A food stall at Truck Festival 2026 has been shut down after dozens of attendees reported falling ill.
Festival-goers shared posts on social media claiming that they had become unwell after eating food from the Yorky Roast stall at the Oxfordshire event last weekend.
Truck Festival said it was first alerted on Sunday morning (July 26), when its on-site medical team received reports from “a number of attendees with similar symptoms”.
“Our health and safety team launched an immediate investigation and identified a third-party food vendor as the suspected source,” a festival spokesperson said.
They added that the stall “was removed from operation within 90 minutes of the first report” and that the incident was reported to Vale of White Horse District Council’s environmental health team on the same day.
“We share the disappointment and frustration of those whose weekend was affected,” the statement added.
One Truck attendee wrote on social media that they had experienced “the worst food poisoning of my life”, while another said that “Sunday became a complete write-off”, forcing them to miss a number of their favourite bands.
The council said that they were aware of a “potential food poisoning outbreak” at the festival, and confirmed they were investigating the issue and working with the catering company behind the stall, as well as Truck Festival and the UK Health Security Agency.
A similar incident took place at Download Festival 2024, when as many as 500 of festival-goers fell ill with food poisoning, citing nausea, stomach cramps and fever. Two food vendors were shut down after the incident.
Truck Festival 2026 took place at Hill Farm in Steventon, Oxfordshire from July 23 to 26, drawing a record attendance of 27,500 people. The Maccabees, CMAT, Two Door Cinema Club, The Wombats and The Libertines headlined, with Primal Scream, Kaiser Chiefs and The Vaccines among the others on the bill.
