Festikale festival to tour twelve municipalities in Araba until July 8

The performing arts showcase will transform public squares, parks, and natural areas into multidisciplinary stages.

Generic image: A vibrant outdoor stage set in a natural Euskadi landscape, bathed in afternoon sunlight.
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Generic image: A vibrant outdoor stage set in a natural Euskadi landscape, bathed in afternoon sunlight.

The Festikale festival, a showcase of performing arts from the rural Araba region, will celebrate its thirteenth edition until July 8, traveling through twelve municipalities in the territory.

Organized by the theater group Panta Rhei, this cycle will turn public squares, parks, and natural areas into multidisciplinary stages, as it has been doing since 2014.
The main focus of the program will be in Zigoitia, particularly during the first days of July. The Bengolarra park in Ondategi will serve as the main stage. However, activities in the municipality will commence on June 27 in the Murua forest with a community creation meeting between artists and residents.
During the first weekend of July, the Zigoitia park will host screenings of short films from Korterraza. Additionally, there will be theater performances by Iñaki Carretero, Fabrica de Paraules, and Yarleku, along with interactive games from the company Itinerania. On Saturday night, July 4, the show by the group Haatik Dantza and a concert by singer Maider Lasa will be featured. On Sunday, July 5, the festival will move to Gopegi with a swing dance workshop and music from the Gasteiz Big Band.
In addition to the Zigoitia program, the Festikale Araba section will bring culture to various corners of the territory until July 8. This edition began at Vitoria-Gasteiz's Olarizu park with Panta Rhei's play Izarren Hartza for schoolchildren. In the following weeks, the companies Argimalutak, Yarleku, Itinerania, Fabrica de Paraules, and Levelibular will visit Izarra, Araia, Legutio, Añua, Bastida, and Aramaio. To conclude the festival, a final performance will take place on July 8 in Agurain's Santa Maria square, featuring a wordless circus proposal by the Levelibular group.