4. Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada The Banda de Música was created in 1855 It has 58 musicians most of them younger than 25 years old Performs all over the North of the country, specially in religious festivals
5. Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada The Conservatório do Vale do Sousa is a music school. It was created in 1994 to give a proper music education to future musicians for the Band Started mostly with Wind Instruments and Percussion
6. Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada Nowadays the Conservatório offers academic studies in all instruments
7. Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada It has students from 6 to 18 years old attending music primary and secondary studies It has older students complementing or begining their music studies freely
15. Associação de Cultura Musical de Lousada The Big Band was created last year (2009) by a group of present and ex-students of the Conservatório. Since its creation has regular concerts