The theme was "come together" - and they did in spectacular fashion.
Lakeside 2013 - Come Together drew an estimated crowd of 30,000 to the Rotorua Lakefront's Village Green for the city's annual free show.
This year's line-up included hits from The Beatles which got people up and dancing, while Jennifer Ward-Lealand mesmerised the crowd with her performance as show performer Marlene Dietrich.
But the standing ovation and highlight of the night went to the amazing physical theatre performance of Eve Gordon and Mike Edward.
Their performance, to the War of the Worlds theme, saw the pair show off their extraordinary physical strength in an aerial display described as "poetry in motion" by Rotorua Lakeside Charitable Trust chairman Ian Edward.