Aitzina Folk postpones Natxo de Felipe's concert in Vitoria: tickets will be valid for the new date or can be refunded

Natxo de Felipe's return to Vitoria-Gasteiz will have to wait. Aitzina Folk has called off the concert that the founder of Oskorri was due to give with the Kuarteto Philiperena on Sunday 8 November at 19:30 in the Auditorio María de Maeztu at the Palacio Europa, one of the highlights of the festival's fourteenth edition.

Why Natxo de Felipe's concert has been called off

The festival made the announcement on Saturday, the day before the concert, citing the illness of one of the band members. The press release refers to a cancellation, but the festival's website offers more useful detail for the audience: the concert has been postponed and the organisers will try to find a new date, which has not yet been announced.

Natxo de Felipe was due to present Abandonatuak, the project that has brought him back to the stage eleven years after Oskorri's farewell. It revives songs that sat for decades on the band's demos and never made it into their repertoire.

What happens to tickets

According to the organisers, tickets already purchased will be valid for the new date. Anyone who does not want to wait can already request a refund, and the refund option will also remain available once the new date is announced. Festival ticketing queries are handled at entradas@aitzinafolk.org.

The postponement affects this concert only. In the morning, the free performance by Aitzina Ceol Taldea, the festival's group of musician friends, will still go ahead in the Town Hall square in Murgia at 12:00.

What's left of Aitzina Folk 2026 and where tickets are available

The festival runs until 29 November, but much of what remains is no longer on sale. This is the status of each event at the festival box office:

• Friday 13, 20:30: Otxo Bikotea, a duo playing Basque and Occitan music, at Izaskun Arrue Kulturgunea. Sold out.
• Saturday 14, 20:30: Old Time Spooks and Fillas de Cassandra at Jimmy Jazz. General admission €25, €20 with Gazte Txartela or K26 and €12 for under-18s.
• Sunday 15, 12:00: Xip Xap with Piratas de Secano, the family concert in the TxikiFolk series, at Arkabia. €6.
• Wednesday 18, 20:00: open folk session at Hala Bedi Taberna. Free.
• Friday 20, 20:00: Dervish, a leading name in Irish folk, at Arkabia. Sold out.
• Saturday 21, 20:00: Saltaire, an Irish trio who have just released their first EP, at Arkabia. €20, with the last tickets on sale.
• Saturday 28, 12:00: TOPAfolk music schools gathering at the Conservatorio Jesús Guridi, with tickets on sale from 6 November.
• Saturday 28, 20:00: Luar Na Lubre celebrate 40 years at the Conservatorio Jesús Guridi. Sold out.
• Sunday 29, 19:30: Alos Quartet close the festival in the former Montehermoso water reservoir. Sold out.

With four of the six remaining season-ticket concerts already sold out, the night of Saturday 14 at Jimmy Jazz and Saltaire on the 21st are the options for anyone who still wants to get into a festival venue. The full programme and tickets are on the Aitzina Folk website, and the line-up, with the rest of the artists, is in our guide to Aitzina Folk 2026.

A festival raising funds for ataxia-telangiectasia

Aitzina Folk grew out of the support group Aitzina lan taldea, linked to AEFAT, the Spanish association for people affected by ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare disease that affects children and young people. The festival website also lets you make a donation without buying a ticket. If you are looking for more plans over these days, our guide to festivals for the week of 9 to 15 November and our guide to November festivals in Spain have the rest of the listings.