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Truckfest: THiS WEEKEND!
sean by Sean Adams July 17th, 2002
It's not long now, til TRUCK FESTIVAL which takes place this weekend (20th-21st JULY) @ Hill Farm, Steventon, near Oxford; it's one of, if not the festival of the year...but is it the nu-glastonbury? Might just be better, we'll tell you after.

Confirmed so far are...

Saturday: Goldrush (who're also the organisers and run Truck Records), Jetplane Landing, The Rock of Travolta, + *Special Guests*, 65 DaysofStatic, Austen, Black Nielson, Caretaker, Cat on Form, Coin-Op, Cumulonimbus, Drug Squad, Dustball, Edible 5ft Smiths, Eeebleee, Fonda 500, Four Storeys, KTB, Lapsus Linguae, Makating, Mclusky, Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia, Menlo Park, Missed Her Bliss, Mountainmen Anonymous, Nick Chamfer, The Samurai Seven, Six Ray Sun, Torqamada, The Young Knives, Zoe Bicat, Kaito and Reuben.

Sunday: The Handsome Family, Julie Murphy, Lightyear, Adequate Seven, Antonia, Archers of Twang, The Band That Cannot Be Named Yet, Blunt Instruments, Broken Family Band, C64, Caliber, Caught on Tape, Chris TT, Coma Kai, The Crescent (oh NOOOO!!!!), Easy Tiger, Ekonemy, Finlay, The Folk Orchestra, John Hughes, Jor, Lefthand, Luke Smith, Marconi's Voodoo, Near Life Experience, NPB, The Plume, Rachel Dadd, Sextodecimo, Shouting Myke, Smilex, South Sea Company Prospectus, Tompaulin, Tongue & Groove, Toulouse, Trademark, Urge Surfer, The Vessels and Winnebego Deal.

There's also a Drum & Bass Arena, a Breaks Arena and a chillout tent. That makes a total of 66 bands, 17 djs, 5 mcs & 2 vjs. Search our site for content on most of those bands, i've emboldened a few which i know are worth checking out.

The Club That can Not Be Named will be doing the heavymetalesque barn for most of Sunday. Depth Charge will be taking charge of the drum and the bass proceedings on Saturday night.

Tickets are priced at a mere £20 for the full weekend or £10 for just Sunday, call the box office on 01865 420042. We'll expect to see some of you there, debate, suggest bands people see (and why) and the usual other stuff by commenting below...



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