Pilota Camp 2025
2025-07-22 09:00 - 2025-07-25 16:00 (America/Boise) | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Registration is open now for the Pilota Camp 2025. There are three sessions to choose from. Registration is $80 per session, per child. Cost includes a camp T-shirt, bag, and snacks.
Featuring players and coaches from Munduko Pilota Biltzarra (World Pilota Association)
Instructors: Lur and Naroa
9-11am is for 8-11 years
11:30-1:30pm is for 12-15 years
2-4pm is for 8-11 years
Sign up here: Pala Camp Sign Up
Sponsored by: John Kirtland Endowment

Basque Museum Zinema Eguna
2025-07-29 16:30 - 21:00

Candlelight Tour of the Cyrus Jacobs Uberuaga Boardinghouse
2025-10-23 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for a special evening tour of the historic Cyrus Jacobs Uberuaga Boardinghouse by candlelight. Tours begin a 7pm, but come early for refreshments and an old-timey photo op. Basque costumes encouraged! Photos begin at 6pm- Tours begin at 7pm. No cost, free to the public.

Omenaldia Memorial Mass
2025-11-02 14:00 - 17:00 | Risen Christ Catholic Church, 11511 W. Lake Hazel Rd., Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Please join us Sunday, November 2 at 2 PM for our annual Omenaldia Memorial Mass.

The first Omenaldia was held in 1996 and since then, the Basque community in the Treasure Valley has gathered together to remember the loved ones that have passed away in the past year. We welcome all (Basque and non-Basque) to remember those in the Basque community that have passed in the last year.

If you would like to remember someone that has passed away since last October, please call or email Annie at the Basque Museum, 208-343-2671 or annieg@basquemuseum.eus.

There will be a potluck after mass, so please bring a dish to share. All dishes should be able to be served at room temperature or brought in a heated container to keep it at temperature.
Drinks, plates, utensils, and napkins will be provided.

Basque Community Food Drive
2025-11-20
The Basque communities in Idaho have a long history of banding together and lending a helping hand to those in need. As this holiday season approaches, we, at the museum, would like to answer the call to help any families or individuals who may need food assistance. In partnership with the Idaho Food Bank, we will be collecting shelf-stable items from October 30- November 20. You may drop off items anytime during regular business hours or schedule a time if needed. The items most needed are proteins, canned vegetables, grains, canned fruits, pantry staples, and even some basic necessities like soap and laundry detergent. Any and all donations are appreciated. Bring in a donation and get a voucher for $1 off of museum admission.
Mendiak mendia behar ez du, baina gizonak gizona bai – Mountains don’t need other mountains, but people do need other people. -Basque Proverb

An Evening with Anne Rearick
2025-11-20 18:30 - 20:00
Join us at the museum November 20 at 6:30 pm for a special evening with Anne Rearick as she presents her beautiful book of photography, Gure Bazterrak. Signed books will be available for purchase!
Anne Rearick’s vision is documentary in nature, but also uniquely personal. Rearick works slowly, often photographing over the course of years and in the process deepens her relationship to people and place. In doing so, Rearick endeavors to portray and celebrate the full range of daily experience of her subjects and in many respects stands with her subjects instead of in front of them.
Rearick received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1990 and has worked as a photographer and teacher for the past 33 years. She has been the recipient of several awards and grants, most notably a Guggenheim fellowship to photograph the culture of amateur boxing; the European Mosaique prize to explore rural communities of Italy and Scotland; the Prix Roger Pic for her work in townships in post-apartheid South Africa; a Fulbright fellowship to the Basque Country of France; two New England Foundation for the Arts/Mass Cultural Council grants; and most recently, a Parkhill Foundation Grant to study Chilean Cinema.
Six monographs of Rearick’s photographs have been published: Gure Bazterrak, in 2024; You Will Look to the Mountains, in 2023; True West, in 2019; Sète 17 in 2017; Township, in 2016; and Miresicoletea on the Pays Basque in 2003.
Public Collections include the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Centre Nationale de L’Audiovisuel in Luxembourg, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Anne Rearick has been a member of Agence VU since 1993 and is represented by Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière in Paris.

