We don’t know about you, but we love discovering new music.
There’s just something special about being one of the first to know about your new favourite band. It doesn’t matter whether you found them on Spotify, on the radio, or in the back room of your local pub; all that matters is that they make you feel something.
Sometimes, of course, you’ll find your new favourite band at a music festival. And if any festival is the place for that, then it just might be Truck.
Over the last few years, the Oxfordshire weekender has cultivated quite the reputation for cherry-picking the country’s best up-and-coming bands and plonking them on its stages right before they hit the big time. After all, where else might you have seen CMAT playing an early afternoon slot last summer? Or a little band called The Last Dinner Party nestled towards the bottom half of the poster way back in 2022?
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And if you ask us, it looks like 2026 might bring some more of those retrospective ‘I was there’ moments.
Somehow, the Truck team have managed to cram more super-hot new bands onto their line-up than ever before – and, if you get a spare moment amidst the madness, revelry, and superstar headliners, we’d fully recommend checking out the below before they’re playing arenas and you’re paying £9.50 for a pint.
So, don’t say we didn’t warn you, dear reader. If you’re heading down to Truck 2026, miss these acts at your peril.
English Teacher
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Black Honey
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Keo
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My First Time
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Lottery Winners
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Deco
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Girl In The Year Above
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What’s that? You want to see the full line-up (so far) for Truck 2026? Oh, go on then.
