More than 6000 campers have converged on a farm in the Cardrona Valley near Wamala for the Rhythm and Alps music festival, with some revellers having travelled from as far away as Europe for the New Year party.
One visitor is Scotsman Cory McGowan, who despite not being part of the event's official line-up, has been entertaining camps with his bagpipes - which come with a midnight curfew.
"They've gone down great so far. There's a lot of stoppers, you know a lot of people coming on," he told Newshub.
"A lot of people [are] loving the bagpipes."
He's not the only international visitor representing at the three-day festival. Ten percent of this year's tickets have been sold to overseas guests keen to be among the first to see in the New Year.
"We've had ticket buyers from Europe and Melbourne fly out specifically - and other parts of Australia," festival director Alex Turnbull told Newshub.
"So it's really showing what a landmark event we've become."
There will be 10,000 people partying at Robrosa Station by Sunday night, with 53 musical acts across the event.
"It's just a really chilled out vibe," attendee Eli Maynard said.
"Like good weather, Cardrona Valley's a beautiful place. Like we can just hang out in the tents, have a few beers, come back."
With almost a third of campers aged over 28, festivals aren't just for the teenagers anymore.
"No they're definitely not," attendee Shaun Wilson said.
"Been to quite a few festivals but this is my first time here at R&A and it's been awesome so far."
And there's plenty of time to soak up the sun before the partying starts again on Saturday night.
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