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Here is an ideal meeting for the smallest. Created in 1980, it is the oldest festival of the puppet. During a fortnight, the most important companies from all over the world come to the festival every year and perform in different spaces: around the Plaza de Alameda, in theaters, pedestrian streets and parks. And that give to see all the facets of the world of the puppets: sticks, shades, animations of objects, etc.

International Puppet Festival created in 1985.

The Bilboko Kalealdia Theatre and Street Arts Festival is an annual event organised by the Cultural Department of the Bilbao City Council. For one week, at the beginning of summer, it offers a rich programme of shows on different open-air stages in the city: Doña Casilda Park, Plaza Nueva, Plaza Arriaga and the Arenal docks, among others. The programme includes contemporary dance, circus and puppet shows, presented by companies mostly from the Basque Country and France.