Basque Tables

event

Jaialdi

Boise, every five years, six days. Between 30,000 and 50,000 people. Last held 29 July to 3 August 2025; next in 2030.

Joaldun is a traditional carnival character the the Basque Country that wears fur and cow bells to ward off evil.
Joaldun is a traditional carnival character the the Basque Country that wears fur and cow bells to ward off evil.
Maitemangos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Root
jai + aldi — festival time (Euskara)tradition

Note

Jaialdi is festival in Euskara.

Pictures

Basque president Iñigo Urkullu in Boise's Jaialdia 2015 Basque festival with wife in a Basque Shepherd Wagon expo
Basque president Iñigo Urkullu in Boise's Jaialdia 2015 Basque festival with wife in a Basque Shepherd Wagon expo
Irekia · CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Kin

Graves belonging to Basque immigrants and their descendants buried in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho, USA.Idahoregionthe state that holds it← what happens here every five yearsA bench outside the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise, IdahoThe Basque Blockstorythe streets it centres on← what fills it every five yearsNorth American Basque Organizationsorganizationthe federation whose clubs come to it← what its clubs travel toBottle of calimotxo (Lidl)Kalimotxodrink← where it is poured by the thousandAu Pays Basque - danse du FandangoDantzaword← six days of itFunerary stele with the basque flag (ikurrina) in the old cemetery of the church Saint-Étienne in Espelette (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).Ikurriñaword← where it fills a street in BoiseBerrizko (Bizkaia) bolatokia, zabaleko hiru txirlotara jokatzenPilotaword← played thereTxistularia. DurangoTxistuword← heard there

Sources

Record provenance: cited · confidence high · updated 2026-09-16