Mural'Hitz Festival - Basque Street Art

Mural'Hitz: Basque street art takes center stage

Mural'Hitz connects Biarritz and Donostia-San Sebastián through urban arts and the Basque language. The Updaters association, led by Adrien and Jeremy, organizes the event alongside the City of Biarritz, Atabal, the Skate Park, and the Gaztetxe. The festival site is located in the Moura area, between the Gaztetxe and the skatepark, designed to feel like a village. The first edition spanned five days, from October 15 to 19, 2025; the 2026 edition is scheduled for two days, October 24 and 25.

Twenty muralists, forty graffiti artists

For the first edition, twenty muralists and forty graffiti artists from the Northern (Iparralde) and Southern (Hegoalde) Basque Country painted the walls of Biarritz, creating both monumental frescoes and improvised works. They hailed from Biarritz, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao, and Donostia. The program included three murals on three facades, each entrusted to an artist or collective: one in the Moura area and two elsewhere in the city.

A participatory and intergenerational festival

The public also gets to paint:

• Graffiti jam in the Moura area: artists come to paint a section of wall for the day
• Open walls: walls made available to everyone, supervised by professional artists
• Graffiti introductory workshops for locals and visitors
• Bilingual guided tours (French-Euskara), including outings organized for residents of local nursing homes
• Skate initiations and board customization workshops, hosted by the Skate Park and the Skate Her association

Basque culture and urban arts

The festival is bilingual and highlights the Euskara language. The open walls also serve as a space to explore painting vocabulary in both Basque and French, and Biarritz primary schools participate in graffiti workshops, culminating in an exhibition at Atabal. Panel discussions focus on the role of street art in public spaces and its connection to contemporary Basque culture.

The rest of the program

Beyond the walls: performances blending music, dance, and skating, film screenings, concerts, and panel discussions. Admission is free and open to all.