Idaho
     Boise area:
         [ The S1ND1CATE ]
     Coeur d'Alene area: (and Spokane, OR, area)
         [ Robert Stemmons - The Whistler ]
         [ Tuxedo Junction Big Band ]

Illinois
     Chicago area:
         [ The Eddie Barrett Orch. ]
         [ Dave Creighton & The B.B.C. ]
         [ The Steve Cooper Band ]
         [ The D's 3 ]
         [ Barrett Deems Big Band ]
         [ Funk Du Jour ]
         [ Alan Gresik & the Swing Shift Orch. ]
         [ Jim Guter's Big Band ]
         [ Eddie Harrison and The Jumpstars ]
         [ Steve Jensen & the Jazz Members Big Band ] Idaho
         [ Teddy Lee Orch. ]
         [ Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orch. ]
         [ The Ron Mills Orch. ]
         [ Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies ]
         [ Bill O'Connell and the Skyliners Big Band ]
         [ OD TAPO IMI Steel Drums & More! ]
         [ The Outcast Jazz Band ]
         [ Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band ]
         [ Bill Porter Orch. ]
         [ Rat Pack Jazz ]
         [ The Rumble Cats ]
         [ Ron Smolen Orch. ]
         [ The Vanguard Aces ]
     Findley area:
         [ The D's 3 ]
     Naperville area: (includes Aurora, Warrenville, Downers Grove etc.)
         [ Jim Guter's Big Band ]
     Peoria - Pekin, Central Illinois area:
         [ Jim Markum Swing Band ]
     Rapid City area:
         [ The Russ Morgan Orch. ], tours Nationally.
     Rockford area:
         [ Mike Williamson and the "In Good Company" Orch. ], tours Illinois thru Wisconsin and more.
         [ Professor Lynn Big Band ]
     Yorkville - Aurora - (Chicago) area:
         [ Yorkville Big Band ]

Indiana
PLEASE NOTE THAT MANY MICHIGAN-INDIANA-NEBRASKA-KANSAS BASED BANDS TOUR THE ENTIRE AREA.
     Bloomington area:
         [ Jerry Jerome and The Stardusters Big Band ]
     Elkhart area:
         [ Night Moves ]
     Evansville area:
         [ Little Moe and The Atomic Two Tones ]
     Fort Wayne area:
         [ The Stardust Dance Band ]
     Indianapolis area:
         [ The Jimmy Coe Band ]
         [ The Stardusters Swing Band ]
         [ The Starry Knights Big Band ]
         [ The Tommy Wills Orch. ]
     Laporte area:
         [ The Tom Milo Big Band ]
     South Bend area:
         [ Tony Barron Orch ]
     Vincennes area:
         [ Hoosier Swing Band ]

Iowa
     Cedar Falls/Waterloo area:
         [ Bill Shepherd Orch. ]
     Dubuque area:
         [ Ken Killian Saxtet/Swingtet ]
     Huxley area:
         [ The High Society Big Band ]
     Shelby area: (includes Omaha, Fremont, etc)
         [ Wailing Big Band ]

Kansas
     Kansas City area:
         [ Gary Richmond & the Trilogy Orch ]
         [ Michael McGraw & The Kansas City Boulevard Big Band ]
         [ The Dave Stephens Swing Orch. ]
     Lawrence area:
         [ Jeffrey Lee and The Pale Moon Kings ]
     Salina-Hays area:
         [ Sound Choice ]
     Wichita area:
         [ Cool Blue ]
         [ Midian Shrine JazzKatz ]

Kentucky Note: Many Kentucky bands tour Indiana., OH, / PA, / and VA
     Ashland area:
         [ Deja Blue ]
     Louisville area:
         [ Big Band Music featuring singer David Holloway --- and --- The Jazz Catz ]
         [ Rascals of Ragtyme ]
     Western KY (Paducah) area:
         [ Afflicted ]

Louisiana
     Baton Rouge area:
         [ Atomic Pilot ]
         [ Ned Fasullo and His Fabulous Big Band ]
     Lafayette area: (Includes Sunset, etc)
         [ Melanie Foreman and Spellbound ]
         [ Patrick Henry and The Liberation Band ]
         [ Skyliners of Acadiana, The ]
     Lafitte area:
         [ Bayou Barn Boogie Band ]
     New Orleans area: (includes Lafayette, Lake Arthur, Lake Charles etc.)
         [ Muzic Unlimited ]
         [ Nice and Easy ]
         [ Original Dixieland Jazz Band ]
         [ The Sentimental Fox Trot Serenaders ] (Covington area)
     Shreveport area:
         [ Bill Causey Big Band ]

Maine
     Augusta area: (includes Sabattus, etc.)
         [ Mike Willette Swing Band ]
     Bangor area:
         [ The Bob Haskell Big Band ]
     Portland area:
         [ Casco Bay Concert Band ]
         [ Victory Swing Band ]

Maryland
(PLEASE also see listings for D.C., Virginia and Pennsylvania, because mostly ALL these bands usually tour the ENTIRE Tri-state and D.C.metroplex area.) Out of state, but nearby:
         [ The Couriers Band ]
     Annapolis Area:
         [ Bayside Big Band ]
         [ Crabtowne Big Band ]
     Baltimore area:
         [ Big Band Swing ]
         [ Blue Moon Big Band ]
         [ Mood Swings Big Band ]
         [ Al Patacca Orch. ]
         [ Thom Roland Dance Band ]
         [ Shades of Blue Orch. ]
         [ The Gorgeous ]
         [ Dave Tucker and the New Big Band ]
         [ Zim Zemeral Orch. ]
     Chevy Chase - Gaithersburg -D.C. area:
         [ The Peaches O'Dell Band ]
         [ The Fifth Avenue Band ]
         [ The Vic Simas Big Band ]
     Germantown MD, - Washington, D.C. area:
         [ Fascinatin' Rhythm ]
     Mitchellville area:
         [ Roland Cumberland and his Orch. ]
     Rockville area:
         [ Cascade In Blue ]
     Silver Spring area:
         [ Big Band Tradition ]
     Westminster area:
         [ Bill Dayton Big Band ]

Massachusetts
PLEASE NOTE THAT MANY MASS.-BASED BANDS TOUR ALL NEW ENGLAND (and beyond).
     Amherst area:
         [ Jose Gonzalez and The Banda Criolla ]
     Boston (Acton, Winthrop, etc.) area:
         [ Bombay Jim (Porcella) and the Swinging Sapphires ]
         [ Branco/Stamas Big Band ]
         [ Compaq Big Band ], Formerly listed as "DECBigBand"
         [ Craig Ball & the White Heat Swing Orch. ]
         [ Drootin Brothers Band ]
         [ The Hyponoia Project ]
         [ Jazz Composers Alliance Orch. ]
         [ Hal McIntyre Orch. ]
         [ PrimaVera! ]
         [ The RoadKings ]
         [ Soft Touch Dance Band ]
         [ Swing Legacy, The ]
     Cape Cod area:
         [ Stage Door Canteen ]
     Martha's Vinyard:
         [ Martha's Vineyard Swing Orch. ]
     Milford area:
         [ Splash of Jazz ]
     Muskegon area:
         [ Truth In Jazz Orch. ]
     Newburyport area:
         [ Gerry Barrett Swing Orch. ]
     Northampton area:
         [ The Lynne Meryl Band ]
     Swansea area: (and So. New England)
         [ Frank Noonan and the Bay State Band ]