Basque festivals in the United States have a long history. Among the festivals organized, there are festivals with different objectives. The objective of the first festivals was to unite the Basque community in the United States, as some Basques were from the Spanish side of the Basque Country and others from the French side, the objective was to unite all of them as Basques to a one-time two day festival to celebrate together and meet each other. The Western Basque Festival organized in 1959 in Sparks is an example of this. Annual Basque National Festival in Elko also wanted to have an internal joint celebration: still not focused on inviting non-Basques, but yes promoting positive image to Elko Basques. Inter-community Basque festivals have a history of over 100 years with Basques in New York in the early 1900s and western Basques since the 1920s. After that, ones Basques were united and almost settled in the United States, they started organizing festivals with another objective: invite the non Basque public and be accepted in the American society. The Boise Jaialdi Festival and Smithsonian Folklife Festival break the mould by specifically inviting the non-Basque public. What we would like to show with this research is how Basques and Basque American festivals, thanks to Public Relation activities as the festivals organized in the United States, have become public diplomacy agents and help in the relations between the United States and the Basque Country.

美国的巴斯克节日历史悠久。在组织的节日中，有不同目的的节日。第一个节日的目的是团结美国的巴斯克社区，因为一些巴斯克人来自巴斯克地区的西班牙一侧，而其他巴斯克人则来自法国一侧，其目的是将所有巴斯克人团结成一个-时间两天的节日一起庆祝和见面。1959 年在斯帕克斯举办的西部巴斯克音乐节就是一个例子。一年一度的 Elko 巴斯克民族节也希望举办内部联合庆祝活动：仍然不专注于邀请非巴斯克人，而是向 Elko 巴斯克人宣传正面形象。跨社区巴斯克节日已有 100 多年的历史，1900 年代初期的纽约巴斯克人和 1920 年代以来的西部巴斯克人。在那之后，巴斯克人团结起来，几乎在美国定居，他们开始组织节日的另一个目的是：邀请非巴斯克人，被美国社会所接受。博伊西Jaialdi Festival 和 Smithsonian Folklife Festival 通过专门邀请非巴斯克公众来打破常规。我们想通过这项研究展示巴斯克和巴斯克美洲节日如何通过公共关系活动作为在美国组织的节日，如何成为公共外交代理人并帮助美国与巴斯克地区之间的关系。