The stage is being set for a one-of-a-kind country and rock music festival in Marsden Cove.
"We've got the fences up and we're starting to set the marquees up," says Lee Colvin, Whangarei resident and organiser of the inaugural Summer Country Music Fest, which is being held tomorrow. Ms Colvin's spent the past few days at the site - Marsden Cove Marina in Ruakaka - getting it event-ready.
"I'm really excited. It's so real now," she said.
Headlining the 11-hour event are well-known artists True Legends (featuring Gray Bartlett, Brendon Dugan and Jodi Vaughan), Suzanne Prentice and the Waratahs; joined by Rebellion, the Sou Westers, Toni Gibson, David Coleclough, The Hipshooters, as well as four Northland acts.
"This will probably be one of the biggest country festivals ever held in New Zealand," Ms Colvin said.