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

After a 10-year hiatus, the world’s largest Basque festival is coming back to Boise — and organizers say it’s bigger, bolder, and more heartfelt than ever.Jaial ...

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, but was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic. For Idaho’s Basque ...

As Boise gets ready to host Jaialdi, the largest Basque Festival outside of the old country, festival goers can look forward to eating lots -lots- of food ... including perhaps the most popular item ...

Elise Overgaard (PhD, biomolecular sciences, ’22) is a Boise State alum whose involvement in Boise’s Basque community extends ...

BOISE, Idaho, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ...

The country's largest Basque festival, Jaialdi, took over downtown Boise for the last week of July, marking a unique ...

This Memorial Day weekend, as is tradition, the Kern County Basque Festival highlighted the talent of both local residents and those living afar. This weekend, visiting players from the pelota ...

They are actively engaged in the Basque community, and their practices, knowledge, and memories are facts of an enduring and living Basque culture. By the end of June when the 2016 Folklife Festival ...

BOISE, Idaho, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ...