Bayonne is lista para vestirse de blanco y rojo y dar home a sus fiestas
For five days the centre of the city th will become a festive venue, and more than a million people are expected in the labour capital. The program includes hundreds of events, one of them the ETS concert on Friday night in the town hall square.
Just after the Sanfermines, the Bayonne festivities will now take over. The party will break out at 5 p.m. in the Town Hall Square, and King Leon will take over the city for the next five days.
This year, for the first time, the City Hall balcony will open its doors to the public, and the traditional keys will be launched by writer Marie Darrieussecq, television presenter Maya Lauqué and chef Jean-Claude Tellechea, accompanied by the music of singers Pantxoa and Peio.
From there, the festivities will continue uninterrupted until the 19th of July. The streets of the town will be filled with charangas, bands and music groups that have organized hundreds of events. The children will celebrate their big day on Thursday 16th July and on Friday 17th the Alavesa group ETS will perform in the town hall square.
In addition, there will be no shortage of Basque dance exhibitions and rural sports in Baiona Ttipia. This year, moreover, Karrikaldia, a cultural initiative on the street, is 20 years old.
More than 1,000 agents and control bracelets
Morethan 1,000 officers will be present this year at Bayona parties . in addition to sexual assaults, the authorities want to prevent cases of violence in 2023 and 2024, thus encouraging parents of minors to act "responsibly" to avoid problems with minors.
One more year, non-residents of Baiona will have to pay a fee of EUR 15 to enter the holiday grounds. The bracelet is free for children under the age of 16, local workers and Bayonne residents.
This control system will be mandatory from 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17 until midnight on Sunday, July 19. On Wednesday and Thursday, access is free for everyone. There are 8 official checkpoints to enter the city, where backpacks and bracelets are checked one by one.
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