For thirty years, Basovishcha, the Festival of Music of Young Belarus, has been held in Gródek in north-eastern Poland, close to the Belarusian border. During the two-day event in the middle of July, the best rock bands from Belarus and Podlasie, as well as Polish rock stars, had a chance to show their worth. The name of the festival was derived from the abbreviation of one of its organisers, the Belarusian Association of Students in Poland (BAS).