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 are currently being placed on who else will be representing Nicks, Buckingham etc). We’re thrilled to announce another last minute addition to this year’s event in the form of chef Andrea Mantovani. Having just left Michelin-starred Mayfair restaurant Wild Honey to start his own restaurant Mele e Pere in Soho, Mantovani will be stopping over at Hill Farm to provide Truckers with gazpacho, Maccheroncini pasta, new season lamb, oregano ragu and more. For the first time at Truck, the team behind the Princess Victoria in Shepherd’s Bush and Henry Root in Chelsea will provide a fine dining area for festival goers to sit with friends and enjoy delicious feasts, the like of which Steventon has never seen, all to be washed down with a glass of biodynamic natural wine or an organic Fair Trade espresso. There will also be take-out boxes so music lovers can enjoy fine dining without missing the bands, plus vegetarian options.
And for all your seasoned truckers; don’t worry, the Rotary Club will still be in their usual spot serving burgers for £4 and there will be pints of locally-produced lager for only £3.50 from Truck Bar!
FUSS-FREE CAMPING COURTESY OF TANGERINE FIELDS, SHOWERS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT TRUCK
For those keen on festival-going without the fuss then Tangerine Fields are on hand with ready pitched and fully-equipped tents on the Hill Farm site. All Truckers need to do is buy a weekend ticket and then book with Tangerine Fields for a two, four, six or eight person tent that will be kitted out with airbeds and sleeping bags. Festival goers can book now through Tangerine Fields and simply rock up on site, chuck their bags in their tent and swiftly hot-foot it to the stages (via the bar) for their first singalong of the weekend! There’s a currently a reduced price offer if you book now. Truck organisers are also happy to announce that for the first time, thanks to a new permanent water mains connection, the site will offer showers adjacent to the new Wood Field. Only fitting now Truck is a full three-day festival.
TRUCK FESTIVAL PRESENT STORNOWAY CONCERT4CONSERVATION GIG: £5 OF EACH TRUCK FESTIVAL TICKET SOLD JULY 12 th & 13th TO GO TO CHARITY FUND
Wondering what the above picture is about? Truck Festival will present a very special Concert4Conservation headlined by Stornoway at The Regal in Oxford on Saturday 3rd September 2011. Stornoway’s first gig on home turf since November 2010, the fundraising gig will be in support of Oxfordshire-based charities the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), the Earth Trust and the RSPB. Joining them will be Robin and Joe’s new band The Dreaming Spires as well as The Epstein. We have a limited number of early-bird tickets available now just for you Truckers for £12 via this special link or direct in person from Truck Store at 101 Cowley Road, Oxford. The standard price is £15. All proceeds will go to SOS, Earth Trust and RSPB. We are also supporting these causes further by donating £5 of every Truck Festival ticket purchased today (12th July) or tomorrow (13th July) to the Concert4Conservation fund, so if you haven’t already head over to our ticket page and buy yours now, supporting these charities in the process. The Dreaming Spires will also be on air as Steve Lamacq’s New Favourite Band on 6Music tomorrow (Wednesday) so tune in for that between 5 and 7pm!
YES, IT’S REALLY TRUCK FESTIVAL 14 NEXT WEEK!
For festival goers looking for sun*, fun, festivities, music and a spirited community to share it all with, then Truck Festival has all they could dream of and more this July. Gruff Rhys, Bellowhead, Graham Coxon, Saint Etienne, John Grant, Young Knives, Philip Selway, Electric Soft Parade, Edwyn Collins, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, The Go! Team, Johnny Flynn, The Duke & King, Cherry Ghost, Roddy Woomble, Pete & The Pirates, Tribes, Admiral Fallow, Jonquil, Fixers, Caitlin Rose, Chad Valley, Mechanical Bride, Marques Toliver to name a few… (*subject to further negotiation).
“Truck is definitely one of the friendliest, cheapest and best” SUNDAY TIMES
