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Basque Cultural Drive Accelerates With Language Rally Call And Bird-Safety Concerns

December’s planned Bilbao Arena gathering anchors a season of arts programs and community events across Gipuzkoa.

Overview

  • Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua issued its Arantzazu declaration calling for a “new awakening” for Basque and urged supporters to fill Bilbao Arena on December 27.
  • Environmental NGO Eguzki reported about 16 bird deaths in roughly a year at the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum’s glass façade in Getaria and pressed the museum and provincial departments to implement fixes.
  • Donostia Kultura opened the fourth Oihua! fantasy script competition for original Basque works from new creators, with entries due December 30 and mentoring toward a 2026 short-film premiere.
  • Gipuzkoa’s Katapulta Tour call opened to emerging music and performing-arts acts through November 30, offering paid gigs across the territory, a promo video and professional training.
  • The events calendar intensifies with Azpeitia’s theatre week bringing a street show this weekend, Amasa’s San Martin festivities running to November 16, and the Basque-language film Gaua set for a November 12 prescreening before a November 14 cinema release.