OLD TOWN TONIC

The Anacortes, WA based band, Old Town Tonic, knows how to play music relevant for all members in the audience. The variety of songs is all inclusive: top 40, classic rock, country, and a handful of originals. Customized renditions of old favorites allows audiences to hear familiar songs in fresh ways. The band perfects playlists to keep all audience members engaged and in the moment. It's a style that reflects the diverse backgrounds of the Old Town Tonic band members.

DINNER AND A MOVIE EVERY MONDAY

Join us for Dinner and a Movie! Every Monday night, stop by the Rockfish Grill, order any food item and get a ticket to the Anacortes Cinema located right across the street for only 7 bucks! Movie tickets are good for any day of the week.

TIME3JAZZ

TimE3Jazz performs at 6PM. TimE3jazz features Andy Carr on piano, Tim Eslick on bass and Todd Anderson on drums. They are joined every month by special guest players. Show starts at 6PM

TRISH HATLEY

Trish is back! Vocalist Trish Hatley is one of the most beloved and enduring figures on the Northwest music scene.

Known for her easy sense of swing, beautiful tone and innate sensitivity to the music, she effectively balances technical mastery with genuine accessibility, making her extremely popular among jazz fans everywhere she performs.

Hatley is also one of the hardest working musicians around. She performs and records with her own band, the Trish Hatley Quintet, as well as the vocal jazz trio Trish, Hans & Phil. She has appeared in several Pops concerts with the Everett Symphony and has also been a frequent guest vocalist with Jim Kerl’s Swing Session Big Band.

Trish has recorded five CD’s to date and has also produced four shows: “A Fifth of Jazz,” “Women in Song”, “Isn’t It Romantic” and “The Great American Songbook.” Her latest CDs, “I Remember” was released in January 2010, and released in March 2010, “Sing, Ask and It Is Given,” a collection of affirmations set to original jazz melodies that she composed.

Trish performs regularly at festivals, nightspots and concerts throughout the Northwest. Showtime for Trish's Rockfish performance is 6PM.

"When I think of Trish, the first word that comes to mind is dazzling. Her ability to captivate the audience while inspiring the musicians has made Trish one of our most requested soloists."
—Dr. Paul Cobb, Conductor, Everett Symphony

"This slim brunette does it all with a style and energy suffused with a self effacing wit and possesses a soulful soprano voice!"
—Nancy Wollbeck, Anacortes American

JESSE TAYLOR

Jesse Taylor is a true American original. An authentic rodeo cowboy, Jesse’s passion for singing and songwriting has taken him to dive bars and honky-tonks throughout much of the West.

His poetic lyrics and haunting melodies capture the flavor of rodeo life with a soulful authenticity. His songs speak powerfully of the American West, of its timeless values and virtues. And they do so in ways that remind us all of the ups and downs in our own lives.

Jesse was born and raised in Arlington WA. With his Mom named after a Johnny Cash song and his Dad a team roper and songwriter, Jesse grew up with rodeo -- and music -- in his blood. He began roping at age 3, was given his first guitar at age 4 and rode his first bull at 14. He began writing songs at 16 and two years later went on the road in his pick-up truck with his dog, Sandy.

Jesse spent the past 2 years working on the Hawaiian island of Lana’i. During the day, he led trail rides for resort guests and tended the horses. At night, he’d entertain guests with his singing at The Four Seasons Lodge at Ko’ele. He counts Chris LeDoux, George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and Jimi Hendrix among his music influences.

Jesse recently recorded his first studio album, Out Here In The Country, at Blackbird Studio in Nashville. Through hard work and lean living, Jesse Taylor is living his dream.

KIDS EAT FREE EVERY TUESDAY

Don't feel like cooking? Bring the family to the Rockfish Grill on Tuesday where kids twelve and under eat free all day (One child entree complimentary with each adult entree purchased).

STILLY RIVER BAND

Performing together for decades, the Stilly River Band delivers an exciting range of music, from bluegrass to progressive folk, Latin, Irish, rock and rhythm 'n blues. Their bluegrass arrangement of Sam & Dave's soul classic, Hold On, I'm Comin' will put a smile on your face for the rest of the day.

