We’re all recovering here at Truck Towers. The tidy-up is (almost) finished, and reviews and write-ups are starting to trickle in*. It was a beautiful weekend all round, with the likes of Thea Gilmore, the wonderful George Borowski, Willy Mason, Khaira Arby, Eliza Carthy, and your hosts (complete with a newborn daughter in tow) The Dreaming Spires amongst my personal highlights, and (read more)

Good afternoon, Woodies! Well, we’ve had quite the weekend, the sun’s shone (for the most part), Khaira Arby over-ran spectacularly last night, Willy Mason and his brother Sam were backed up by Robin and Joe Bennett to make a pair of pairs of brothers, and every band garnered rave reviews from all the people coming to the Merchandise tent to try and (read more)

Good afternoon Woodies! the sun is shining, Nick Cope has already played his first set, and Katy Bennett will be leading the group singing workshop in an hour and a half. Fancy coming down to the festival? It’s not too late yet – there are a strictly limited number of tickets on the door priced at THESE PRICES: £80 – adult rest-of-the-weekend (read more)

The lighting has been festooned, the Kit-stock tent has been erected, and there is a tingle of anticipation at Braziers Park, but just before you go to bed, make sure to have a look at this last-minute bedtime reading: Tickets We are very nearly full up but there are limited Day and Weekend tickets available on the door. Check our Twitter feed (read more)

The singer in Oxford’s greatest lost pop band the Candyskins, Nick Cope has as long a history with Truck as anyone (Robin and Joe still have their copies of Mrs Hoover). After a few years recuperating, he’s returned to the music industry with a new idea, still writing songs but this time aimed at a slightly younger audience. Since then, he’s been (read more)

With Truck’s greener and younger (and quieter) sibling festival WOOD merely a week and a bit away, the Truck Store holding an in-store warm up gig to celebrate! We’re chuffed to bits to have awesome New York singer-songwriter and WOOD Festival headliner Willy Mason coming down to play a few songs in-store! With his 2004 debut Where The Human’s Eat and follow up If The (read more)

Featured in Word Magazine’s Best New Music, Polly & The Billets Doux have also been championed by Bob Harris & Terry Wogan on Radio 2, Tom Robinson on Radio 6 as well as live sessions with Cerys Matthews and ‘Loose Ends’ on Radio 4. Since then, they’ve supported The Fun loving Criminals, and this neo-soul group’s reputation as a formidable force on (read more)

Festival regulars Band of Hope open up the Wood stage on Saturday with beautiful pastoral folk-rock, before Owen Tromans – who released a special Record Store Day split single with Wooden Wand featuring backing vocals from one Joseph Bennett, joins us in the mid-afternoon slot. Then, former Black Nielson frontman Co-Pilgrim (aka Mike Gayle and friends) brings his ever-woozy falsetto all the way up from (read more)

This year’s festival begins with a very special guest to open proceedings on the Wood stage, as Michele Stodart of the Magic Numbers starts things off on the Wood stage. We’ve a long history with the Magic Numbers, with the band playing one of their first ever festival shows at Truck 2005. Since then, they’ve gone on to become one of the (read more)

Having had a few requests from those not wanting to camp, but still wanting to enjoy the magical WOOD festival, day tickets have just been put on sale. Available for Friday, Saturday and Sunday they include entry to the festival and access to all workshops going on that day. Click HERE to buy tickets. Friday  Tree Tent Tricycle Riot: 17:45 – 18:15 George (read more)