Organisers estimate more than 15,000 people - and perhaps as many as 20,000 people - attended the inaugural SouthFest event in Tuggeranong last weekend.
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Now the question on everyone's lips is: "Will it become an annual event?".
If the chatter on social media is any indication, the community has spoken and shown their desire for SouthFest to return, according to coordinator Taryn Langdon.
"There's a lot of enthusiasm for it to happen again next year," she said.
"It will be based on whether we can get support from business and government."
Normally desolate laneways of Tuggeranong were alive with people, food, music, free children's activities, markets and promotional stalls at the festival last Saturday. Carparks made way for markets and a range of activities, many of them free due to business sponsorship.
"I just think it was fabulous to see the Tuggeranong community come out en masse and really having a great time, and so many businesses and community organisations coming to the party," Taryn said.
"It was really a demonstration that, working together, the community could achieve something wonderful for Tuggeranong."
SouthFest was put together by a subcommittee of the Tuggeranong Community Council. Its president Glenys Patulny said the festival was a big success.
"I personally think there was 15,000 to 20,000 people there. The morning was really good. It was just a shame the wind picked up and the skies were really overcast from about three, four o'clock," she said.
"I was doing exit surveys and no one said anything negative. It was all, 'fantastic, 'awesome', 'please do it again next year'. People did have suggestions, like perhaps more food stalls. I think everyone was glad to see something in Tuggeranong because we don't get much down here."
So will SouthFest be back?
"I hope so," Glenys said. "We've got to make sure we've got the energy back and have some key funding lined up.
"It takes a lot of time and energy. Taryn's leadership and drive really made it happen."