Briska Night at the Museum
2026-01-08 18:00 - 20:00
Calling all Briska players (and those that wish they were) to the museum for a fun filled game night. Join us on January 8th at 6pm at the museum to play Briska and celebrate community. If you have never played before, come to learn. If you are an old pro, come and show off your skills. Everyone is welcome!

Basque-ing in Florals Art and Wine Night
2026-02-12 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for a lovely evening of art and wine with your gals or a date! You will be guided by special guest artist, Lindsay Rae to create a beautiful piece of art using dried flowers. Create your favorite Basque symbol or use your imagination to create something new. Don’t spend Valentines alone when you can come make unique works of art with friends of the museum.
Cost is $50 and includes all supplies, wine, and snacks.
Member discount available! Contact abbyg@basquemuseum.eus
REGISTER HERE

Basque Museum Volunteer Workshop
2026-02-21 11:00 - 13:00
Calling all Volunteers! We are looking for dedicated individuals to join us in our mission to promote, preserve, and perpetuate Basque history and culture!
Join us February 21 at 11am to learn how to be a docent, school tour guide, or gift store clerk. We will have a fun and informative presentation of what you need to know to get started as a tour guide or a refresher for our old pros. The education team is excited to add new faces to our volunteer community so do not hesitate to show up and check it out!
Note: All current volunteers are encouraged to attend the workshop. We will be training on the new Komunitatea exhibit and a new volunteer sign up system. Anyone who is not trained on the new exhibit will need to shadow the education team before leading a tour of the museum.
Refreshments served!
RSVP: abbyg@basquemuseum.eus

Preserving the Basque Arborglyphs of Idaho
2026-03-05 18:00 - 20:00
Are you interested in learning more about the history of arborglyphs? Or maybe looking for a more active way to participate in the Basque community through your love of the outdoors? If so, mark your calendars for Thursday March 5 at 6pm for a presentation on preserving Basque arborglyphs by Dr. John Bieter and BSU graduate student, Joseph Nigro!
These tree carvings provide insight into the lives sheepherders led while working in isolated mountain ranges across the American West. With changes in grazing practices, increasingly frequent wildfires, and the natural aging of trees, these carvings are at threat of beings lost forever. That is where you come into play! Learn more about the work being done by Lertxun-marrak: The Arborglyph Collaborative to document and digitize arborglyphs across the West, and how you can help locate, document, and preserve these carvings!
Free Event. Everyone welcome.

