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The San Francisco Basque Cultural Center, the meeting place for Basques in the Bay Area and beyond, will celebrate this weekend its 35th anniversary.  The weekend will be full of pilota, good food, music and dancing.

San Francisco, CA.  The San Francisco Basque Cultural Center will celebrate this weekend, February 18-19, 2017 its 35th Anniversary. The festivities will begin tomorrow with Joko Garbi matches with players from the Basque Country at 4pm. These games will be followed by a handball match, again with players from the Basque Country. Admission to the games is $10 per adult. At 6pm Alex Diharce and Ketxo will provide pre-dinner music during the aperitif, and dinner will be served at 7pm. After dinner there will be a dance with music again being provided by Alex Diharce and Ketxo.

Sunday's festivities begin at 10am with mass celebrated by Aita Lastiri with the participation of the San Francisco Elgarrekin Choir, Klika, Txistularis and Zazpiak Bat Dancers.

After mass, the Center will present this year's Bizi Emankorra awards to Angel Arriada, Louis Marticorena, and Jeanne Mazeris for their contributions to the Cultural Center and Basque community.

Lunch will then be served at 1pm to be followed by more pilota action with Joko Garbi at 4pm and Esku Pilota at 5pm. Admission again is $10 per adult with all proceeds going towards the development of the youth pilota program at the Basque Cultural Center.

For more information, or to make dinner reservations, see their flier.