No rain will stop this beast. Organisers of the Beast of a Feast Festival at Soper Reserve say the event will be going ahead, rain or shine.

The event at Mount Maunganui is promising a rock star line-up of some of New Zealand's best breweries and street food vendors provides the perfect setting for you to acclimatise to a New Year!

Challenge your mates to a match of table tennis or giant ten pin bowling or perhaps meet the brewers behind the beers at ‘The Beer Affair' tent.

The entertainment offering at Beast of a Feast will be varied with the stage playing host to a broad selection of music genres.

This will include brass section bands playing anything from ragtime to dixieland coupled with a mix of acts known for other jazz fusions, rainbow pop and dance.

Patrons, Tony Cameron and Mike Haden enjoy a Rocky Knob brew and a chat with Bronwyn and Stuart Marshall.

Peter Nicholas and his faithful hound Bodie sniff out a brew.

Gloria, Jouni and Tami Viitakangas and Sara Devlin - Mata Beer.

Yummmmm...Shannon and Will Scott - Banger Boys.

To see what else is happening in and around Tauranga today, check out our What's On listings below:

Tuesday 3 January

Beast of a Feast

Food, craft beer, music. Sessions run from 10am – 3pm & 4-9pm. Featuring some of the country's best food vendors & breweries plus a meet the brewer Q&A tent. Games area & eating competitions. At Soper Reserve, Mt Maunganui. R18. https://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=BEASTOFA17

Mount Park Summer Series

Jan 3 Beast of a Feast. Craft beer, food & live music featuring Electric Wire Hustle. Jan 6 Sticky Fingers & Hermitude & Bootleg Rascal, Summer Thieves & Mitch James. Old Brewers Field, 107 Newton St, Mount. face-book.com/mountparkvenue

Mai Beats by the Beach - Tuesday Jan 3rd 1pm-3pm, Mount Drury Reserve

Petanque - Tauranga/BOP Club

Every Tues & Sun at Blake Park 1pm. Equip available, all coaching given. All welcome. Jo Ann 578 3606

Tauranga Scrabble Club

Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372