KORRIKA
2026-03-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Basque Museum, 601 W Grove St, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Join us on March 28 at 2pm in front of the Basque Museum for KORRIKA!
2pm– Meet at the Museum- bring your flags and signs!
2:15– Walk to the Capitol and pause for photos! Then on to the final destination!
2:50– Arrive at Cyclops to watch Hori Bai perform for Treefort!
What is KORRIKA?
KORRIKA is a huge event in support of the Basque language, taking place across the Basque Country. The goal is to promote awareness in support of AEK and to raise funds to assist in its daily work.
The first KORRIKA took place in 1980, starting in Oñati and finishing in Bilbao, covering the entire Basque Country. Since then, it has become one of the largest and most significant events organized in support of the Basque language. 23 Korrika events have taken place since then, and 45 years have passed. From 19 March 2026, Korrika will tour Euskal Herria for the 24th time, spending 11 days and 10 nights on the road. A march of 2,500 kilometres in support of the Basque language, with thousands of participants of all ages and backgrounds, marching day and night without stopping. From start to finish of Korrika, the runners pass the baton from hand to hand and kilometre to kilometre. Inside the baton is a message which will be read out when Korrika reaches the finish line. Until then, the message remains a secret. Held every two years, Korrika has become a much-supported and much-loved event that shakes up Basque society. The number of people taking part is constantly growing. Thousands of people are involved in organizing the Korrika in committees set up in villages and neighborhoods. During the campaign, which lasts for several months, hundreds of festivals and cultural events are usually held, from the presentation a few months before until the festival on the last day. In addition to promoting Basque culture, we are committed to making Korrika more responsible: based on feminism and social responsibility, championing diversity and considering its ecological footprint. This is the best way for AEK and Korrika to give back all that love and support to society, in their opinion.
MESSAGE
I am the Basque language people, a way of life, a way of being. Like fire, I am always the same, always new. Welcome to my home, to our home. From the past to the present, a refuge whose doors are always open. You and I are the Basque language. We are one. We are a million Basque speakers, and we will be more. We are a free and open community being reborn, creating our future together. We are Euskal Herria, the land we are going to cross from one end to the other. Speak up and take action to prioritize diversity and mutual care. Take the plunge and get involved, we want adult Basque learning at the forefront. We are all essential. Everyone has value, and every speaker is important. Those who have enrolled in the euskaltegi, those whose first language is Basque, those who have come from abroad, those who want to learn and live in Basque in the Basque Country.
We are all one people.
We are Euskara.
Listen to Korrika’s appeal.
Let’s quiver, let’s be strong.
The Korrika flames have been lit!…

Threads of Memory presented by Oihane Pardo Perez
2026-03-31 18:00 - 20:00
2026 Eloise Garmendia Bieter Chair in Basque Studies
In Collaboration with Boise State Basque Studies and the Basque Museum and Cultural Center
Join us March 31 at 6pm at the Basque Center for special lecture Threads of Memory: Designing Local Identity for Global Presence with Oihane Pardo Perez. Oihane will reflect on iconic Basque garments, anecdotes of Basque influence in global fashion, and the role of women in cultural transmission.
Oihane Pardo Pérez (1986) is an architect, entrepreneur, and founder of the brand Amarenak, born in Donostia/San Sebastián.
After earning her degree in Architecture and pursuing an international career — working in Barcelona, Tenerife, Brussels, and Shanghai — she returned to Donostia in 2016 and founded Amarenak, a design project based on the contemporary reinterpretation of traditional Basque clothing.
Over the past decade, she has revisited and reimagined Basque material heritage and significant historical narratives through fashion, combining local production, sustainability, and cultural transmission. Her work demonstrates how design and art can serve as powerful tools to increase the visibility of a minoritized culture and to position it internationally.
Today, she approaches design as a form of cultural activation and a means of strengthening territorial identity, building bridges between the Basque Country and its diaspora.

MATXITXAKO, Notes on the Basque Auxiliary Navy
2026-04-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Boise State University, 1700 W University, Boise, ID, 83706, United States
Join us on April 1 at 2pm in the Trueblood Room in the Student Union Building at BSU for a special screening of the documentary film, MATXITXAKO.
Free and open to all.

Poetry Night with Leire Bilbao
2026-04-02 18:00 - 19:30
Join us April 2 at 6pm at the Basque Museum for a special presentation by accomplished poet Leire Bilbao.
Leire, born in the coastal town of Ondarroa, was an award winning bertsolari in her youth and is now the author of several poetry collections including, Between Fish Scales, her English-language debut. Her work has been described as a “visceral view of motherhood, work life, and plural desire in a maritime landscape, both hyper-real and eerily anthropomorphic.”
Leire will share a few selected poems and will also speak about her life in the Basque Country as a poet.
This event is in collaboration with Boise State University and will be catered by Ansots.
This event is free and open to all!

Benefit Dinner & Auction
2026-04-11 18:00 - 22:00
Mark your calendar for our Annual Benefit Dinner & Auction on April 11.
Tickets on sale now! Click here to purchase.
Live & Silent Auction Benefiting the Basque Museum & Boiseko Ikastola.

