"A weekend of flamegrilled music, served with an alcoholic salad, and a generous hangover for dessert" were the words on the '04 Monsters of Swill programme to make the audience hungry for a jam-packed two days of mouthwatering music.

The event, which raised nearly £1000 for Pickering Junior School and Scarborough Search & Rescue, attracted an audience of all ages with artists from different generations. Bob Dylan, AC/DC and Jimi Hendrix were just some of the old favourites covered to perfection.

A favourite band of mine had to be 3 Foot Ninja the youngest band of the weekend, aged 12-13. This three-lad line-up didn't let age stand in the way, they performed their own material with professionalism, and fantastic Green Day track, Brainstew.

All the usual suspects such as Waster, Chu Ma Shu and The Daftness gave outstanding performances.

Entertainment was on the menu from The Apathy Trio, and The Dangleberries, while the York line-up included Vitasona, who were well worth waiting for, covering modern rock bands such as Muse. My Salvation played a sensational set of all original material - a new style of rock - while Rocket 3 rocked at three on Sunday with some good old rock 'n' roll.

The Good from Australia, internationally-renowned Rob Donnelly, Prendo, and Sigma were just a few more of the 18 bands throughout the weekend.

It was a well-organised event, and the final round of applause had to go to Scotty, Steve, Dudley, Nick and all those who made it possible.

I'm told next year's event is to be bigger and better than ever.

Updated: 11:20 Tuesday, August 24, 2004