Folklore
Morning parades of txistularis and pipers
Siete Calles (the Old Town)
Morning musical routes through the Siete Calles, Bilbao's Old Town.
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Day-by-day programme · August 2026
Sunday 30 at Aste Nagusia
Times and venues for the confirmed highlights of this day. Every entry links to the source used.
Families
35th Giants Gathering
Gran Vía, from Plaza Circular
Troupes from Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Navarre and Labourd with Ondalan Erraldoien Konpartsa and Bizkaiko Gaiteroak. They leave Plaza Circular and reach the Arenal at 13:00.
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Food and drink
Food competition: braised oxtail
Arenal
Registration at 10:30; dishes accepted from 13:15 to 14:00 and prizes at 15:00 at the Arenal bandstand.
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Families
Txiki-Botxo · 30 August
Doña Casilda Park
Txikigune opens from 11:00 to 14:30 and 16:30 to 20:00, with activities for ages 0 to 12 and their families.
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Families
Bilbainadas
Bilbao Mapamundi
Doña Casilda bandstand
Bilbainadas for the morning of the final day.
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Folklore
Bilbao Municipal Music Band
Arenal bandstand
Programme “Marchas, pasodobles y más”, conducted by Iñaki Urkizu Kerejeta.
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Festival ceremonies
International Fireworks Competition award ceremony
Arenal
Award ceremony for the 34th Villa de Bilbao International Fireworks Competition.
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Theatre and street arts
Tomate Clown: Pasen y vean (step right up)
Plaza de la Convivencia
Physical comedy and balloon sculptures to close the street arts programme.
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Folklore
Bertsolaris (Basque improvised verse): Maialen Lujanbio · Etxahun Lekue · Maddi Ane Txoperena · Jon Maia
Santiago Plaza
Bertsolaritza session within the Basque culture programme.
Free entryConfirmed
Folklore
66th Txistulari Parade with Moonshine Wagon
Muelle Evaristo Churruca
Txistulari parade at the venue relocated for 2026.
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Bilbainadas
Bilbainadas: Bilbotarrak
Old Town
Bilbotarrak perform bilbainadas around the Old Town.
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Folklore
Basque folk dances: Beti Jai Alai (Basurto)
Plaza del Gas
Basque dances at the new venue confirmed for 2026.
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Theatre and street arts
Tomate Clown: Pasen y vean (step right up)
Doña Casilda bandstand
Free show with a sign-language interpreter in the municipal theatre programme.
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Folklore
Romería and Baile de la Era
Plaza del Gas
Romería and Baile de la Era organised by Bizkaiko Dantzarien Biltzarra.
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Festival ceremonies
Festival ceremonies
Farewell to Marijaia and festival finale
City Hall and the estuary
Aurresku of honour for the pregonera and txupinera outside City Hall, followed by Marijaia's farewell on the estuary between the Arenal and City Hall bridges.
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