The Jivenaires present the showbands

"At it's peak the showband boom provided employment directly to some 12,000 people..."(source: The Northside Folklore Project: http://www.ucc.ie/research/nfp/archive1/page3.html)

Listed below are the names of some of the more well-known showbands. In time, this list will expand and include links to scrapbook pages containing photographs and other showband memorabilia. If you would like to suggest that we include a band not listed here, please feel free to send in the name (to: Webmaster@jivenaires.com) or leave a note in the showband memory book. If you have pictures you'd like to share, or have included on this site -- we'd love to see them --before sending any, however, please do take the time to read our submission guidelines.

~ a ~	note: #'s in brackets tell how many pics are in that section
The Abilene Showband	The Aces	The Action
Pat Lynch & the Airchords [3]	The Airliners Showband	The Alpine Seven
Denis Allen & his Band [1]	The Ray Allen Orchestra	The Alley Katz
The Altonaires [1]	The Ambassador 7 [1]	American Express [2]
American Pie [1]	The Amigoes	The Annalees Showband
The Angels Showband	The Paul Anthony Showband	The Apaches Showband
The Apollo Showband	The Arabs[6]	The Aran Showband
The Arcadia Showband	The Arcadians (Navan)	The Archers Showband
The Arctic Showband[1]	The Arrans	The Arrivals[2]
The Arrows	The Astrals [1]	The Astronauts
The Atlantic[1]	The Atlantis[1]	The Avengers
The Avonaires	The Mighty Avons[4]
	~ b ~	The Bachelors
The Jim Bacon Orchestra	La Bamba Showband [1]	The Bandits [2]
The Bankers	The Toby Bannon Orchestra	The Banshees
The Chris Barber Band	The Barnstormers	The Barons Showband
The Barristers[1]	The Mighty Barrow Boys [1]	The Syd Bates Orchestra
The Bats Showband	The Beaumont Seven	The Beavers Showband
The Belaires Showband	The Beltona Showband	The Bermuda Showband [2]
The Berwyn Band	The Big Four [1]	The Big 8[6]
The Big Time Showband [1]	The Bigtimers Band	The Black Aces[3]
The Black Diamond Showband	The Blackdots[2]	The Black Eagles
The Blazers	Ian Blommer Ballroom Orchestra	The Blue Aces [1]
The Blue Angels	The Bluebeats Showband (Belfast)	The Bluebeats Showband (Dublin)
The Bluebirds	The Blue Boys Showband	The Blue Crystals
The Blue Diamonds	The Blueglows	The Blue Rockets
The Blue Zodiacs	Bojangle	The Pat Bourke Showband
The Jimmy Boyce Showband	The Breakaways	The Bridesiders [2]
The Jack Brierly Showband	The Broadway Show Band [1]	The Bromwells
The Brothers Showband	The Billy Brown Band	Pete Brown & his Band of Renown
The Brunswick Showband	Brian Coll & the Buckaroos [2]	The Buckshots Showband
The Kevin Burke Showband	The Burmah Showband	The Burton Showband
The Bye Laws Showband	The Chris Byrne Showband
~ c ~	The Cadets [8]	Cades County [1]
The Johnny Calvert Showband	Pat Campbell's Showband [1]	The Candy Showband
The Capitol[16]	The Capri Showband [1]	The Carling Showband
The Caroline Showband	The Carousel Showband	The Gene Carr Showband
The Casino[2]	Dawn Knight & the Casuals [3]	The Cavalier Showband
The Central Seven Showband	The Tony Chambers Showband	Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions
The Checkers Showband [1]	The Checkmates	The Chessmen[2]
The Chimes	Linda Martin and The Chips	The Johnny Christopher Show [1]
The Citizens Showband
The Bud Clancy Showband	John Kerr and The Classic	The Classic Showband [13]
The Clavichords	The Claxton Showband[1]	The Cleffonaires[1]
The Cliffords Showband	Clipper Carlton[4]	Dermot O'Brien & his Clubmen[7]
Club Sound Showband	The Coasters [1]	The Paddy Cole Band[2]
Cole's Band	The College Showband	The College Boys[1]
Des Smyth and the Collegemen	The Donie Collins Showband[2]	The Colombia Showband
The Colours Showband	The Comets Showband	The Commodores Showband
The Noel Connell Showband	The Conquerers Showband [2]	The Coral Showband
The Cordettes Showband	The Cortina Showband	The Cosmos Showband [2]
The Cossacks [4]	The Cotton Mill Boys [2]	The Joe Coughlan Orchestra
The Corsairs Showband	The Pascal Cosgrove Showband	Philomena Begley & the Country Flavour
The Country Folk [1]	The Countrymen (Antrim) [7]	The Countrymen (Clara) [6]
The Courtelles Showband	The Cousins [1]	The Cowboys
The Crackaways[9]	The Crescendos Showband	The Creole Showband
The Gerry Cronin Showband	The Crowns Showband	The Bob Cupples Showband
The Cyclones Showband (Belfast)	The Cyclones Showband (Dublin)