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It’s like a “homecoming” for Basque-Americans and Basques around the world to celebrate their culture with dancing, music and ...
Elise Overgaard (PhD, biomolecular sciences, ’22) is a Boise State alum whose involvement in Boise’s Basque community extends ...
It’s been a decade since the last Jaialdi. Meaning simply, “festival” in Basque, Jaialdi is usually held every five years, but was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. For Idaho’s Basque ...
The Jaialdi fun will continue Sunday at Expo Idaho at 11am. At the Basque Block in Downtown Boise Sunday Night, Jaialdi will wrap up with one final dancing celebration at 8:30.
Not until this week, when a hot July evening marked the beginning of Jaialdi 2025. For some, the return of the festival was a chance to enjoy traditional Basque paella — a dish often mistakenly ...
A Basque dance group during Jaialdi on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at Expo Idaho. The festival is returning next summer for the first time in 10 years.
Boise has waited 10 long years for this. Jaialdi is back and will be bigger than ever, starting Tuesday, July 29, and running until Sunday, Aug. 3. The COVID-19 pandemic sidelined the once-every ...
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BOISE — Jaialdi, a worldwide Basque festival that was to be held in Boise in July 2022, has been canceled, according to a press release issued by the festival. The ...
BOISE, Idaho — The popular Basque festival Jaialdi will not be held in Boise in 2022 as planned, marking the third straight year COVID-19 concerns have postponed or canceled the event.
Jaialdi is going on hiatus until 2025. Already postponed twice, the popular Basque festival in Boise has been canceled in 2022. Normally held every five years, the last Jaialdi happened in 2015 ...
For some people, Jaialdi is just another day to celebrate Basque culture. Dan Ansotegui, who owns Ansots Basque Chorizos, and his two bandmates played their folk music and watched people dance along.