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The Jaialdi Basque Festival returns to Boise on July 29, drawing international visitors after a decade-long hiatus.
The country's largest Basque festival returns to Boise after 10 years, featuring a week of cultural celebrations, traditional food and performances from July 29 to Aug. 3.
Boise, Idaho is home to one of the densest populations of Basque people in the entire world. But it is Jaialdi that brings ...
It’s been a decade since the last Jaialdi. Meaning simply, “festival” in Basque, Jaialdi is usually held every five years, ...
While Basque culture takes center stage this week in downtown Boise for the Jaialdi festival, the Basque roots run deep in ...
One way people showed their enthusiasm was through spontaneous footwork. As a trio of musicians with accordions and a ...
After a 10-year hiatus, the world’s largest Basque festival is coming back to Boise — and organizers say it’s bigger, bolder, ...
It has been 10 years since the last Jaialdi celebration, a casualty of the pandemic. “This is a Herculean community effort ...
As Boise gets ready to host Jaialdi, the largest Basque Festival outside of the old country, festival goers can look forward ...
It’s like a “homecoming” for Basque-Americans and Basques around the world to celebrate their culture with dancing, music and food.
As Boise reaches the halfway point of the Basque festival Jaialdi, Gov. Brad Little welcomes Lehendakari Imano Pradales, the ...
As the Basque Block prepares for the vibrant six-day Jaialdi festival, a special preschool on the Boise Bench is already ...