On August 28, 2014 the Embassy hosted its tenth annual festival of Belarusian music.  Known as Ambasovishcha — now accessible to wider audiences within and without Belarus  due to the live stream from the event on YouTube — the festival featured ten bands representing a variety of genres, from metal to folk, including an artist from the United States, Aisha Fukushima and her band.  Honoring the performing bands and Belarusian cultural and intellectual community in attendance, Charge d’Affaires Scott Rauland underscored “the need for the creative person to voice his love of life, his views of the ways of the world and concerns about society” and noted that “current mood is not dampened by gig cancellations or radio bans as in years past.”