| Band | Conductor | Teacher | Beg Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward Band 1 | John Seward | John McCrea | 1838 | ||
| Seward Band 2 | John Seward | 1843 | |||
| Bloomington Silver Band | James Seward | 1850 | |||
| Pinafore and other family bands | 1860s | 1880s | |||
| Mechanics Band 1 | Charlie Voss / William H. Seward | 1872 | 1883 | ||
| Empire Band | John Mack | Daniel Schrader | 1875? | 1881 | failed & received by Mechanics Band |
| Riley Dramatic Band | 1884? | ||||
| hiatus | 1884 | 1885 | |||
| Mechanics Band 2 | William H. Seward | 1886 | 1898 | gave weekly concerts on the square on Thursdays from 1892- | |
| Opery House Band | co-existed with Mechanics Band 2 for a time | ||||
| Hoosier Charm Band | John Marlin | 1891? | |||
| small band? | William Pace | 1898 | 1898 | formed while Second Regiment Band was away | |
| Bloomington City Band | 1901?(2?) | ||||
| Bloomington Band | Wylie Cathcart / Henry O. Crigler | located at 106 1/2 or 108 1/2 W. Sixth St., 1922-1940; gone by 1950 | |||
| hiatus? | 1942 | 1945 | |||
| Bloomington Community Band | Carl Frye | 1964 | a summer band that may have had mostly high school students | ||
| Bloomington Band | Al Olson / ??? | 1966 | 1971? | ||
| hiatus | 1971 | 1978 | |||
| Bloomington Community Band | Newell Long / Tim Moore | 1978 |