Mus Txapelketa
2026-05-02 08:30 - 17:00 | The Basque Center, 601 W. Grove Street, Boise, 83702
Basque Museum’s NABO-qualifying Mus Tournament will be held Saturday, May 2.
Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:30am, play starts at 9am.
Cost is $45 per player. Membership through 2026 is also required. Your fees cover NABO Mus fees, breakfast and lunch.
The winning team/teams will represent the Basque Museum at the NABO Mus Tournament in San Francisco, California on Saturday, June 20.
PRE-REGISTER HERE

Karmele
2026-05-19 18:00 - 20:00
Join us on May 19 at 6pm at the Basque Center for a showing of the incredible film, Karmele.
Karmele is a story of sustainability, resilience, and dignity in the face of oppression- a journey woven through culture, music, and art.
Based on the real experiences of Karmele Urresti and Txomin Letamendi and inspired by the novel, “Elkarrekin Esnatzeko Ordua” (Time to Wake Up Together) by Kirmen Uribe.
Synopsis: Karmele and her family take refuge in France after being expelled from their home due to war. There, Karmele is invited to take part in the Basque cultural embassy in exile, which seeks to fight the war through music and dance, and she meets Txomin, a professional trumpeter whom she falls in love with. After living for some time in Venezuela, the couple returns to their homeland to fight against the dictatorship, hoping to reclaim everything that was taken from them.
About the Director: Asier Altuna, after the success of his first short film, Txotx (1997), co-directed with Telmo Esnal, went on to make several more short films, television series, and commercials. In 2005, he joined Esnal yet again to direct his first feature, Aupa Etxebeste! with which he landed the Youth Award at the San Sebastian Festival and a Goya nomination for Best New Director. In 2008 he founded, with Marian Fernandez, the production company Txintxua Films, with which he has produced several shorts and the documentary feature Bertsolari (2011), and the feature films Amama (2015), winner of the Irizar Award (Best Basque Film) and Agur Etxebeste! (2019 co-directed with Telmo Esnal). In 2018, he participated in the omnibus film Gure Oroitzapenak.
2025 directed by Asier Altuna, 114 minutes, in Euskara with English subtitles.

Kids Interactive Day at the Museum!
2026-06-20 11:00 - 15:00
Looking for a fun family day this summer? Come on down to the museum on June 20 from 11am to 3pm for an activity packed day where history comes alive and culture is celebrated. Kids can explore and play while learning a bit too!
Reduced admission: $2 per person or $8 per family!

Running of the Bars
2026-07-11 17:00 - 22:00
July 11 on the Basque Block. Pub crawl, Basque style. Grab your whites and get ready to “run”!
More information to come!
Tickets on sale March 1.

Pilota Camp 2026
2026-07-21 08:30 - 13:00
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN!!!
We are excited to announce that Pilota Camp will be expanding this year to include herri kirolak (country sports) and a soccer workshop!
Athletes from the World Pilota Association will be here again to teach and mentor!
Early Bird Fee: $130
Members: $110
*** Fee includes camp, snacks, shirt, and bag***
Camp Dates: July 21-24 and July 27-30. Pick one camp or both!
Camp will run from 8:30am-1pm
Ages: 8-15
CAMP 1 REGISTER HERE
CAMP 2 REGISTER HERE
If you would like additional information, please contact abbyg@basquemuseum.eus.
Brought to you by the generous donations from the John Kirtland Endowment!

Winefest 2026
2026-08-29 17:30 - 20:30
Join us on the Basque Block as we share more than 100 wines, raffle prizes, music, and dancing while raising funds for the Basque Museum!
August 29 5:30-8:30pm
Click here to purchase tickets!

Eguberriko Azoka - Basque Winter Market
2026-12-06 11:00 - 15:00
Mark your calendar – December 6.
Basque Christmas Market and so much more!
More information to come.
