Mr Graham said he spent much of his day in his garage working on a woodwork project but still noticed the music.
"I live at Welcome Bay, which measures just over seven kilometres from Bay Park, as the crow flies.
"As it was, above the whine of my electric saw, and with grade 4 earmuffs on, I could still hear the 'dum-dum, dumma-dum' of the robotic drums associated with a lot of modern 'music'."
Mr Graham said after his evening meal he called the council to complain but was told the organisers had a permit.
Tauranga City Council manager of environmental monitoring Andrew McMath said as of yesterday afternoon, its call centre received 43 calls.
Complaints were also received by Bay Venues through their own channels, Mr McMath said.
The council was now investigating whether Bay Dreams was in compliance with the conditions of the resource consent granted, he said.
A full investigation would begin today.
Bay Venues chief executive Gary Dawson said he was aware of four to five calls to the complaint line plus phone calls from residents, asking when the music would finish, who did not appear to have any issue with the concert ending at 10.30pm.
"When you are going to have an outdoor concert there is going to be a lot of noise," Mr Dawson said.
"We have 5000 people there on a rainy night. There's demand for this kind of thing."
Mr Dawson said the Bay Venues team would provide the council with its noise reports from the concert.
Bay Dreams organiser Pato Alvarez declined to comment.
