Running of the Bars 2025

TONIGHT!!!  Tickets available to at the door!

Join us on the Basque Block July 12 for Running of the Bars 5-10pm!

Join us on the Basque Block (and bring your friends!) for Boise’s best Basque pub crawl! In the name of San Fermin, wear your whites with red belts (gerrikos) and scarves (pañuelos) and get ready to run…from bar to bar. There will be friendly competitions, music, prizes, and plenty of drinks flowing.

 

What is Running of the Bars?

ROTB is a pub crawl in downtown Boise that starts on the Basque Block, includes bars like the Basque Center, Leku Ona, Tom Grainey’s, Cactus, Whiskey Bar, & Silly Birch. Participants can take part in a special activity at each bar (shearing sheep, roping a bull, carrying weights, trivia, etc.), have a beverage or two with your friends, and then join us back on the Basque Block for dancing, food and more drinks! OH! AND it’s a fundraiser for the Basque Museum & its educational programs!

How do I Sign Up?

Come down to the block tonight & pay at the door!  Just $25 gets you a scorecard, food & drink ticket, & a Running of the Bars cup!

 

 

 

What if I Don’t Want to Do the Pub Crawl?

That is okay! You can still sign up and hang on the Basque Block while others run to the bars. There will be some live music and other things happening on the Block to keep you busy! (cost is still the same)

Tell Me More!

This fun for all (21+ of course) event is a great opportunity to get downtown, enjoy some great food and music, and support the Basque Museum & Cultural Center, the only of its kind outside the Basque Country!

Tentative Schedule

5pm – Event Start – Check in, get your goodies (your shirt will be shipped to you, but the other goodies will be at check-in), and start heading to the bars!

Other info is still being confirmed like how much our band will be playing music, etc.

9pm – Raffle drawing (for those that participated & finished the pub crawl)

 

 

Participating Bars