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Arratsalde on!

José Antonio Alcayaga III has written to remind us about Ipuina Kontatu, the feature-length documentary about the Basque Country made by Emily Lobsenz.

There are just 11 days left to pledge a donation towards the 12,000 dollars they need to get it released. So far they’ve raised nearly $2000 but there’s still a long way to go.

Find out how you can donate and even win yourself a copy of the film and more.

As Jaialdi draws ever closer – just two weeks to go now until kick-off – organizers have been telling eitb.com about the last-minute preparations for the last week of July.

Another festival, meanwhile, will shortly draw to a close: Today was the penultimate bull-run of San Fermines – and the quickest. Read about how it went and see the video.

Gero arte!

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Hi Basques,

There are some exciting happenings coming up in the Basque World this summer. In case you hadn’t heard (;-) Boise’s Jaialdi Festival has come round again and there are now just 21 days to go!

July 6^th, of course, marks the beginning of what is probably the biggest, most famous, most spectacular fiesta in the whole of the Basque calendar: SAN FERMINES!!

12pm today was the traditional ‘txupinazo’ when a rocket officially announced the start of 9 days of partying, madness and joy. Catch the latest news, videos and photos today and throughout the next nine days on Eitb.com/en.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Igor has been speaking with Alberto Santana, head of the Basque Studies Center at Boise State University. He’s been talking about a rather different side to Jaialdi, where several academics have been invited to talk about the history behind Boise’s Basque names at a conference being held during the celebrations.

Happy San Fermines, and don’t forget to check out the Infographic on the traditional running of the bulls.

Laister arte!

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Hi lagunak!

Azkena Rock Festival 2010 came to an end on Saturday night in the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz with great success.

More than 44,000 people attended Azkena Rock Festival 2010 during its three days, breaking the record set in 2006.

There were many bands performing at Mendizabala: Teddy Thompson, The Damned, Imperial State Electric, Dan Baird, Imeda May, The Saints, Slash, Kiss Gov’t Mule, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, The Hold Steady, Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers, The Jim Jones Revue, El Vez, Audience, Maggot Brain, The Cubical, The Russian Roulettes, Robert Gordon Bob Dylan, Chris Isaac, The Hives, Bad Religion…

AC/DC will give a concert as part of their Black Ice tour at the Basque city of Bilbao tomorrow Monday, June 28th at 22:00.

Watch this weekend’s videos:

Eneko Llanos and Virginia Berasategi, winners of European Triathlon Championship

Thousands of people attend the ‘Festival of Culture’ in Pamplona

B Aldea at Azkena Rock Festival: Day 2

Kiss, on the stage at Azkena Rock Festival

Basque band Audience at Azkena Rock Festival 2010

The Russian Roulettes at Azkena Rock Festival

The Cubical at Azkena Rock Festival

Maggot Brain at Azkena Rock Festival

B Aldea at Azkena Rock Festival: Day 3

Basque radio station Gaztea interviews Bad Religion at Azkena Rock

An to finish with, check Kepa Junkera’s Inside & Out blog: AFRIKA

See you tomorrow.

Agur!

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