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Thousands of music fans flock to farm to enjoy Truck Festival
Thousands of music lovers descended on a South Oxfordshire farm over the weekend for Truck Festival.
The festival has been held at Hill Farm in Steventon, near Didcot, since 1998 and has been a fixture for music lovers since 1998.
This year saw the likes of Kasabian, Courteeners, Nothing But Thieves and Franz Ferdinand grace the stage.
It was estimated that around 20,000 people attended
Tim Hughes, who attended the festival for this newspaper, said: "It has been amazing. The weather has been great and it has been a really good vibe.
"Kasabian was brilliant and the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra was absolutely amazing. They had an opera singer with them.
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"There has been crowdsurfing and all sorts. The crowd has been loving it."
The festival started on Thursday with limited entry for Bloc Party.
Kasabian were on Saturday night and Last Dinner Party put on a Gaza live medical aid appeal while on stage.
Started by musician brothers Robin and Joe Bennett – of the bands Goldrush and The Dreaming Spires – as a birthday bash for Robin, it has a proud history of pushing back against the commercialism of larger festivals and instead focusing on the music and upcoming talent.
Their Veterans and Virgins stage remains a little corner of the old Truck Festival loved by generations of Oxfordshire festival-goers.
