We've met with cultural creators to learn about some of the new developments this year
The presence in the square of Basque culture is a moving and enriching experience for both musicians and writers, who have been grateful and have all stressed the importance of the Durango Fair.
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This year's masquerade begins on Sunday in Irurin and Ozaz
From the 18th of January to the 26th of April, fifteen sessions will be held by the young men of Zalgize, Mendikota, Ozaze, and Iruri.
Male violence is "normalized" in the Basque audiovisual and performing arts sectors
(H) A study promoted by the Emen Association and the Union of Basque Actors (EAB) shows that in the audiovisual and performing arts sectors "male violence is not the result of isolated cases, but of a systemic reality related to the structure of the sector".
The first book printed in Basque "Linguae Vasconum Primitiae" has its last day in the Basque Country
Bernart Etxepare wrote the first book published in Basque in 1545 in Bordeaux. The National Library of France has only one copy of it and has been exhibited in the last three months at the Basque Museum in Bayonne. Although various institutions and elected representatives have requested its stay, it will return to the library in Paris to keep it in the dark for three years.
Errobi gave his last concert at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebastian
The historic Labour group, led by Anje Duhalde and Mixel Ducau, has offered its last direct at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre in San Sebastian. The Er￮ group became the pioneer of progressive Basque rock in the 1970s. Last year they started a farewell tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Er￮ bi, which has been a success in many villages of Euskal Herria.
These have been the main cultural news of the year
The year 2025 has opened unprecedented paths in the Basque music industry. We will inevitably remember this coming year as the year of sold out and great concerts.
The "blackout", the "military", the "flotilla" and other words that have "gone extinct" by 2025
The UZEI terminology and lexicography center has selected 25 words that have been mouth-to-mouth over the past year. Last week, UZEI itself and Euskaltzaindia chose "tariff" as the word of the year.
Aitor Etxebarriazarraga has worn the txapela
Onintza Enbeita competed in the Manomanist, the fourth final of Bizkaia.
Pantxoa eta Peio's second farewell concert: January 9, 2027 at BEC!
The couple will end their career with two concerts at BEC!: tickets for January 10 ran out in a few hours and the second has now been announced: January 9, 2027.
This year's word was "tariff" for Euskaltzaindia and UZEI
The Academy and the UZEI Centre for Terminology and Lexicography have chosen the name "customs tax on foreign products" as the term of the year. The equivalent form of the "customs tax" in the Euskaltziandia Dictionary has been used "much less often".
Gatibu's last farewell was the audience leader on ETB1
For two and a half hours, there was no shortage of music, dances and festive atmosphere in the BEC yesterday. The concert that will be locked in the memory of many that ended with the song 'Musturre sartunde' that brought the Vizcaíno group to success.