The event, which drew a crowd of more than 6000 people to Forsyth Barr Stadium, had various wild foods and more than 400 varieties of beer, cider and wine on offer.
For Jon Barakauskar and friends, putting together a group costume of human-sized "beer pong" containers was planned well in advance but made in "a last-minute effort" just before the big day.
However, someone "forgot" to buy the ping-pong balls to complete the costume.
Mr Barakauskas painted some plastic containers bright red and strung the costumes across the shoulders of the group members. Despite the lack of organisation, Mr Barakauskas said the costumes brought them positive attention.
"Someone will ask to get a photo. It’s just a bit of fun."
The "official festival brew" for the 2017 event was "Saul’s Milk Stout" which won the 2016 home brew competition.
The competition was held again this year. The winner was Harvey Kane’s Russian Imperial Stout, "Session RIS".
Mr Kane’s prize was to create the festival brew next year.
In addition to the variety of food and drinks, there was entertainment throughout the day including a live karaoke stage set-up, circus antics by "MulletMan", children’s games, seminars and the headline act — Dave Dobbyn.
