The second Small Day Out mini-rock festival took place at The Furnace in Swindon on Saturday July 26th.

Read BBC Wiltshire correspondent Leks Wood's review.

Like last year's event, The Small Day Out 2003 was due to be held at The Beaufort Arms in Wootton Bassett. However, due to last minute controversy over the venue, this year's event was held at The Furnace nightclub in Swindon.

Thankfully the venue change proved useful (if a little unpopular) as the heavens opened.

Introducing the bands this year was Jenny Neal.

Up first, Tiryth with their undoubtedly Tool-esque style. A tight demonstration of experienced musicians, clearly well rehearsed.

Only a few technical hitches tarnished this otherwise near excellent set.

Finishing with "My Solace", Tiryth opened the event well and set a standard for the other acts to follow.

Despite recent bickering on The Victoria Pub message board, second band of the day Holding Cell performed well, bringing along their old-skool riffs and coarse vocals.

Jon from Broken Daylight

The next band, Broken Daylight, entered the spotlight with frontman Jon Trowbridge.

Confidently pulling off the unique 'funk rock/punk' style that has brought them this far and will unquestionably take them further, theirs was simply a great performance, topped off by Bob Hollands' floating guitar solos.

Two Sick Monkeys are a hardcore punk duo from the local 'countryside', merely a bass player and drummer, who produce a sound that echoes the likes of Rancid and NOFX.

Excellent bass-playing intertwined with chords usually seen played on guitar, as well as both musicians singing, gave Two Sick Monkeys a raw sound.

Adam from Beyond The Silence

Next up, Beyond The Silence who were newcomers to most ears. They were a real eye-opener, shown by the amount of people flooding into the pit.

A good example of thrash metal and tight guitar playing, add brutal shouting and beatdowns - a surprisingly good set. Keep an ear on them.

As emo-metallers Indica approached the stage, you could tell this was going to be good.

They leapt into their first song - powerful screaming, singing and a huge stage presence.

You could tell only a few had heard Indica before, due to lack of people in the pit.

A real shame, a great band who pulled off a great set.

The interval passed ten minutes shorter than planned.

Latitude Blue opened the second half, but the audience weren't having any of it. The abrupt genre change just didn't do it for anyone.

Kodjo from Jahsoma

And so, onto Jahsoma, amongst the favourites on the bill. This being their last gig for a couple of months whilst they take time out to write new material.

Breaking the silence with "Pavlovian", the pit erupted into waves of frantic fist throwing. They performed every song off their EP 'Jahsoma', and they recreated their own sound brilliantly. Bring on the new material.

Second from last were Burning Skies from Bristol, These guys were immense.

With drummer Stuart's double kick sweeping through everything, accentuating the rhythm alongside the guitarists. It was great to listen to. Then Merv's roaring, almost primal vocals came in. Brutal. For some, this was the final act.

Mark from Kickout

Finally it was time for the headliners, Kickout.

After a lengthy tune-up, the pop-punks get to work with their brand of up-tempo bouncecore, getting the crowd jumping around like fools.

With tight drumming pulled together alongside two-part harmonies and a stage presence that would rival the much bigger acts, we realise now why Kickout were billed to headline The Small Day Out 2003.

Leks Wood