biography
A Sociedade Filarmónica de Vilarchão is a brass band from Vilarchão, in the municipality of Vieira do Minho. According to oral tradition, it was founded around 1830 as a chapel orchestra and later added wind and percussion instruments; in the 1930s, following a split, it became known as the 'Banda dos 14'.
It has around 50 musicians and a music school with a youth wind orchestra. It performed at the Casa da Música in 2013 and at the Feira da Ladra, in Vieira do Minho, in 2026.
