Parties

Kalejiras and charangas have threatened the streets of the city throughout the day, as the rest of the day, with the help of the weather, and in the early morning they will return to normal after tasting chocolate and biscuits.

The traditional cannon launched from the City Hall will be starring the Food Bank and the Amara Berri Neighborhood Association this year. Representatives of Donostia Festak have offered a press conference to give details of the start of the Big Week.

The rally will take place this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca.

Aiora Diaz, a 12-year-old girl from the Los Alegrios gang, and Eñaut Saenz de Viteri, a 10-year-old blouse from the Galtzagorri gang, have been this year's Edurne and Celedon Txiki.  At noon, along with the txupinazo, the dolls of Celedon Txiki and Edurne have come down from the church tower.

This year, the pink color of the "Txosnas. Gureak, denonak" campaign will prevail in the decoration of the txosnas to demand that the comparisons and txosnas be declared the intangible heritage of the Basque Country. Bilboko Konpartsak has stressed that they will not tolerate any aggression in the txosnas.

"There have been a number of macho attacks and fights that have damaged the festive atmosphere," explained the Bizkaia City Council, so there will be no DJ shows on the night of San Juan Doloz.

Thousands of people have attended the 'Descent of Celedon' event in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Iñaki Kerejazu has called for an end to the genocide against the Palestinians and has condemned the macho attacks.

The peasant of Zalduondo has descended from the tower of the church of San Miguel to the square of the White Virgin. Like every year, despite the heat, the square has been crowded egon, all eager to start the parties. 

The sport will be of great importance, and there will be no shortage of activities for the little ones, almost every day, during this special week. There will also be no shortage of art and cooking workshops, inflatables, puppets and clowns, goitibera and txosnas, among others.

For the second year in a row Iñaki will be embodied by Kerejazu in Zeledo, and there are only a few hours left to take his usual umbrella, wine aged and handkerchief and start the White Virgin's parties at 18:00.

The platform has accused governments and the media of "hypocrisy" and called demonstrations in Vitoria-Gasteiz (6 August), Donostia-San Sebastián (10 August), Bilbao (15 August) and Pamplona (4 October).

In the run-up to the 2025 La Blanca festivities, the mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz has called on citizens and visitors to "live the holidays from coexistence and respect, with great joy and illusion. "

Bizkaiko, Gipuzkoako eta Arabako txosnen batzordeek adierazi dute jaigune horiek "arriskuan" daudela, eta ondare inmaterial izendatzeko eskaera sinatzen eta zabaltzen jarraitzeko deia egin dute.

Live music, kalejiras, popular activities and proposals for all families will fill the streets of Vitoria-Gasteiz from 4 to 9 August in a six-day festive atmosphere.

The Rosary Procession this Sunday has gathered thousands of Vitorians, starting in front of the hornacine of the White Virgin and ending with a mass in the church of San Miguel. 

The music has been the protagonist of the birthday of the White Virgin of 2025, since the piano melodies have threatened the prophecy. "Vitoria is music," said Ugarte. Then the mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Maider Etxebarria, has placed the handkerchief of the parties.