Bry Ulrick

You wanted to go to London and rotate to Dubai and Shanghai (then move to Thailand) sooo badly, but when getting to London hated it and wanted to go back to the sunny, care-free festival and party times of LA. In the future you could work for the EPA and help with climate change, be a sustainability consultant for events in Dubai, create digital content around the world through your Youtube budget travel blog, teach English and DJ in Thailand, launch your thrifted festival fashion start-up, who knows? You have just created your website for Satnam, your start-up dedicated to thrifted/vintage festival fashion that will donate money to charities of the buyers’ choice, could be issues of minority or environmental rights. In this time next year, you will be continuing this legacy and making an income through private music production, DJing/live shows, Satnam, and many other projects you are taking to learn this time such as Forex trading.

The LIB sign in front of attendees flocking to the cool lake Almost no one could have predicted what began as a small birthday party for friends and family in Santa Barbara in 1999 with 1,200 people to balloon into one of California’s, and the world’s, most loved music and art festivals. Indeed, LIB boasts some of the largest amounts of workshops of any festival in the U. S. besides Burning Man, covering everything from physical Kundalini yoga and breathwork to energy healing and massage; dietary classes such as plant-based Keto and others in the Learning Kitchen; ArtClave art classes, and many others. Speaking of connection with others, the entire vibe of the festival is a family one, and what it takes to run a festival often asks of people to give more than they have- This year the festival was held at a new venue in Buena Vista Lake and also incorporated a new stage, which always poses challenges, but the team pulled it off gracefully.

Bamboo Bass: a collective of artists and performers from all over the world celebrating bass and techhouse music in the paradise of Jaco, Costa Rica, located about 30 minutes inland in the heart of the jungle. Meli Rodriguez is a Costa Rican native, and the founder of Puchero Records, which works with not only Costa Rican artists, but those from all over the world. Having lived in other countries such as Austria, Chile, and Spain, she experienced the techno scenes in these places and brought them back to create her own techno and electronic music scene in Costa Rica. When living in Spain, she met her husband, and she came back to Costa Rica, and began to throw “formal” parties, and market towards a young audience, but soon she brought everyone into the mix.

, there is always a wide array of activities going on during the day, along with delicious food (I was so happy to see a vegan BBQ menu alongside a traditional meaty BBQ! ) . During the nighttime, amazing techno and house DJs take over the stage, with everything from dark techno to funky house mixed with hip-hop to trancey house. Camping with a group of amazing Canadians, it was awesome to see that they had traveled outside of their country because they enjoyed DBC so much the last two years! It’s this kind of energy that keeps this festival going, bringing back fans annually.