It’s like a “homecoming” for Basque-Americans and Basques around the world to celebrate their culture with dancing, music and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Jaialdi 2025 approaches, one Boise group is helping ensure the heart of Basque culture — its music — continues to thrive.The local heritage band known as Txantxangorriak has been a fixture ...

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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.

Every five years, Idaho's state capital becomes the Basque capital of America as up to 50,000 of the unique European ethnic group of that descent descend on Boise for Jaialdi, which means ...

Basque Jaialdi celebration in Boise pushed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic Jaialdi, a Basque celebration held every five years, will be pushed back by a year. So, what will it look like in 2021?

Boise’s Basque community has celebrated the San Inazio Festival since the 1950s, and the festival returned in summer 2022 after the pandemic. The Jaialdi celebration runs July 29-Aug. 3, 2025 ...

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.