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Truck Festival '08

last updated : Mon 16th Jun 08
 
Date:  Saturday 19th - Sunday 20th July 08
Location:  Hill Farm, Steventon, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire - MAP
Cost:  £60
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Truck takes place over the weekend of Saturday 19th and Sunday the 20th July.

The event is called Truck Festival because bands originally used two trucks put together as the main stage, this festival first took place in 1998.

Acts confirmed for 2008 include, The Lemonheads headlining on the Saturday and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, joined by Ian McLagan & the Bump Band, Noah And The Whale, Camera Obscura, The Television Personalities, Emmy The Great, These New Puritans, Lovvers, Maps, Robots In Disguise, and Dodgy acoustic. For the line-up details as available please click here.

As well as the music, there's food stalls, a kid's area, market, Piney's Pavilion with hosts Craft Night, Panther Girls and Wedding Singalong, The Magnificent Revolutionary Cycling Cinema with bikes, and a village pub and Pub Rock Stage selling real ales.

Tickets are on sale priced at £60 with £5 for car parking. To buy tickets click here.

There are 'Supertrucker' tickets onsale now giving you access to Truck and the organisers other festival Wood (16-18th May) priced at £100.00 which can be purchased here - the rest of the TRUCK tickets priced at £60 won't go on sale online until April.

For more on Wood click here.

Camping is available within a stone's throw of the action. No dogs, barbecues (of any kind), campfires, sound-systems (this does not mean your small Sony cd player), or glass.

Parking is limited, please use public transport where possible. The nearest train station is Didcot Parkway.

More information will be here when available.



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