The Christchurch man was among those who flocked to Waiora Scout Camp for the four-night festival, which started on Friday and finished yesterday.
He first attended the festival in 1977, and every year there was a "world-class performance", he said.
Italian folk group Ensemble Sangineto was his favourite from this year’s line up, and their harpist was the best he had ever heard.
As festival-goers packed camping gear back into their cars yesterday, one vehicle was especially eye-catching.
While he had not been the one who originally made it into a campervan, he had done a lot of work on it, and had more plans for the future.
Site manager Andrew Bowen said the event had been "fantastic".
The festival had not been held for two years, and the last one had been held amid huge downpours.
This year also had its challenges - a truck carrying sound equipment tipped over at low speed near the camp while preparations were being made on Wednesday, which caused a delay of about 7 hours, although no-one was injured.
An organiser also came down with Covid-19.
"The festival itself was just amazing - there were a lot of great artists."
Each day about 200 people had attended, slightly down on the usual amount as the event was built up again.
The event was heavily dependent on volunteers, who shared a sense of community as folk music fans, and about 60 or 70 people were helping to pack up yesterday.
Everyone was looking forward to getting together again for the next festival, he said.
