the likes of Groove Armada, Mogwai, Metronomy and Bjork in the days ahead. There's also a host of top scientists delivering talks, while visitors can walk through an art trail dominated by Luke Jerram's incredible Earth sculpture as you enter the site.
Part of the fun of the festival is the huge raft of food and drink options to sample all across the site in Cheshire. This year it will also include for the first time in the VIP Village a host of Manchester's best known restaurants cooking up special treats for visitors.
Read more : Bluedot Festival guide - everything you need to know for 2022
We've also spied some pretty interesting foodie options for those heading around the main site - including the prospect of a whole roast chicken with all the trimmings for a princely £20 and a stall dedicated entirely to fried cheese. To give you an idea of the sorts of prices you pay, we've rounded them up here.
Drink prices vary across the site, but these are the prices in the main drinks tents found in the main festival field.
Beer and Cider - Amstel pint £6.50, 1/2 pint £3.50; Inch's Cider pint £6.50, 1/2 pint £3.50; Brixton Reliance Pale Ale pint £6.60, 1/2 pint £3.50; Strongbow Dark Fruit can £5.80; Heineken can £5;
Wine and sparkling - 187ml cans of wine (white/red/rose) - £7; Italian sparkling wine can £8
Cocktails and seltzer - White claw seltzer can
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