Tessa Hills - also known as Messie - thought the year couldn't get any bigger.
Headlining 'Wintergeddon' this year is actor Robert Patrick who played the iconic T-1000 Terminator opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The location provides not only a blank canvas for New Zealand's top lighting artists, but creative music makers too.
Politicians get in on Polyfest action - despite the Prime Minister's absence.
Forty-thousand people are expected at the event over the weekend.
Organisers have cancelled Saturday night's fireworks, acknowledging their communication "could've been better".
"There were quite a few people on the bus that actually passed out."
They've implemented several key changes after eight-hour waits in previous years that saw teens faint in the heat.
Organisers of the festival say ticket sales have bounced back post-COVID-19, as well as a big pool of international talent.
