Basque music will be rocking the U.S. capital. “Amuma Says No,” the popular Basque music band from Boise, will be playing Wednesday July 14 in the prestigious Homegrown Concert Series in Washington D.C. The series features top artists performing traditional music and dance routines from a variety of cultures in the United States. Related Euskal Kazeta articles: Amuma Says No [...]

For 100 years, the Star Hotel has been an anchor of Elko’s rich and colorful Basque history.

Basque history and culture in the Eastern Sierra Nevada will be featured during the 2010 Basque High Country Heritage Celebration that will held this weekend near Gardnerville, Nevada. The two-day event, on June 26 and 27, will include two guided hikes, a lecture by University of Nevada Reno Professor Joxe Mallea and traditional Basque food prepared by JT Basque Bar [...]

Basque Lehendakari Patxi Lopez will be visiting the United States next month during the huge Jaialdi 2010 international Basque festival in Boise. The Basque government announced that Lopez will hosting a reception on Thursday July 29 at the downtown Boise Center. Lopez was elected last year as lehendakari, or president of Euskadi. Related Euskal Kazeta articles: Jaialdi 2010 Countdown Oinkari [...]

Boise’s Trey McIntyre Project will present one of the more interesting artistic performances at Jaialdi 2010.

Above: Luhartz and Rafa Iriondo interview. For the Basque band Luhartz, playing for Basque-American audiences is a way to acknowledge the hard work made by local Basque clubs to promote the culture of their homeland. The group, which specializes in Basque dance music, has performed at Basque festivals in San Francisco, Bakersfield, Boise and Reno since first coming to the [...]

Above: Basque pelota exhibition in Bakersfield. Four Basque handball players battled it out in exhibition matches at the Kern County Basque Festival and are now headed to the Bay Area, where they will square off on the indoor court at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco on Friday June 4. The Bay Area event will be dedicated to [...]