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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.
After a 10-year hiatus, the world’s largest Basque festival is coming back to Boise — and organizers say it’s bigger, bolder, ...
Boise, Idaho is home to one of the densest populations of Basque people in the entire world. But it is Jaialdi that brings ...
As Boise gets ready to host Jaialdi, the largest Basque Festival outside of the old country, festival goers can look forward ...
It’s the biggest celebration in Idaho that only comes around once every five years—and this time, we’re giving you a ...
Basque. Jaialdi attendees can sample a variety of specialties from the old country during the festival, including one very specific drink: Kalimotxos.
It has been 10 years since the last Jaialdi celebration, a casualty of the pandemic. "This is a Herculean community effort ...
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 ...
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Basque in Idaho: A Jaialdi special

The country's largest Basque festival, Jaialdi, took over downtown Boise for the last week of July, marking a unique ...
The smell of traditional Basque foods will be wafting in the air Sunday during the eighth annual St. Teresa Basque Festival at Fuji Park. The festival, steeped in Basque tradition, has become more ...