Music festivals

The festival was created 26 years ago to help the families pay for the dispersal of Basque prisoners. Since then, 30 festivals have been held. After the dispersal, the new festival that will be born in December will be called Euskal Herriaren Askatasuna.

Vaughan (Texas, 1951), who received the festival txapela this Saturday, then offered a concert, the only one in the state. In 1976 , Vaughan founded the legendary band The Fabulous Thunderbirds and, after leaving the band in 1989, acted as a soloist.

Within the San Sebastian jazz festival, the Azkoitia group last night offered an energetic direct at the Zurriola beach in front of a family and youth audience. 

This Friday, Bridgewater performed live on the stage of the San Sebastian Jazz Festival, where he proclaimed his work for "all women and especially black women . "

The heavy Oñatiarra band has reappeared in the latest edition of the Hatortxu Rock festival , which is being held these days in Lakuntza. After two models and two albums, they separated in 1999. In 2007, the quartet took a tour that was included in the album "Hellmuga".

Until Sunday, Bilbao will be the world's blues capital, where there will be no shortage of legends and surprises. This Friday it was the turn of Missis￮ queen & The Wet Dogs, The Kings of Blues and Blackburn Brothers.

For the first time at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival, they have played popular songs from different eras of the group, songs that became the hymns of different generations . Songs that reflect the love of youth, the culture of surfing  and above all optimism .

On July 19, Dant-z was held on the beach of Itzurun (Zumaia) . The main feature of the festival, born in Hondarribia, is the transfer of techno to unusual stages. Those who could not enjoy it on the spot can still see the whole festival through the Primeran platform.

He has assured that there have been many performances and people at different stages and that the city has entered the festive atmosphere "fully". He has stressed that all the proposals have been very well received. 

The 60th edition ofthe San Sebastian Jazz Festival will offer 88 concerts, of which 51 will be free. La first performance, the Bascolombia project has threatened the park of Chillida Leku with Colombian music.

The new scene has been placed in front of the destroyed skeleton of the original scene burned by flames. The cause of the fire is not yet known, but according to some media reports, fireworks were heard before the fire began.

Of the 115,000 participants, 17% are foreigners, mainly from the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Portugal, and hotel occupancy has exceeded 90% during the music festival.

Gaurkoan albiste izango direnen laburpena, bi hitzetan.

The 2026 Bilbao BBK Live festival will be held on 9, 10 and 11 July. 

The BBK LIVE festival is coming to an end. However, Saturday will offer concerts around the city of Bilbao so that the melomans can heat up the engines.

The storm has caused the Catalan singer to appear on stage 20 minutes late , but it has been one of the most popular concerts.

The Northern Irish trio has offered a strong show of solidarity with Palestine on the stage of the Bilbao BBK Live festival.

The last day of the festival will be attended by Australian Kylie Minogue, Carolina Durante, Nathy Peluso and Damiano David.

The British singer and songwriter Michael Kiwanuka was one of the protagonists of the first day of the Bilbao BBK Live 2025 , which, combining soul, folk and rock, created an extraordinary and emotional atmosphere that reached the public.