The Cherry Blossom Festival has turned Greerton Village into an immense community celebration with music, stalls, a car show, and of course pink blossoms waving in the gentle breeze overhead.

After a two-year Covid-19-induced hiatus, everyone is thrilled to see the festival back.

Street Machines and Customs have their cars on show along Chadwick Road and Greerton Village School has their gala happening in their school grounds.

There are performances, bouncy castles, circus workshops, live music and dancing in the village square, a roving performer, and an auction at 12pm.

Dancers and live music in the Greerton Village Square. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

Across the road from the village square, the school is full of stalls and people enjoying a fabulous day out. Tauranga Steampunk and The Welcoming Babes dressed in red and purple have members strolling around adding to the colour and vibe.

Chadwick Road is lined with pretty pink cherry blossom trees which are in bloom. It's a beautiful sunny day, and the street is awash with pink petals and bright custom cars.

Rozanne de Wild and friends enjoying the festival. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

The return of this iconic event, featuring more than 100 custom cars on display has been long-awaited.

Businesses up and down Chadwick Road have decked out their windows in cherry blossom pink in celebration of the trees – which adds another activity for festival-goers to do on the day.

The Welcoming Babes: Judy Junge aka Lady Cookalot and Roslyn Rasmussen as Duchess Gemini. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

The Greerton Village Cherry Blossom Festival is a mobility-friendly event. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

Bill Grainger showing his car in the car show. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.