Updated 31/12/2014 Well that was a very hectic Christmas season for us all here at Ardee Concert Band HQ. We’ve just about digested the chrimbo dinner and we are getting into the swing of things again and preparing for another busy year ahead …... Read More

Updated 06-03-2014 Regional Solo & Ensemble Competitions On Sunday February 23rd 2014, many band members performed in the Irish Association of Brass and Concert Bands North East Region Solo and Ensemble Competitions. Ardee Concert Band hosted the... Read More

Latest News updated 16/12/2013  150 musicians perform on Bohemian Centre stage 150 musicians, all members of Ardee Concert Band, performed to a packed house at our 32nd Annual Christmas Concert. For many Ardonians our Annual Christmas Concert... Read More

Latest news updated  24th February 2013 A Musical Twist – A Concert with a Difference Ardee Concert Band presents “A Musical Twist – a concert with a difference” on February 28th 2013 at 8pm in the Bohemian Centre, Ardee. This is a new... Read More

Updated 18/12/2011 Two Standing Ovations in a week for Ardee Concert Band   On Friday last, 16th December, Ardee Concert Band members, from the oldest to the youngest, performed to a thronged appreciative audience at their Annual Christmas Concert... Read More

  Ardee Concert Band plays for President – twice!   You can’t be in two places at the one time but Ardee Concert Band members managed it last Saturday when they played for the President, not once but twice!   When the President arrived at the... Read More

UPDATED 10/04/2011   Ardee Band takes home three trophies from National Band Championships   On Saturday last 9th of April, two coaches transported the 80 members of Ardee Concert Youth Band and Ardee Concert Senior Band plus supporters to the Helix... Read More

Updated 27/02/2011   Ardee Band scoop all but one prize in Regional Ensemble Competition   On Sunday 20th February, the Bohemian Centre Ardee was abuzz with musicians young and old as Ardee Concert Band hosted the Annual Ensemble Competition for the... Read More

Updated 26/12/2010 29th Annual Christmas Concert – a walk down memory lane.   Ardee Concert Band have just performed their Annual Christmas Concert on Tuesday night last, 14th December to a packed audience, which consisted of parents,... Read More

Updated 06/12/2010 29th Annual Christmas Concert For Ardee Band.  It’s that time of year again when Ardee Concert Band host their Annual Christmas Concert. For many locals this is the start of their Christmas celebrations. The concert this year is... Read More

Big Bang at Barmeath   Musket firing and stirring music was the order of the day on Saturday last the 21st of August when Ardee Concert Band and the muskets of the Bellew Regiment got together to perform the final stages of Tchaikovsky’s 1812... Read More

Ardee Band Festival a Fantastic Success – New Bandstand Christened on Ardee’s Fairgreen   At long last, Ardee finally got a Bandstand, albeit, a temporary one provided by the Ardee Turfman Festival committee. On Sunday last, August 1st 2010,... Read More

Band Festival for Ardee On Sunday August 1st , Ardee will be a busy town as Turfman Festival activities are going on and as part of this, there will be Band Festival at the Fairgreen. The local Ardee Concert Band is celebrating it’s 150th anniversary... Read More

As a celebration of our 150 years in existence, this trip could not be beaten, it was fantastic. When the buses left Ardee on 24th June 2010, the 70 members of the travelling party could not have imagined what was in store for them. The Brass Bohemia... Read More

  A party of seventy members and supporters of Ardee Concert Band are travelling to Prague in the Chez Republic on Thursday 24th of June 2010. The band were delighted to be invited to take part in this international festival as they will not only be... Read More

Double win for Ardee Concert Band in 150th year. Ardee Concert Band has a long and eventful history, but never before has there been so much excitement among its members and supporters. On Saturday 17th of April both the Senior Band and Youth Band... Read More

St Patricks Day Once again, Ardee Concert Band led the parade on St Patrick’s Day in Ardee. The 40 strong senior band fronted by Staff Major Paddy Ward played a selection of traditional band marches and Irish tunes. This year for the first time the... Read More

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Ardee Concert Band will once again host the Irish Association of Brass & Concert Bands (North East Region) Annual Solo Competition which will be held in the Bohemian Centre, Kells Road, Ardee, on Sunday, 31/01/2010 starting at 2.30pm.  There are... Read More

Updated 25/01/2010 Ardee Concert Band Collects over €4000 for Haiti   Ardee Concert Band members have a history of doing their bit for charity over the years, most memorably for Kosovo and for the victims of the tsunami.  On Saturday last 23rd  of... Read More

Latest news updated 20/12/2009 ARDEE CONCERT BAND’S FIRST CD Ardee Concert Band are delighted to announce the launch of their first CD.  The launch took place at their Annual Concert held last week. The CD was recorded in the Bohemian Centre last... Read More

The forty-one strong Ardee Concert Band travelled north to Armagh City last Saturday, 31st of October 2009 to compete in the Championship Concert Band section of the North of Ireland Band Contest. After just four weeks of preparation and rehearsals,... Read More

Ardee Concert Band received a resounding welcome in the Westville Hotel, Enniskillen on Saturday last 3rd of October. The 42 strong Senior Band travelled to meet with their friends, the Fermanagh Concert Band who came to Ardee last May for a joint... Read More

We had a marvellous weekend of fun in Clonakilty this year that will be remembered for many a year. As part of the Festival of West Cork, the 28th Annual South of Ireland Band Championships was held on Saturday 7th July 2007 in the beautiful west Cork... Read More

Ardee Concert Band had a very successful recording session on 24th and 25th of April 2009 when they recorded seventeen of their favourite pieces for their first ever CD. With the bands many successes over the past 27 years, many supporters and... Read More

Firstly, Happy New Year to all members, families and friends of Ardee Concert Band.  All the activities of the band are now up and running after the Christmas break, namely, Senior Band rehearsals with Harry Kelly, Junior Band rehearsals with John... Read More

On 12th July, the band were honoured to play at the Aras for President McAlesse.  This was a meeting of musical and cultural minds, to celebrate cultural diversity.  The band gave a short recital while guests assembled. Then various groups performed.... Read More

Ardee will host a performance by the top youth swing band in the North-East. The Groove Big Band, formed in 2006 from some senior students, past and present, of the Bailieboro School of Music, has gained a popular reputation for its enthusiastic,... Read More

Firstly, at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ardee, the band received a great welcome from all of the people who gathered to watch. All of the band members were very impressed with the enthusiastic applause that they received as they marched up... Read More