Bilbao Big Week 2024
A street vendor camp has been dismantled in Bilbao's Gas Square
The mayor of Bilbao has said that the police will continue to work because, in his view, it is unacceptable that "those who come to Big Week to do the street sale should be placed in a city camp." The police, for their part, believe that they may be under the control of the mafias.
A giant mosaic with the colors of the Palestinian flag has been made in Bilbao's Arriaga Square
Organized by Bilboko Konpartsak, dozens of people have denounced the "genocide that Israel is committing." They have formed the mosaic along with the sound of sirens, and have told organizations, parties, and companies that the capital of Bizkaia "sympathizes with Palestine."
10 people have been arrested on the third day of Big Week, one of them for stab threats
Half of the arrests have been for theft and the most significant incidents have occurred in the vicinity of St. Nicholas's Street, Hope and Widow Epaltza.
Dupla and Janus Lester premiered the Abandoibarra stage
The Alavese artists and the Navarro soloist danced the area near the Guggenheim.
Juan Mari Aburto: "The stage in Txurdinaga was ready and not in Abandoibarra, and I see no reason"
According to the mayor of Bilbao, the contracted company did not do its job, "it managed the time very badly", so the concerts of the first day (Kai Nakai, Olatz Salvador and Maren) were cancelled in Abandoibarra, and the problems were resolved, and the Sunday concerts could be offered normally.
Eleven people have been arrested this Sunday during the Aste Nagusia in Bilbao, two of them for male violence
Most of the crimes were committed in the vicinity of St. Nicholas and the Old Town, and were related to theft and disobedience.
A sea of confetti, fun and color wet the streets of Bilbao during the Bali whale parade
One more year, the pasacalles have crossed the Gran Vía with whale, octopus, clam, bream and txangurro, along with wild animal puppets and thematic comparisons. At the end of the day, a municipal cleaning device has taken care to adapt the area and clean up all the waste generated.
Bilbao City Council has taken steps to ensure today's concerts
Bilbao again "radiant" after the first night of Big Week
The first night of Big Week has filled Bilbao with music and joy. While celebrating the city, the cleaning service of Bilbaogarbi has worked tirelessly to clean the streets and the txosnas area.
14 detainees on the first night of Big Week, two of them for gender-based violence and one for touches
The first concerts in Abandoibarra this Saturday have been cancelled because of a "set-up problem"
According to the first information, the suspension is due to "reasons beyond the organization".
Francis Díez starts Big Week with an Ode dedicated to Marijaia, "our goddess of the feast."
This year's banker has invited her to love everything that is "playful," not forgetting the need to turn parties into a "safe and vindictive space."
Nervousness in Bilbao, waiting for Marijaia to arrive
Juan Mari Aburto advocates an exciting, free and safe Big Week
The Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto , wants the citizens to enjoy the Big Week in a climate of freedom and security. He has said that the Festival Commission is responsible for bringing together different points of view so that these are "thebest partiesin the world ". In this interview he has also called for respect and coexistence in order to enjoy the Big Week in harmony.
Bilboko Konpartsak has stated that they will not tolerate "sexist, racist or LGBTBIphobic aggression" or "police violence"
Bilbao will activate a specific protocol against racist attacks during Big Week
Ninety percent of Bilbao Municipal Police personnel will participate in the Big Week security operation
Today, in Bilbao, a meeting of the Security Coordination Committee was held to prepare for the Big Week security operation that will begin next Saturday, August 16. The Municipal Police and the Ertzaintza will patrol 24 hours a day at the main public holidays, giving priority to the prevention of male aggression and hate crimes.
Bilbao will strengthen security for Big Week, focusing on the prevention of any attack
In addition, preventive controls on alcohol and drug use will be strengthened and illegal street sales will be monitored, and citizens will be able to file complaints at any time.
Bilbao City Council and Comparisons present their campaign against male, racist and LGTBIQphobic attacks for Big Week
Bilbao Mayor Juan Mari Aburto has called for the "commitment and shared responsibility" of institutions and citizens to live a Big Week without sexist, racist and LGTBIQphobic aggression.
Sare and Bilboko Konpartsak have called 'Bizkaiko Etxera Eguna' for August 22 in Bilbao
The Big Week will be accompanied by demonstrations, popular lunches and concerts calling for the return of Basque prisoners, refugees and deportees. The organizers remember that society "has overcome the biggest wounds of the conflict" and that "it is time for the cry 'Etxera' to move from vindication to achievement".