Rotorua has won the rights to host the National Brass Band Championships in 2015, which is expected to bring thousands of visitors to the city.
Rotorua has beat off strong competition from Auckland's North Shore to host the competition in the first week of the July school holidays.
It will be at the Rotorua Convention Centre and is expected to bring about 2000 visitors to the city.
President of Waikato/Bay of Plenty Brass Bands Association Stephen Clayton presented the bid to the executive of the New Zealand Brass Bands Association in Wellington this month with help from Destination Rotorua Marketing's Rotorua Convention Bureau (RCB).
RCB conference and incentives manager Denise Siviter said it was exciting to receive confirmation the bid had been successful.