Bilbao classical music festival returns
Over 1,500 musicians will take part in this year’s ‘Musika : Música‘ festival in Bilbao, which takes place from 28 February to 3 March. Organised by
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Bilbao holds 16th LGBTI film festival
From 18 February, Bilbao opens the 16th edition of its international LGBTI film festival, Zinegoak. The theme for this year’s event is a call for
Bilbao stages Rossini opera
Bilbao’s Palacio Euskalduna continues its 2018/2019 opera season this week with four performances of Semiramide, a two-act work by Gioachino Rossini that was premiered in 1823
Bilbao holds traditional service for San Blas
Every year on 3 February, San Nicolás Church in Bilbao hosts a special mass for hundreds of people to mark the feast day of San
Spain celebrates the Chinese New Year
The Chinese year 4717 (which is the Year of the Pig) starts on 5 February and around Spain different celebrations are planned to mark the
New edition for Bilbao traditional dance festival
Dantza Plazetan, Bilbao’s year-long festival dedicated to traditional dance and culture, commences its 2019 edition on 26 January. With the aim of promoting and sustaining
Thousands demand transfers for ETA prisoners
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Basque Country on Saturday demanding that prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group ETA be transferred to
ETA prisoners fate divides Spain
ETA may be history but the dilemma of what to do with prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group stirs passions in the Basque
The main Three Kings parades in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao
The most magical and exciting night of the year for many in Spain is almost here, with the imminent arrival of the Three Kings on
Bilbao welcomes ‘El Olentzero’ gift-giver
This weekend in Bilbao sees the return of El Olentzero, a legendary Christmas character and charcoal maker from the Basque Country. According to local tradition,
