BOISE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in the Boise Weekly. For the first time in over a decade, thousands of people from around the world will gather in Boise’s Basque Block to celebrate ...

Over a thousand people gathered in Boise’s Basque Block for the third day of Jaialdi. The Basque Block became a meeting ground for Basques, Basque-Americans and people who just wanted to join in on ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Jaialdi Basque Festival returns to Boise on July 29 after a decade of absence. It is the biggest Basque festival in the United States, drawing international visitors to the City of ...

At the 2016 Folklife Festival, the Oinkari Basque Dancers energetically twirled, jumped, and high-kicked across the Musika eta Dantza Etxea and Frontoia. But this wasn’t their first time gracing the ...

After two years of canceled celebrations, Boise’s Basque Block will come alive this weekend with the sights, sounds and smells of northern Spain. Txantxangorriak musicians will fill the air with the ...

HOMEDALE — Come celebrate an evening of festive dance, live music and food Basque style at the 9th annual Homedale Basque Dance this Saturday. Enjoy all the rich ethnic traditions as you watch the ...

Oinkari Basque dancers in the 2009 Trailing of the Sheep Festival This week’s reader photo seemed to all-too-perfectly match the theme of the latest issue of High Country News, which focuses on ...

Growing up in my household meant constantly hearing live music. My father, who fell in love with the fiddle in college, had developed an interest in Irish music. When I was six years old, I took a ...

On New Year’s Eve 1980, Jeanette Idiart Blanco and Anita Izoco came up with the idea that the Basque community needed a social outlet to get together to enjoy each other’s company. By March 1981, ...

For the first time in over a decade, thousands of people from around the world will gather in Boise’s Basque Block to celebrate Jaialdi. The six-day festival honoring Basque culture through food, ...