2008 Parade Listings and Reports

This page includes the listings of parades and scheduled to take place during 2008, as well as detailed reports on parades and events the band have participated in.

To have your parade listed, please click here, telling us of the band's name and the date and location the parade is scheduled to take place.

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We have currently completed 36 parades and 1 indoor concerts.



March 2008

Monday 17th - Cormeen Rising Sons of William FB - Killylea, County Armagh

Monday 17th - Ulster Protestant Boys FB - Coleraine

Monday 24th - ABOD Easter Monday - Richhill

Friday 28th - Omagh True Blues FB - Omagh (No report available)

Saturday 29th - Shankill Star FB - Shankill Road

Saturday 29th - Denver Smith Memorial Parade - Antrim (Afternoon Parade)


April 2008

Friday 4th - Portadown Defenders FB Indoor Concert - Carleton Street Orange Hall, Portadown

Saturday 5th - Ahoghill Loyal Sons of Ulster FB - Ahoghill Village

Saturday 5th - Lower Ards Volunteers FB - Ballywalter

Saturday 12th - Steeple Defenders FB - Antrim (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 12th - Rising Sons of the Valley FB - Kilkeel

Friday 18th - Loyal Sons of Benagh FB - Newry

Saturday 19th - Sons of Ulster FB - Randlestown

Friday 25th - Freeman Memorial FB - Coleraine

Friday 25th - Dollingstown Star of the North FB - Lurgan

Saturday 26th - Enagh Acc - Markethill

Saturday 26th - Ballylesson Old Boys FB - Dunmurry

Saturday 26th - Pride of Donaghadee FB - Donaghadee

Sunday 27th - Co. Armagh JLOL 50th Anniversary - Portadown


May 2008

Friday 2nd - Ballycraigy Sons of Ulster FB - Antrim

Friday 2nd - Skeogh FB - Dromore, County Down

Friday 2nd - Newtownstewart Red Hand Defenders FB - Newtownstewart

Saturday 3rd - Sons of Ulster FB - Shankill Road

Saturday 3rd - Craigavon Protestant Boys FB - Lurgan

Saturday 3rd - Pride of Faughanside FB - Drumahoe, Londonderry

Friday 9th - Pride of Knockmore FB - Lisburn

Friday 9th - Star of the Roe FB - Limavady

Saturday 10th - East Belfast Protestant Boys FB - East Belfast

Friday 16th - Lower Woodstock FB - East Belfast

Friday 23rd - Sons of William FB - Cookstown

Friday 23rd - Mavemacullen Acc - Markethill

Friday 23rd - Corbet Acc - Banbridge

Saturday 24th - Ballysillan Volunteers FB - North Belfast

Saturday 24th - Charles Watson Memorial FB - Clough

Saturday 24th - Loyal Sons of Ulster FB, Ballykeel - Ballymena

Friday 30th - Kinallen FB - Dromore, County Down

Saturday 31st - County Armagh / Down JLOL - Bangor

Saturday 31st - Blackskull Orange and Blue FB - Donaghcloney


June 2008

Sunday 1st - Commonwealth Sunday - Portadown

Friday 6th - Kilcluney Volunteers FB - Markethill

Friday 6th - Ballyquin FB - Limavady

Saturday 7th - Upper Falls Protestant Boys FB - Suffolk (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 7th - Pride of the Maine FB - Ballymena

Saturday 7th - Magheraveely FB - Magheraveely, County Fermanagh

Friday 13th - Dunamoney FB - Magherafelt

Friday 13th - Pride of the Hill FB - Rathfriland

Saturday 14th - Finaghy True Blues FB - South Belfast (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 14th - West Belfast Volunteers FB - Shankill Road

Saturday 14th - Portdown Mini Twelth - Portadown

Saturday 14th - Armagh True Blues FB - Armagh

Wednesday 18th - Pride of the Birches Acc. - Portadown

Friday 20th - Drumderg Loyalists FB - Keady

Saturday 21st - Ulster First Flute FB - Sandy Row

Saturday 21st - Portadown True Blues FB - Portadown

Thursday 26th - Drumnaglough FB - Cookstown

Friday 27th - Pride of the Park FB - Armoy

Friday 27th - Sons of Ulster FB - Moygashel

Friday 27th - Ballynahinch Protestant Boys FB - Ballynahinch

Saturday 28th - Ballymoughan Purple Guards FB - Magherafelt


July 2008

Tuesday 1st - Somme Memorial Parade - Portadown

Tuesday 1st - Ballyrea Boyne Defenders FB - Killylea

Wednesday 2nd - Star and Crown FB - Castledawson

Friday 4th - Lurgan Mini 12th - Lurgan

Saturday 5th - Trevor King Memorial Parade - Shankill Road (Afternoon Parade)

