New Delhi: Domestic rock festivals have been taking place in the country for a while now, but this weekend saw a one of a kind festival that featured 60 bands over three days in an atmosphere like never before.

A few seconds in the compound of the Eastwind 'nunusual' festival, and its no question that you are in a global atmosphere.

Musicians, music lovers, free spirited chillers — all move around in perfect harmony within the three-stage set up.

Spiritual chanters did their thing on the fun stage, and people supported them in their own fun way. The backbone of this atmosphere in one word was tolerance, and in two, beer and tolerance — a small but first time ever contributor at a music festival that only fuelled the spirit of Eastwind.

“It's a lot of people that you're dealing with — crowd control issues, lifestyle related issues. We set up a little bit of pub facility,” says Eastwind organiser Adhiraj Mustafi. “We were a little nervous, but at the same time our objective was to get the music out and get Eastwind going. I think it's worked pretty well.”

Another first at the festival was the sheer amount of artists. From the hard-hitting sound covered by bands like Cyanide and Scribe, electro-experimental by Advaita, the Medival Puditz and Jalebee Cartel, to classic and alternative rock from Something Relevant, Parikrama and Pentagram.

Close to 60 bands played back to back over three days. The best part was all got an equal stage and in no remote way was it about who was bigger than whom.

In fact, some of the newer crop drew more applause than the supposed veterans. Eastwind was just pure music and minus the hype in a free-mingling atmosphere.