Truck Festival 2025 gets under way in Oxfordshire
The bill also includes Wunderhorse, Reytons, Hard Life, CMAT, Fat Dog, The Big Moon, Sports Team, Maximo Park, Corella, Alfie Templeman, Lambrini Girls, Lime Garden, Only The Poets, Luvcat and Chloe Slater.Unwritten singer Natasha Bedingfield will also play a special guest set.
Speaking on the opening day, festival co-ordinator Jasmine Dunston said: "It's going really well. "We got the gates open one of the earliest we've ever done this year, which is insane. It's just merit to the entire team who have pulled together."The festival also supports its charitable organisation, the Truck Trust, which was set up in 2014 to "benefit our local community".It has so far raised £880,000 for local good causes."Hopefully this year we're going to be able to hit the big one million mark and that's our goal," added Ms Dunston.The event will also see the now traditional annual appearances of The Oxford Symphony Orchestra, Mr Motivator, and Barrioke, which features former EastEnders actor Shaun Williamson singing karaoke classics.The Women's Euros 2025 final between England and Spain will also be shown at the festival site on Sunday.The Truck Festival was conceived by brothers Robin and Joe Bennett and first took place in 1998, when an actual truck was used for the stage.
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