TRUCK FESTIVAL GOES BACK TO BASICS – 2012 DATES ANNOUNCED FOUNDERS STEP DOWN -  UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT   Dear friends and supporters of Truck Festival,   Thanks for all your support in 2011 and Happy New Year.   Since last year’s event, which was at the time hailed as a great success, many rumours and half-truths have abounded (appropriately, as the event (read more)

Here at the Truck HQ, we’re always looking to improve our festivals to make each year better than the last. If you could answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge - it’ll only take a couple of minutes. Best of all, you’ll be entered into a free prize draw to wina pair of Truck Festival tickets for next year! (read more)

Admiral Fallow - Main Stage – Friday - 19:40 It came as no surprise when Admiral Fallow appeared at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin Texas. The Scottish six-piece are one of the most exciting acts to come from across the border in recent months. Their re-released debut album ‘Boots Met My Face’ hit the shelves in March and was met with (read more)

The Cellar Family - Last.fm Stage - Saturday - 13:30 The Cellar Family are the outsiders amongst outsiders. Too arty to fit into Oxford’s metal fraternity too heavy to fit alongside Blessing Force, it’s testament to the immediate talent of The Cellar Family that they’ve played plenty of gigs with the former and are hosted today by the latter. Ideally, they would (read more)

Rachael Dadd – Wood Stage – Sunday - 18:15 Blessed with a sweet-sounding voice that belies a sharp skill for observation, Rachael Dadd has been a DIY folk-singer for over a decade before releasing latest album ‘Bite The Mountain’. Partly recorded in several countries (some tracks were recorded in Japan) made sense “because I’m always travelling around”. This peripatetic lifestyle may have (read more)

ALL-STAR ‘RUMOURS’ & MICHELIN-STARRED FOOD Just over one week to go (!) and the ‘Rumours’ are starting to fly about who will join the Truck All Stars to bring this year’s festival to a suitably exuberant close on the Sunday night, performing Fleetwood Mac’s classic ‘77 album in full with guest vocalists (Sarah Cracknell’s just confirmed she’ll be one of them, bets (read more)

Since his early beginnings in York, Ben has established himself as a formidable singer songwriter and has already accumulated a huge following as well as gaining support from Zane Lowe, Jo Whiley and Dermot O’Leary to name a few. This year will prove to be a huge turning point in Ben’s short career. In March Ben travelled to Austin, Texas for the (read more)

Has all that wall-to-wall Glastonbury coverage whetted your festival appetite, like it has ours? Or maybe, like Joe and Chris Bennett, you were actually there - Joe even joined Stornoway on the mighty Pyramid stage! We love Glastonbury, and with the multiple and varied areas, the rustic farm setting (indeed farmer Alan has a bit of the Eavis about him) and the local (read more)

We’ve just about recovered from the most relaxing weekend of face-painting, felt workshops, glorious sunshine and beautiful music at Truck’s sold-out sister-festival Wood. Thea Gilmore, Willy Mason (backed onstage by his brother Sam, and Truck’s very own brothers Joe and Robin) and Eliza Carthy were joined by star-turns by the likes of Khaira Arby, Mama Roisin, Zeus, and Goodnight Lenin. After setting it (read more)