Major's Hill Park became a sea of denim jackets and general '80s nostalgia when party rockers Loverboy hit the main stage of the Tulip Festival Saturday night.

The aging rockers performed to a crowd largely made up of those 30 and above (although, astonishingly, there were some much younger still singing along to most of the tunes).

Whatever their age, everyone at Major's Hill Park was there to goof out on the hits and Loverboy didn't disappoint.

Opening with Notorious, the band stayed very close to its classic hit repertoire with crowd pleasers like Lucky Ones, When it's Over, The Kid is Hot Tonite, and Turn Me Loose.

Singer Mike Reno still has the pipes, but the stocky Loverboy frontman needed plenty of extended solos from guitarist Paul Dean to get through the night. He tired visibly during the course of the show and occasionally seemed to struggle to lift his mike stand (although he did manage a leg kick during Take Me to the Top).

The audience clearly had fun with the band. At one point, Reno tossed out a sweaty towel into the crowd only to have it thrown back a few minutes later, where it landed right on top of the mike stand. However, by the end of the night, Reno had donned his trademark headband and the crowd was throwing bras and panties at the singer's feet.

Ottawa rock foursome hydrofoil has been keeping a pretty low profile since the release of ... a big hand for wonderboy last summer, but the band showed no signs of rust during its performance.

The only drawback to the bass-heavy tunes was that occasionally vocalist Lou Saracino's voice was overwhelmed by the massive vibrations of the formidable rhythm section.

When organizers dubbed this year's Tulip Festival a salute to Britain, it's a safe bet they weren't planning to emulate English weather. When the main stage concert started at 7 p.m., the skies were gloomy and Major's Hill Park was caught under a smattering of rain.

Fortunately, over the course of its set, the nine-piece Bollywood Brass Band managed to banish the torrent with its quirky, lurching renditions of Indian movie theme songs performed with booming drums and various brass instruments including tuba, trombone, clarinet and more.