Bilbao Big Week 2024
Refuting the Bilbao City Council's version, Kai Nakai, Maren and Olatz Salvador claim that only the former was offered an alternative scenario
Councilwoman Itziar Urtasun said she proposed to act in the Circular Square, and it was the artists who "refused" the offer.
The Bilbao City Council says it offered Kai Nakai, Maren and Olatz Salvador to act in the Circular Square, but they said "no"
Montage, the company responsible for setting up the Abandoibarra stage, will be sanctioned with 10% of the contract (€8,250), will not extend the concession by 2026 and will claim damages.
Big Week is over with the burning of Marijaia
After nine long days, the 2025 Big Week in Bilbao is over. As is tradition, the burning of Marijaia has said goodbye to the parties, along with the songs of the banker Francis Diez.
The streets of Bilbao are still alive, a few hours before the end of the festivities
The billiards are making the most of the last few hours of Big Week, before the burning of Marijaia. The giants, the gastronomic contest... and even the foam party!
Aburto has highlighted the work of the police during Big Week with "more than 160 arrests"
Aburto has made a "very good assessment" of this year's Big Week and highlighted the "respect" that has prevailed
Goodbye Marijaia
The end of Big Week in Bilbao.
Marijaia says goodbye today to her nine-day "dionysian party."
The queen of the festival in Bilbao will disappear into the flames tonight at an event that ETB1 and present.eus will offer from 22:00.
Six people arrested for male violence on the last night of Aste Nagusia in Bilbao
Hundreds of people gather in a human chain in Bilbao to denounce sexist attacks during Big Week
This Saturday, at 7:00 p.m., representatives of the comparisons in Bilbao met in front of the City Hall and formed a human chain, together with hundreds of citizens who responded to the call, to protest sexist and racist attacks and to call for parties "without aggression" of any kind.
Great atmosphere on the second Saturday of Big Week
A great atmosphere has been created on the streets of Bilbao, on the second Saturday of Big Week. As usual, weekends are the most crowded of the holidays.
The Dutch pyrotechnic Caffero has won the XXXIII International Fireworks Festival Uria in Bilbao. Competition
180 kilos of unsanitary food have been requisitioned from street vendors during Aste Nagusia in Bilbao
That's twice as much as last year's Big Week, and the holidays are not over yet.
Neighbors will protest this Saturday at the Marzana pier in Bilbao to claim their "right to rest"
The affected neighbours have called for a protest on the pier at 21:00. More than 100 signatures have recently been submitted to the City Council to ensure that the noise situation ends and their rest.
A technical problem caused a 15-minute break in the fireworks in Bilbao last night
Arrests have doubled in the Aste Nagusia in Bilbao: 24 arrests, 5 for male violence
Four of the arrests were for touches, all in the festive area, and two others were for breach of restraining orders.
PACMA has concentrated in Bilbao against tauromaquia
Dozens of people have concentrated this afternoon in front of the bullring Vista Alegre in Bilbao against the bullfighting organized during the Big Week. The PACMA has opted for "popular parties without abuse or death, so that culture and tradition are celebrated without suffering from animals."
Bilboko Konpartsak has activated the second phase of the anti-aggression protocol
Sare has called in Bilbao for the return home of ETA prisoners, refugees and deportees to overcome "the consequences of the conflict"
As every year, the Sare movement has called for the return home of ETA prisoners, refugees and deportees during the Aste Nagusia in Bilbao, because "it is time to overcome the suffering and build bridges of coexistence in memory of the victims of all violence".
Juan Mari Aburto makes a positive assessment of Big Week so far
For the weekend, the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, hopes that joy and joy will prevail and that we will not have to talk about others.