One of the country's best known entertainers and a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Tina Cross, will be headlining the big New Year's Eve Community Celebration event at Napier's Sound Shell.
"We are delighted to get Tina," event manager Peter Mooney said.
"And she was happy to say yes to coming back here."
Cross put on a couple of concerts at the Tabard Theatre during last year's Tremains Art Deco Weekend and "wowed everyone", Mr Mooney said.
"I'd actually seen her at a jazz festival in Palmerston North before the big weekend and she shared the stage with two more recognised jazz singers - and she was absolutely superb - really, really good."