During the first three months of this year more than 40,000 people are expected have been to Mystery Creek Events Centre to dance, sing, sleep, pray, laugh, eat, network and socialise.
Events planned for the versatile Waikato event centre include trade shows, industry conferences, weddings and New Zealand's longest-running music festival, Parachute.
First up 115 hectare riverside venue was transformed into a colourful tent city for the annual Parachute Music Festival.
The sold-out event provided family-friendly fun and music with a line-up of more than 100 bands, local and international, performing across four stages and catering to 17,500 fans of all genres. Headline acts included Evermore, Switchfoot, Hillsong United, Newsboys, Family Force Five, Lecrae, Rapture Ruckus, Sleeping Giant and Oh, Sleeper.
Mystery Creek Events Centre corporate and private events manager Sonya Anderson says she is extremely happy with the number and range of events booked at the facilities this year.