Known by some as “the bad boys of bluegrass”, the Stillys play and eclectic mix of music from traditional bluegrass to other less conventional styles played in a bluegrass format that the band labels “rude grass.”

The band features John Amber-Oliver on lead vocals and guitar, Jonathon Schneider on tenor harmonies and banjo, Stuart Torgeson on dobro and accordion, John Daugherty on vocals and stand up bass, Steve Stolpe on vocals and mandolin and Mike Schway on fiddle.


The Stilly River Band delivers accomplished musicianship, excellent vocal harmony and an always entertaining and unpredictable show. Looking for a cross between Earl Scruggs and the Tempations? These are your guys!

NICK VIGARINO (SOLO)

“Many a bluesman paid backbreaking dues chopping cotton in the flat Delta fields of Mississippi and Arkansas. There was no cotton crop to tend to in the grimy rust belt town of Youngstown, Ohio in the 1960’s, but there was grinding, dirty work for some, as human grist in the mills of U.S. and Republic Steels. It was this dismal blue-collar legacy that Nick Vigarino was born to.

Vigarino had his way out of this existence before he even knew it. Nick fell into possession of a battered guitar, feebly equipped with one string. As fate would have it, he learned to play the guitar in the exact same way as a hundred seminal blues musicians had two generations before him, on a homemade one-string diddley bo. With a poet’s fierce commitment to birthing his own music, he continued to play on ever-improving instruments the angry and mournful melodies in his head, carrying his music into the bars and roadhouses of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Impressed with the Northwest’s clean air and unspoiled mountain vistas, Nick drifted to Seattle, where he quickly won respect for his refreshingly original songs. Encouraged by the interest in his cutting-edge approach to the blues, he formed Meantown Blues. Now, thankfully, there is an audience for Nick’s clearheaded music as he finds himself rushing back and forth across the Northwest and beyond, serving up solo and ensemble music on the stages of bar rooms, concert halls, festivals, and regional television.” - Ray Varner - (Blues Historian, Ethno-musicologist, critic, and writer for Living Blues Magazine, Jefferson - Sweden, and Caledonia).

Vigarino has released three recordings of original material, several collaborations, has performed in 11 countries on 7 different European tours, and has garnered numerous music awards.

WAYNE HAYTON

Wayne Hayton performs at 6PM. NW singer/songwriter Wayne Hayton has spent more than three decades entertaining audiences in intimate clubs across the US , Canada and Europe. Some of his influences are Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, The Eagles, Dan Fogelberg, JD Souther, Van Morrison, Rodney Crowell and the Beatles. His solo show features a mix of familiar acoustic classics and his original material.

DINE FOR 10.99 EVERY THURSDAY

Every Thursday, order a burger or any one topping pizza and a pint of your favorite Anacortes beer for only 10.99!

3-ISH

Anacortes original artists Three-ish started by playing with friends at a local open mic. Sometimes there's three, sometimes there's only two and often instruments are rotated. With the "ish" there's always room to grow. Bailey the awesome Aussie loves to howl along during practice sessions. Music includes originals and covers, which are conceptualized into their own style. Three-ish incorporates guitars, 3 part vocal harmonies, violin, and rhythm into their folk-indie sound that they’ve shared across Skagit County.

FIDALGO SWING

Join us for some great gypsy jazz inspired tunes performed by local favorites, Fidalgo Swing. Guitarist and host, Allen Lewis, leads the band 6PM every 4th Wednesday and kicks off our very own Djangofest right here at the Rockfish.

PAUL GREEN and MARK RILEY

Relocating to Seattle in 1991, Paul Green won the Washington Blues Society award for the “Best Blues Harmonica” in 1992 shortly after moving here from Chicago. Since then he has won that award multiple times and the Blues Society eventually named the annual “Best Blues Harmonica” award after him. He has also won the award for “Best Vocalist” twice. In 2008 he was voted into the Washington Blues Society Hall Of Fame.

Paul will be performing with Mark Riley, one of the very finest guitar players in the Seattle area. Mark has won numerous music industry awards for his amazing playing and song writing. He also is a master craftsman at building his own line of boutique custom guitars. Show starts at 8PM.