Warm up your voices, Carols at the Waterfront returns to Edgewater Fan on Tauranga's The Strand waterfront on Sunday, December 22.

There was a fantastic turn out last year, when hundreds of people enjoyed listening to carols in the sunshine.

The organising team is expecting another mixed crowd of young and old to join them at Tauranga waterfront from 5.30pm.

Rev Simon McLeay from St Peters Church says once again they will be telling the original Christian story of Christmas in a simple and interactive way.

'We'll sing all your favourite carols, backed by the Salvation Army Brass Band and the dulcet voices of Inachord choir.

'It's just great for the churches to come together, alongside people of no religion, as we retell the birth story of one of the world's great faiths,” says Simon.

People are advised to come early and bring a picnic. They can bring their own chairs or just find a spot on the grass to relax, listen and sing along.