A weekend adventuring around Bass Coast music festival in Merritt, B.C. makes a person consider that the term “festival” is thrown around way too often.

While the world's brand name music festivals such as Coachella are grandiose and entertaining in their own right, somewhere between the lineup for a $12 beer and the flying glow sticks you begin to lose the feeling of community and the connection a festival should create.

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It is on the level of community that Bass Coast has created a festival ecosystem of its own.

The festival’s very own classroom, dubbed “The Brain,” hosts workshops offering tangible knowledge on everything from meditation to your legal rights while crossing borders.

Food trucks full of smiling faces keep busy providing attendees with vegan, vegetarian and straight up comfort food options and its impossible to make it through the weekend without a dip in the refreshing river.

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All this comes on top of the eclectic music provided by the international and homegrown artists that takes place upon the three unforgettable stages.

Where else can you watch festival co-founder Andrea Graham aka The Librarian perform in front of a giant spaceship in the middle of 5000 people?

Bass Coast co-founders Graham and Liz Thomson, along with a tremendously committed team of staff and volunteers, have managed to create this environment.

Granted, the vibes are not for everyone. But that’s exactly the point.

Instead of attempting to sell as many tickets as possible by squeezing Drake beside Mumford & Sons on the line up, Bass Coast aims to curate an environment that is fueled by music but puts atmosphere first.

Mat the Alien, The Funk Hunters, Jpod, Abstrak Sonance, are just some of the homegrown B.C. talent that goes along with perfectly curated artists from across Canada and the globe.

Prominent hip-hop producer Sango performed on the main stage, Lil Simz who’s currently opening for The Gorillaz stopped in for an electric set and through the most famous bass sound system on earth, Calgary's PK Sound.

Bass Coast also provides a festival theme for each year. For 2016, the theme was gold and for this year Bass Coast chose the theme space.

It's a fitting concept because not everyone gets to, or would even enjoy visiting space, but for those who do, it's out of this world.