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The old timers give it the highest accolade classing it as a Glastonbury like it was back in the day: small, relaxed and where anything goes. In 2006 all that looked set to change. The broadsheets and documentary crews descended on the little farm in Steventon, Mark Riley and the rest of the 6 Music crew had their outside broadcast van on location, and the sponsors looked set to take over.

But the crew behind Truck are made of firmer principles than those of the vast majority of promoters that steamroll into an idyllic rural spot, land a fleet of super-sized tour buses in the field and expect it to have a vibe. They knew that what made their festival one of the best in the country was the fact that the local rotary club did the food stalls, that the vicar sold ice creams and the gate was only open to around 5000 of the most discerning music fans so that’s what they held onto and they threw everything else out.

Truck Festival

And now despite catastrophic floods wiping out one date in 2007 the festival has continued to become better if not bigger than ever. There will be a myriad of local bands across the weekend, in fact the festival has dedicated the whole of Sunday's mainstage to Oxford based bands. 'Oxford Day' will include legend's like The Candyskins, Dive Dive, and Supergrass. Despite this support for local acts there are bound to be one or two groups that a missed out on a sport but fear not, we have launched...

Last Chance To Truck

If you are one of the few local bands that has missed out on a chance to play at this year's Truck Festival all is not lost! BBC Oxford Introducing have teamed up with the festival to offer a last chance saloon slot in the bar stage.

Not only will you and your band get tickets to the festival you'll get to play on the stage that is being recorded by BBC Wales Introducing so you'll have a professionally recorded set to take home and show the grandkids.

The Introducing show will be holding a battle of the bands night at the Jericho Tavern on Wednesday the 22nd of July featuring the acts we have shortlisted to take part.

We stop taking entries on Friday the 17th of July. If you want to be in with a chance to play then make sure you've registered your music with the BBC's Upload Tool, then send an email titled 'Truck Introducing' to oxford@bbc.co.uk with the name of your act and the track you'd like us to listen to.