2012
I Conquistador
Guimarães · Charity gathering
Tuna Veterana da Universidade Portucalense · Porto
The tuna
plays on.
One shared beginning. A lifetime of music, friendship and gatherings.
TVUP · Porto · Portugal
Who we are
A shared past leaves its mark.
We all began in the same tuna: the Tuna Académica da Universidade Portucalense. TVUP grew from that shared beginning, which still shapes our music, friendships and way of being together.
Since 2008, that bond has lived on through the journeys and gatherings we make and share.
Meet TVUP ↗International gatherings · since 2012
We make it happen.
The tunas come together.
Since 2012, we have organised international gatherings of veteran tunas.
2015
Porto Reserva
Porto · Veteran tuna gathering
2018
Douro Reserva
Seroa e Gaia
2022
Douro Reserva
Gaia · 10 and 11 June
2023
Douro Reserva
Gaia · 10 June
Many of the veteran tunas active today first took the stage at TVUP festivals.
Explore the gatherings archive ↗Music. Friendship. The road.
The stage is only
part of the story.
A tuna built on people, places and the pleasure of making music together.
A journey together
Since 2012,
one gathering after another.
Since 2012, we have brought veteran tunas together internationally. Many groups that shape the movement today took their first steps at our festivals.
See our gatherings ↗2012 - 2026
Eighteen years of TVUP
Much has changed.
Our wish to meet and play together has not.
Our channel holds performances, journeys and gatherings from over the years.