Guieldu Makes a Triumphant Debut in Catalonia Alongside Sal150

valls, tarragona

A devoted crowd enthusiastically embraced both Celtic Folk bands.

On Sep­tem­ber 26, 2026, Guiel­du trav­elled to Cat­alo­nia for the first time to share the stage with Sal150 at the Sala Red­Star in Valls. It was a par­tic­u­lar­ly mean­ing­ful evening for the Cata­lan band, who were pre­sent­ing their new album, and obvi­ous­ly for us, mark­ing our debut in Tar­rag­o­na. The response was out­stand­ing: a packed venue and an audi­ence ful­ly engaged from the very first notes.

For Guiel­du, this first gig in Cat­alo­nia rep­re­sents a new step in a live jour­ney that has often tak­en us well beyond Asturies. We are used to tour­ing across the Celtic regions and provinces of the Iber­ian North­west (Gali­cia, Asturies, Cantabria, León, Zamo­ra…) and meet­ing diverse audi­ences. Our con­cert in Corte­gana (Andalu­sia), our pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ences play­ing in France and Por­tu­gal, and now this debut in Cat­alo­nia, prove that our music can trav­el far and con­nect with dif­fer­ent cul­tures with­out los­ing the live mag­ic that defines Guieldu.

From the start of the gig, we want­ed to estab­lish a close con­nec­tion with the crowd in Valls. We kicked off our intro­duc­tion with a few words in Cata­lan, which went down a storm. Then, we asked per­mis­sion to switch to Asturi­an, “the lan­guage that is part of our iden­ti­ty.” The audi­ence com­plete­ly under­stood, wel­com­ing it nat­u­ral­ly and with applause—a shared appre­ci­a­tion for native lan­guages that we deeply value.

And if words built the first bridge, the music did the rest.

The setlist jour­neyed through our reper­toire, from the most atmos­pher­ic sound­scapes to our most ener­getic tracks. One of the most emo­tion­al moments came with “Per­dayuri”, which we ded­i­cat­ed to Rosa and Miguel from Sal150. It was a spe­cial ded­i­ca­tion, and its mean­ing need­ed no lengthy expla­na­tion. The crowd felt it, accom­pa­ny­ing the song with deep atten­tion, warmth, and emotion.

“Oise l’IX­UXÚ” got every­one danc­ing the muñeira (a tra­di­tion­al Asturi­an dance, akin to a folk jig) and turned the venue into a true cel­e­bra­tion. In the crowd were some loy­al Guiel­du fol­low­ers who had trav­elled from Valls itself, Reus, and Barcelona, along­side our friends from the Cen­tru Asturi­anu of Tar­rag­o­na (the local Asturi­an dias­po­ra). They were the first to start danc­ing, and their ener­gy quick­ly spread through the whole room.

Their pres­ence meant the world to us. Meet­ing such enthu­si­as­tic peo­ple who keep their bond with Asturies alive from Cat­alo­nia, to the point of becom­ing the life of the par­ty, is one of those sights that gives a gig its true soul.

It was “Asturies dan­za na Cel­tia” (Asturies dances in Cel­tia) that pushed the Asturi­an spir­it of the night to its peak. A per­fect finale to unite music, iden­ti­ty, and dance, sum­ming up every­thing we had brought to Valls.

Shar­ing the stage (and the week­end) with our friends from Sal150 was an essen­tial part of this expe­ri­ence. Two dif­fer­ent musi­cal approach­es find­ing com­mon ground in a night defined by live music and a strong bond with the crowd. For us, it was also the best pos­si­ble way to make our Cata­lan debut, along­side a band we now feel a very spe­cial con­nec­tion with.

This gig leaves us with an unfor­get­table first mem­o­ry of Cat­alo­nia. Tar­rag­o­na marked Guiel­d­u’s debut in the region, prov­ing once again that our music can trav­el and find new audi­ences while keep­ing its pow­er to move peo­ple, just as we do back home.

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