Last nights ‘Camel Rock? fund raising extravaganza of a Music Festival rocked the Islands. If you couldn’t be there on the night, you may well have listened to the event live on Radio Scilly, but in all truthfulness you could hear it from St. Agnes anyway!

The now annual event, raising money for local charities, was bigger and better than ever before, from when it started at midday Sunday until the Islands ‘Steamband? finished off with a few of their classic covers.

The event did not, however, manage to attract some of the big name bands that had been hoped for against hope, such as the Levellers and the Charlatans. One of the bigger bands, Abba Gold, who were due to close out the evening, pulled out at the last minute.

The only band to have played all four Camel Rock events is ‘Upshot? who on their way down from London, missed the hire bus and opted to pay a perplexed London Black Cab driver for a fare down to Penzance, rather than miss the event. A total cost of ?310; thats what I call commitment!

We have so far had no indication of how much the event has raised or the statistics for the numbers there but we certainly will keep you posted on that.