Celebrating diversity and embracing who you are is what the coming Bay Pride picnic is all about.
The popular festival will return this year, the first time since 2012, featuring plenty of live entertainment, fun activities, games and prizes worth thousands of dollars.
The festival was set up by the Bay Pride Trust in 2011 to celebrate diversity within Rotorua's community and this year's festival picnic is set to be bigger, brighter and more colourful than ever.
It will be at Rotorua's Village Green from 12pm to 4pm next Sunday.
Bay Pride Festival organiser Ms Ma Ma Laid said the picnic was aimed at everyone in Rotorua, including the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, their families and friends and anyone who wanted a fun day out.