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Basque Towns Launch Festival-Filled Weekend as Language, Sustainability and Health Initiatives Advance

Cultural weekends now dovetail with new efforts on Euskara revitalization, circular consumption, healthy ageing research.

Overview

  • Zaldibia opens its multi‑day town festival honoring Talo Taldea, which will fire the txupin, with special late‑night Lurraldebus services set for Oct. 4 and 11.
  • Getaria hosts an Oct. 3 repair workshop and second‑hand market under the Gipuzkoa‑backed “Zuk konpondu, zuk berrerabili” campaign with Emaus, promoting reuse and basic fix‑it skills.
  • Laudio holds Euskal Herriko Dantzari Eguna on Oct. 4 with about 50 dance groups from the Basque Country and diaspora, while Orio runs its Parrilla Festa all weekend with grills, a 200‑person communal meal and Sunday’s Hegaluze day.
  • Zumaia offers a public bird‑ringing session on Oct. 5 in the Foronda gardens, organised by the Basque Coast Geopark with SEO‑Birdlife and Aranzadi, with free advance registration.
  • Lasarte‑Oria launches the ‘Aroa’ process to co‑design a new local Euskara strategy with residents, EITB sets Dec. 18 for its Marathon focused on healthy ageing to fund BIOEF research, and Zizurkil confirms the resignation of councillor Joxe Mari Luengo after 14 years.