Thursday 10th - Gortnagilly FB - Moneymore

Saturday 12th - Annual Twelth Celebrations - County Armagh: Tandragee

Monday 14th - Scarva RBP - Scarva

Friday 18th - Cairncastle FB - Larne

Friday 18th - Blair Memorial FB - Omagh

Friday 18th - Derryloran Boyne Defenders FB - Cookstown

Wednesday 23rd - Dunaghy FB - Ballymoney

Friday 25th - Bessbrook True Blue FB - Bessbrook

Saturday 26th - South Belfast Young Conquerors FB - Donagal Pass, Belfast (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 26th - Dunloy Acc - Ballymoney

Saturday 26th - Defenders of the Rock FB - Lisbellaw


August 2008

Friday 1st - Pride of Shankill FB- Shankill Road

Friday 1st - Mourne Young Defenderders FB - Kilkeel

Friday 1st - Pride of the Orange and Blue FB - Limavady

Saturday 2nd - Clogher Protestant Boys FB - Waringstown

Monday 4th - Red Hand Defenders FB - Downpatrick (DATE CHANGED TO MONDY 15TH SEPTEMBER)

Wednesday 6th - Ballymacall True Blues FB - Dungannon

Wednesday 6th - Crown Defenders FB - Cloughmills

Friday 8th - Queensway FB - Dunmurry

Saturday 9th - ABOD Derry Day - Londonderry

Wednesday 13th - Tamnamore FB - Tamnamore

FRIDAY 15TH - PORTADOWN DEFENDERS FB ANNUAL BAND PARADE - PORTADOWN

Saturday 16th - Rising Sons FB - East Belfast (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 16th - Cloughfern Young Conquerores - Belfast (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 16th - Drumaheagles FB - Ballymoney

Saturday 16th - Star of Down FB - Newcastle

Friday 22nd - Pride of the Frontier FB - Killylea, County Armagh

Friday 22nd - Ballymaconnelly Sons of Conquerors FB - Rasharkin (Invite Only)

Saturday 23rd - Lambeg Orange and Blue FB - Lisburn

Saturday 23rd - Derrylee FB - Loughgall

Friday 29th - South Down Defenders FB - Newry

Friday 29th - Sons of William Kells FB - Kells

Friday 29th - Pride of the Derg FB - Castlederg

Saturday 30th - RBP Parade - Provincewide - Belfast RBP : Portadown


September 2008

Friday 5th - Upper Bann Fusiliers FB - Lurgan

Friday 5th - Steeple Protestant Girls FB - Antrim

Friday 5th - Ulsters Grenadiers FB - Carrickfergus

Saturday 6th - Brian Robinson Memorial Parade - Shankill Road (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 6th - City of Belfast Fifes & Drums FB - Shore Road

Saturday 6th - Cullybackey Maine Defenders FB - Cullybackey

Saturday 6th - Omagh Protestant Boys FB - Omagh

Friday 12th - Drumconvis Young Defenders FB - Coagh

Friday 12th - Downshire Guiding Star FB - Banbridge

Saturday 13th - Pride of the Raven FB - East Belfast (Afternoon Parade )

Saturday 13th - Tobermore Loyal FB - Tobermore

Saturday 13th - Aghalee Young Volunteers FB - Aghalee

Monday 15th - Red Hand Defenders FB - Downpatrick

Friday 19th - Ballyclare Protestant FB - Ballyclare

Friday 19th - Robert Graham Memorial FB - Bangor

Saturday 20th - Whitewell Defenders FB - North Belfast (Afternoon Parade)

Saturday 20th - Pride of the Shore FB - Shore Road

Saturday 20th - Castlederg Young Loyalists FB - Castlederg

Friday 26th - South Fermanagh Loyalists FB - Enniskillen

Saturday 27th - Richard Jameson Memorial Parade - Portadown


October 2008

Friday 3rd - Tamlaghtmore Tigers FB - Coagh