Love, love, love, love
Twenty thousand people in
Tauranga
homegrown superstars L.A.B came on stage to close the two-day One Love Festival, wowing the adoring crowd with their latest chart topping hit
Why Oh Why – a song that sums up the One Love phenomena.
The sold-out event, presented by Pato Entertainment alongside Greenroom Vodka and Mai FM wrapped up on Sunday night with thousands flooding through the gates each day at Tauranga’s Wharepai Domain to see the best of New Zealand roots and reggae music. As well as L.A.B, the stellar line up including Sons of Zion, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Katchafire, and the iconic Dave Dobbyn.
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Thousands of people attended this year s One Love festival in Tauranga. Photo / Andrew Warner
Twenty thousand people each day, an expected $20 million boost to the local economy, and a worldwide audience of more than 100,000.
Those are the quick-fire stats of this year s One Love Festival. This year s event was so good it had organiser Pato Alvarez calling it the best one yet .
I don t disagree and the Bay of Plenty is certainly thankful for the millions of dollars expected to be pumped into the region because of it.
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The festival sold out of 4500 tickets in its first year. Photo / Caroline Fleming
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The food and wine festival sold out of all 4500 tickets in its first-ever event today at Tauranga and Wharepai Domain.
Sunhats and sunglasses were the must-wear of the day with no lady spotted without a summer dress or men without a button-up party shirt.
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Bay Dreams and One Love are expected to draw in a combined 50,000 people. Photo / File
Big-ticket international artists set for Bay of Plenty stages this summer are already isolating in preparation for their first gig. This summer Tauranga will again host two of the country s biggest festivals - Bay Dreams North Island and One Love - bringing in crowds of about 50,000 combined.
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Oron and Saffari’s festival isn’t like others. Instead of binge-drinking to loud music, ticket holders enjoy wellness workshops, yoga tutorials, sweat lodges and juice cleanses during the day, while an eclectic musical selection soundtracks dance parties at night. “The essence of Earthbeat is for people to feel empowered, revitalised and amped up for life,” says Saffari. “People come away more energised than when they came to the festival.” On that hot March day, Oron and Saffari were standing in the serenity of Ātiu Creek, watching their festival city being built around them with smiles on their faces. Then their phones buzzed. It was a government alert: New Zealand would soon go into lockdown to contain the spread of an outbreak of Covid-19.