Just under 1000 people turned out for an afternoon of music, good vibes and blazing sunshine at the free Far North Summer Sounds concert on Saturday.
Be Free, a charity which offers youth mentoring through music and strives to steer young Northlanders away from drugs, has been holding concerts since 2006 but this was the first at Kainui Rd Vineyard, just north of Kerikeri.
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As well as Be Free youth bands the line-up included dairy-farmer-turned rocker Merv Pinny, popular Whangārei covers band Chemamari and Auckland funksters the Hipstamatics. Their appearance was delayed by traffic on the way north but that meant more time on stage for Bay of Islands youth band Friday Night Special.
Other attractions at the family-friendly event included activities based on the Mac's Patch puppet series and Kerikeri's ''bubble man''.