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Jaialdi 2015 is finally here, the seventh edition since its beginning in 1987.  EuskalKultura.com has delved into the Jaialdi program and parallel activities during this week in Boise and has provided a summary with links to the most inviting events, if you are in Boise, or to be able to follow the action from wherever you are.  We will also continue to provide coverage over the coming days with articles and photo galleries from Jaialdi 2015. 

Boise, ID USA.   As in prior editions, the main days of the program will be Saturday and Sunday at the Idaho Expo, formerly the fairgrounds, with outdoor facilities as well as indoor pavilions.  As a teaser for things to come, “Festara” will take place on Friday night at the Morrison Center, an evening that includes a large part of the artists and groups that have come to participate during the week, singing, musicians, choirs and dantzaris…

On Thursday, there will be Sports Night, an evening dedicated to rural Basque sports with athletes, men and women, from the Basque Country.  These are not common in the area, and so arouse great interest.  Moreover, the activities for each day are shaped by the official program, strictly that of Jaialdi, and by a succession of plans and offerings that have more or less officially become part of it.  The result is a program that has very different proposals, of all kinds, united by their origin, or by nature, linked to the Basques. 

Links to the different activities that are taking place during Jaialdi:

• Jaialdi's Official Website
• Topaketa: general program for this week in Boise (in English, Euskera and Spanish)
• Event locations provided on a map of Boise
• Printable Jaialdi Brochure
• Program for Saturday and Sunday at Idaho Expo
• 'Joan-Etorri', Symposium by the Basque Studies at BSU (Boise State University)
• Fundraising dinners and wine tasting for the Cenarrusa Center
• Idaho Preservation: Boise tours,explaining the Basque history of the city
• Gure Esku Dago, Lehendakari Agirre Center: Ibarretxe will speak in Boise
• Judas Arrieta: Basque art exhibit at Jaialdi
• Cultural Tourism: Following the trail of the Basque whalers
• NABO Pilota finas at the Anduiza fronton
• Basque short films at the 39 Rooms Film Festival in Boise
• Gayaldi, Basque gay gathering in Boise during Jaialdi at The Balcony Club
• The Boise Basque Museum will expand its hours during Jaialdi

Kepa Junkera will play a concert that will be broadcast on a giant screen installed on the Basque Block on July 28 and 29, via the internet (see below), at 7pm Boise time/ 9pm EST/ 11pm Buenos Aires time and/ 3am in Euskal Herria. 

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream