Xabier Berrueta remembers where he was when he got his brother’s text last October. He was in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France, watching the World Cup championship of Trinquet. His brother Aitor told him the board of the Basque Cultural Center (BCC) in South San Francisco had given approval...

Jaialdi, the mega-Basque festival celebrated every five years in Boise, Idaho, was supposed to take place in July 28 to Aug. 2, 2020. On April 6, the festival organizers announced the postponement of the event to July 2021. The rest of this article was originally posted Feb. 6, 2020 on the 2020 celebration....

The original plan was modest: Bring at least eight dancers from California to the Basque Country to perform for the festival of the Baztan Valley – Baztandarren Biltzarra. But what transpired was far more successful than anyone could have imagined. Ultimately, 42 dancers from five different California...

Dan Ansotegui, a pillar of the Boise Basque community for years, was recently honored for his commitment to maintaining Basque culture with a NEA National Heritage Fellowship. The musician and restaurateur was one of only nine Americans to be honored with the award this year, considered the highest honor...

The 47th annual Kern County Basque Festival and the annual summer NABO convention coincided this year, creating a blockbuster three-day event May 23-25 that brought in people from all over the West. Not even rain and cool weather were able to dampen the epic party. The rain didn’t start until Sunday...

A Deliciously Good Cause: 2019 Basque Museum and Cultural Center Dinner is a Success It’s too early to say how much money was raised by Boise’s Basque Museum and Cultural Center April 6, but not too soon to know the event was an unqualified success. Some 200 supporters from across the state attended...