Despite those who turned up having a "blast", the Hawke's Bay Backyard Summerfest on Saturday is likely to be the first and last of its kind held in the region.
Backyard cricket, swingball, music and art were the attractions at the inaugural Summerfest, however they failed to capture the imagination of the Bay people.
Held at the Waikoko Gardens at the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds Event Centre, Sport Hawke's Bay commercial manager Kevin Murphy teamed up with Stortford Lodge Rotary to create an event themed like a good old-fashioned backyard summer party. "The event itself from an organisational point of view went off really well, everyone who turned up had a blast.
"Unfortunately, we just didn't get the numbers that we needed. It's a huge disappointment, really, for whatever reason we couldn't motivate the punters to come along," Mr Murphy said.