The festival Mareak Jaialdia celebrates its tenth anniversary with an extensive program where music will stand out with almost a dozen performances
The Bizkaia town of Bermeo returns during the week of October 20 to be filled with activities in which tradition and avant-garde come together in popular culture. In addition to guided tours, talks, stories and documentary films, music will once again be the protagonist with concerts by international bands such as the Australian band Long Hoursthe New Yorker Cult Of Youth or the French Docks and My Imaginary Lovesin addition to the Burgos project Neonymus and the basques Thee Eliam, Silver Surfing Machine, Joseba Irazoki and Xabier Badiola.
Most concerts and activities will take place at Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala, in addition to Nestor Basterretxea aretoa, the Cloister of the Franciscan Brothers and Arrantzaleen museoa.
This is the 10th anniversary schedule:
Sunday October 20
LONG HOURSMelbourne, Australia
Concert – Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala, 1:30 p.m. €5
Monday October 21
TricksAna “Apika” Rodriguez
Storytelling for adults, Apika Company, Larrabetzu
Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala, 19:30. Free
Tuesday October 22
“Treasures, curiosities, secrets and myths of Bermeo”
Talk by Asier Romero Andonegi, Arrantzaleen museoa, 6:30 p.m. Free
Wednesday, October 23
“Krautrock: The Rebith Of Germany”(The Renaissance of Germany)
Documentary – Ben Whalley (Production and direction, UK). Nestor Basterretxea Aretoa, 20:00. Free.
Thursday October 24
XABIER BADIOLA, Eibar + JOSEBA IRAZOKI, Bera
Concert – Nestor Basterretxea aretoa, 20:30. €8
Friday, October 25
CULT OF YOUTH, New York/AEB + THEE ELIAM, Donostia, EH
+ SILVER SURFING MACHINE, Bilbao, EH
Concert – Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala. 20:30. €10
Saturday October 26
Guided tour of the Castro de Arrola, Nabarniz
9:30 Departure from the Bermeo tourist office. €2.
Witch season. The Gothic Rock Book
By Cathi Unsworth, (London, UK). Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala. 18:30. Free.
“After our era”, NEONYMUS, Burgos
Concert – Cloister of the Franciscan Brothers. 21:00. €8
Sunday October 27
MY IMAGINARY LOVES + DOCKSToulouse, France
Concert – Beleza Malandra Ateneo Kulturala, 1:30 p.m. €5
