Festival One is returning to Hartford Farm, Karāpiro on Auckland Anniversary Weekend to celebrate its 10th anniversary of music, art, community and faith - this time, hopefully, mud-free.
The festival will run from January 26-29, showcasing a broad range of fantastic artists, lots of opportunities for the creative arts, and a few other surprises.
After beginning at Mystery Creek in the dusty summer of 2015, the multi-day Christian Festival moved to 209 Whitehall Rd in recent years.
The event has now run continuously for nine years - with a Covid-19 hiccup in 2022 when it was cancelled four days before the gates opened and a weather cancellation in 2023 when they had to close the gates 24 hours after opening.
Each year a wave of sun-soaked people from around New Zealand come together and pitch their tents with intense expectation.