Reeling in the Showband Years at Cork Opera House

The Ronan Collins Showband Show Reelin In The Showband Years is back! And once again, there is a terrific line up.

RTEs Ronan Collins is Host and Compare and will also sing his Tribute to Joe Dolan, which was so popular last year, and much more.

Dickie Rock - a Legend of showbiz for the past 40 years. Too many hits to mention!
And the magic is still there in every way!

GLORIA! Her iconic hit One Day at a Time spent 18 months in the charts and made her a household name. She holds an audience in the palm of her hand with her magnificent voice and warm personality.

The big sound of The Conquerors Showband. One of the greatest Showbands of them all and still packing them in everywhere they go. The Galway boys sang Baby Blue and many more.

DJ Curtin, now Las Vegas based was former lead singer with The Kerry Blues Showband and The Big Eight, still has a great big voice which can cover everything from Tom Jones to Englebert Humperdinck and is still in demand in the worlds capital city of entertainment, Las Vegas!

Lorraine McDonald is one of the brightest talents to emerge from the latter days of the Showband Boom - a multi-talented musician and vocalist.

Eurovision stars Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg performed for Ireland in 1975 and 1977. They had 20 hit records throughout their career, including Looking Through The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl If Ma Could See Me Now Its Nice To Be In Love Again Thats What Friends Are For to name but a few and were the very first showband singers to write and record all of their own material.

The shows exciting finale is an ALL Cast Salute to the Showband Era as all of the stars join in for a medley of songs from the unique Showband Years!
Come along to relive some great memories of a magical, never-to-be-repeated time in Irish popular music!