There were hands raised in the air, cheers and bodies swaying as music pumped at Soper Reserve.
The sold-out crowd of 3500 at Mount Maunganui's Good Vibes Winter Festival brought out their dance moves this eveningfor the event.
DJ Cory started off the atmosphere of good vibes at 3pm.
L.A.B, Katchafire, Sons of Zion, Ardijah, Che Fu, General Fiyah, Three Houses Down and Lomez Brown were in the following line-up for the Tauranga concert.
It will be Good Vibes' sixth stop in a nine-date winter festival tour and will be the biggest of the tour.
"I'm from a small town, and it's a great way to get out and enjoy music."
They said it was great to be out and among people, not have to worry about Covid as much.
Two weeks ago, the festival hit Rotorua to another sold-out crowd of 3000, and proved people were well into celebrating the end of the social-distancing era.
The other tour shows still coming up are in Auckland, Whangarei and Christchurch.