Still Listening Magazine has named five acts it cannot wait to see at truck festival 2026. The list points at The Cribs, Girl In The Year Above, The Vaccines, Bleech 9:3, and Getdown Services, turning a loose festival preview into a sharper guide to where the attention will land.
The Cribs bring the longest tail on the list. Formed in 2001, they co-headlined Truck Festival in 2014 and have since released their ninth studio album, Selling A Vibe, so their return reads less like a curiosity and more like a reminder that legacy slots still drive interest when a band has enough history to pull from.
The Vaccines at 5:30pm
The Vaccines arrive with a different kind of pull. They are marking the 15 year anniversary of What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?, and the source gives them a 5:30pm Saturday slot, a time that functions like an unofficial headline in the middle of the day rather than a standard warm-up set.
That timing matters because it places the band in a lane where crowd size and momentum can matter as much as billing. A 5:30pm Saturday slot can do the work of a top-line placement without the formal label, which makes the set one of the clearest pressure points in this year’s Truck Festival schedule.
Girl In The Year Above, Bleech 9:3
Girl In The Year Above enters the list with only three songs out, which is a lean catalogue but also a tight one for a festival crowd. The act also released a rendition of Massive Attacks' Teardrop for the new Peaky Blinders film, so the profile already stretches beyond the usual early-stage discovery slot.
Bleech 9:3 join the Truck lineup this year with an album fresh out into the world. For readers trying to decide what to catch first, that combination usually means the set is less about nostalgia and more about testing how new material lands in front of a live crowd before the record has had time to settle.
Getdown Services at Meltdown
Getdown Services round out the five as a disco-punk duo with a new album on the way. They recently played a support slot with Viagra Boys and also played a slot in Harry Styles' curated Meltdown festival, which puts them in the category of acts that travel well across different live settings.
Still Listening Magazine said this is its 2nd visit in its tenure, and it will be reporting live, interviewing artists, and meeting fans during the weekend. That makes the list more than a teaser: it is a working route map for what the magazine plans to watch closely once Truck Festival 2026 is underway.
