Saturday, August 1 saw the second annual Teignmouth Carnival Music Festival, sponsored by Teign Music, of Teignmouth.

The event was opened by local Battle of the Bands winners Datura. Having only been together for three weeks, they performed a 20-minute set of Jeff Healy / Doors-style music and were well received by the crowd.

If they are this good after three weeks then the future looks excellent for them.

Next up were local covers' band Shrine, who performed some classic songs to warm up the gathering crowd, and a band that goes by the wonderful name of The Girrafodils, with a unique style and a great female vocalist, Ladene.

The crowd, who were initially put off by the overcast conditions, grew as the afternoon progressed. The clouds lifted as the sun began to penetrate to welcome the awesome young talent of Vivid Sky, from the Torbay area. There had been a lot of talk about this band and they did not disappoint, playing a 45-minute set of rock covers, from Iron Maiden to ACDC, as well as performing three of their own penned songs.

After these, another local band, Atrio, played their owns songs in a short concise set, and were followed by Dawlish boy Gary Nock and his band. His music was made for summer festivals – yes, the sun was really out by now.

All the songs performed were written by Gary and showed the quality of a professional singer-songwriter, with a band that complemented his style.

Local band the Outfit brought the crowd to their feet with their energetic style of rap, ska, spiky – I don't know, call it what you like music! which led to the arrival of Route 66 show band, led by ex Dr and The Medics front man Dr Rev Clive Jackson.

Complete with dancing girls and three different styles of vocalist, they performed cover versions of American songs from Bon Jovi to Meatloaf, and Don Mclean to Guns and Roses, including, yes, you guessed it, Spirit in the Sky.

After an interlude the festival hit the evening session with two top quality bands.

First up were Teignmouth favourites The Quails, who brought the crowd, which had now filled to near capacity, to its feet with an hour of the best of their music – a mixture of new songs and old favourites complete with a light show and dancing beach balls.

This band is very tight and professional and it must be not too long before the big one comes knocking.

The same can also can be said for Torbay rockers Morph, who closed the show with some high power rock, although I feel the lead guitarist must come with a health warning – if he dosen't injure himself with his performance he will another member of his band!

All in all a top day of local music talent and no trouble.

On days like this, one band always does something special, but this time the general opinion was that there were two – Vivid Sky and Gary Nock. Here's to next year.