Parties

Festivities, races, film and dance festivals, concerts and vintage, September is a month full of proposals in the Basque Country.

Yesterday, Sunday, the festivities in Bilbao ended and before the 3rd of September everything will be united.

After nine long runs, the Big Week of Bilbao 2026 has come to an end. Two million people have visited the Byzantine capital these days.

According to the provisional balance sheet released by the Bilbao City Council, there have been fewer crimes and more arrests than last year. 

Marijaia will be set on fire at 10:30 to rest until next year. The event will be broadcast liveon Orain and ETB.

Big Week enters its final straight. Marijaia will be fired tomorrow, Sunday, until next year, but first there will be music, shows, festive atmosphere and all kinds of events in Bilbao.

Rock, Metal, Bilbainadas... will be back at the party, plus the Marmitako tournament will give the Arenal its scent and taste.

At midnight, Martin Urrutia will star in the Parque Europa at midnight with the Los40 Sessions Aste Nagusia initiative. Musical programming will feature a new major date at 23:30 in Pergola with Dangerous Friendships, while in Abandoibarra the Cobardes will perform.

The local police have made 10 arrests on the holiday grounds and four outside the area, with a total of 64 complaints filed, 50 of them for theft, two officers injured and one forced to leave the service.

Wednesday's schedule will be conditioned by the strike called by event and entertainment technicians throughout Bizkaia, with some activities already suspended and others pending the development of the day.

Inside the festive compound, four people have been arrested for theft, two for fraud and a seventh for resistance. An a person outside the area has been arrested by court order.

The appointment is at 00:00, in the framework of Aste Nagusia and by the hand of Gaztea Gaua, in addition to other musical proposals such as the performance of the Banda Municipal de Bilbao, together with Serafín Zubiri, at 23:30, in Abandoibarra.

The Donostiarra singer has presented in Aste Nagusia the first work of her solo career, Stories of that girl. It has been a concert full of emotion and spaces for nostalgia to start a new era.

Music and theatre and dance shows will combine this Monday with traditional activities such as gastronomic competition, fire bull and fireworks. Today there will be a reception for Athletic players and a mobilization of the Pensioners' Movement. 

They have to create a ticket for each consumption, then compare it to the statement they bring to the IRS and set up to carry out more thorough control, while the comparisons report that they want to put the chiringuitos in the bag of a professional economic activity. 

The Byzantine capital has begun its Big Week, and from the earliest hours there is a festive atmosphere in the city. From the smallest to the oldest, everyone has something to do and enjoy.

The song "Electricity" has made the audience jump and sing, in one of the most acclaimed moments of the night. In addition, the concert has had the participation of Francis DiEz, singer of Doctor Desire, and together they have sung "Heart of Tango".

In his proclamation, he has called for inclusive parties that are free from aggression and open to all people, as well as solidarity with those suffering from wars, conflicts and inequalities in different parts of the world, combining the celebration of festivities with the commitment to society.

The banker and the txupinera have highlighted the nervousness and excitement that precedes the start of the festivities. The Enbeita has admitted that these days she has felt a stage fright that she has never had, while the Urrejola has been very happy.

Bertsolari Onintza Enbeita and comparsa Kaixo Ainhoa Urrejola will be responsible for launching the txupin. Orain.eus will offer the start of the Big Week live from 7:00 p.m.