BANDS WHO HAVE ROCKED THE ANCHOR:
2Big2BeBuried
36 Years
80,000 Dead
A Failed Escape
Above Suspicion
AJ Draper
Allison's Hope
Altivolous
Amy Hedrick
Another Dead M.C.
Arsel Arcaya
Bastards Choir
Beauty and Betrayal
Blood In Blood Out
Bobby Stone
Bolth
Brain Dead
Buried In Flames
Cadence
Canticle
Carawae
Cast Down The Plague
Ceiling Star
Chapel Hill Tragedy
Cherish The Tragedy
Clean Christopher and the Hurtbeats
CoinSlot
Concrete
Consumed By Fury
Couldn't Care Less
Crawl Space
Cruciform Injection
Darling Waste
Daytime Volume
Deep Shit
Dendra
Desperate for Compromise
Destroyer Destroyer
Destrukters
D.Evilman
DJ Strictnine
Dorks With Glasses
D'Oscar
Double Agent
Double B
Driven
Echo The Sky
Eighty Sixed
Elastic Waste
End Of Reason
Ender
Enduring Jolie
Eske
Evil 10 Submission
Failure of Spirit
Fallen Promise
Fire To Reason
Flamingo Nosebleed
Four Star Alarm
Forthcoming
From Within
Fuck You, Pay Me
Gaza
Gift of Death
Glorious Hellfuckers
Green Room Rockers
Grimstone
Haggis
Halcion
Hell Or High Water
Hellville Strangers
Holinshed
Houston We Have A Problem
Human Aftertaste
Ifficial Reggae Movement
Ill Hollow Chamber
In Defence
Indika
Ingsoc
Intolerance
Isolation
JL Crew
Jackie Ivory
Jairo Aleman
Japanese Jesus
Jim Deka Trio
Jobu
John Chaos Freak Show
Johnny's Little Rocketship
Jonathan Ian
Jordi
Juan Prophet Organization
Kasey Jones
K-Loc
Kid Boots
Kill All Resistance
Kim Ives
Koffin Kats
Land Pirates
Last Action Heroes
Late Night Catastrophe
Lauren Kotinek
Leaving July
Led By Last
Leverage Lune
Loaded First
Loaded For Bear
Los Remolinos
Love Muffin
Lune
Mark Nemeth
Maruta
Memorial Ash
Mentality
Midnight Suit
Mike Got Spiked
Mike Vaszari
Mokita
More In Sorrow
Morello
Mr. Z
M.V.R.
Necrodemon
Negative Nancy
Nerve Damage
Never Never
Next Generation Blues Band
Noble Liar
Orphan Donors
Outclassed
Pawnshop Reunion
Penguins In Alaska
Pipebomb
Plankton
Pressure Point
Pro
Project .44
Q-Flat
Quinn Young
Radio Pirate DJ
Ras Souljah
Rialto
Rocket Number 9
Rose Funeral
Sad Tropics
Salt The Wound
Schwa
Second To Last
Self-Addiction
Seven Starr Battle
Sharlemange
Sharon Scott Band
She Should Have Killed XIII
Show No Mercy
Signal
Silver In December
Sin Theorem
Sky Lark
Sleepwalk A Robot
Slow Menzotti
Social Addiction
Sonic Ash
Soul Grudge
South Slope Cutthroats
Splanchnic Ganglion
Squee-Jay and the Hampster Band
Standard
Stomachache Colors
Stomping Grounds
Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky
Templeton
The Analyst
The Art of Abandonment
The Bones Brothers
The Brothers Gross
The Dickslapper Experience
The Dig Angies
The Do Nothing Kings
The End Is Now
The Fire The Flood
The Fuck-Offs
The Gospel of Judas
The Great Escape
The Gun Show
The Handshake Murders
The Human Condition
The Lazy Suzans
The Lloyd
The Lonely H
The Lusties
The Man In Black Pajamas
The_Network
The Rain Dogs
The Resurrected
The Rivelry
The Royal Family Band
The Savoy
The Scumbags
The Swarm
The Upsets
The Useful Sound
The Viscids
The Whiskey Rebels
Tommy Gutless
Torg
Two Days Till Tomorrow
Unlawful Ax
Urinal Mints
U.S. Thrash Company
Useless Wooden Toys
Vega
Ways To Be Worse
Whiskey Riot
World Takeover
Y-69
Yes! Yes! Take Off Your Dress
Zeus AND MANY MORE COMING YOUR WAY!
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PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ALL SHOWS AT THE ANCHOR INN ARE 21+
Welcome to the official website for the ANCHOR INN. We are a smaller venue with a capacity of about 150 people located on the west side of South Bend. We pride ourselves as being the most versatile club in the area featuring rock, metal, blues, jazz and punk on any given night of the week. In fact, we are the ONLY club in the Michiana area that consistently features live music SIX NIGHTS A WEEK!
***EVERY TUESDAY*** JAZZ NIGHT/OPEN STAGE with your host, Motown Records/Atlantic Records recording artist JACKIE IVORY! Jackie Ivory was the organ player for South Bend's most famous band, JR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS. Jackie has toured all over the world and has appeared on many television shows, including Soul Train and The Midnight Special. He loves to meet people and share his wonderful stories, so come out and meet this living legend! Co-hosting Jazz Night are local jazz greats MARK NEMETH and MIKE VASZARI. 8PM to Midnight - Admission is always FREE! ***EVERY WEDNESDAY*** OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by KIM IVES! Kim Ives is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter in the South Bend area. She is a South Bend native, but by the "garage" style in her music, you'd swear she came straight from Detroit. The regulars on Wednesdays are some of South Bend's finest original musicians ready to play with anyone and everyone. So if you're a drummer, guitarist, keyboardist or whatever and want to rock out, Wednesdays are just right for you! 9PM to 2:30AM - Admission is always FREE! ***EVERY THURSDAY*** MICHIANA'S HOTTEST BLUES JAM hosted by BOBBY STONE! Bobby Stone has been a staple in the South Bend Blues Scene for over 50 years! You can also expect to see some of the area's best known blues artists to stop in and get their mojo workin' every week, including the likes of Jackie Ivory, Daryl Buchanan, Stan "The Man" Leslie, Lil' Frank, Dean Rowe, E.Z. Ed Wright, Oran "O.J." Johnson, Harvey Williams, Doctor Rob MacNeil, Earl Walker, Kirk Wright, Bill Carter, Stephen Fuller, Kelly Hogart and many more! Ain't nuttin' butta party! 8PM to Midnight - Admission is always FREE! ***EVERY FRIDAY*** PUNK ROCK NIGHT hosted by WILLIAM $AINT WILLIAM of the URINAL MINTS! Local and regional punk rockers have made us their home base in South Bend and on any given Friday you can hear the best (and sometimes the worst) of them all! For more information on Punk Rock Night at the Anchor, visit www.myspace.com/punkrocknightsouthbend. 10PM to ? - Admission is usually around $5 ***EVERY SATURDAY***
Saturdays are unpredictable at the Anchor! You may walk in and hear some of the finest reggae, blues, metal, hard rock, acoustic and rock bands in the Midwest! It may be one band or one awesome showcase! We are always open to suggestions, so if you'd like to see a particualr band play the Anchor, just drop us a line! 9PM to ? - Admission is usually around $5! ***EVERY SUNDAY*** RUM BOOGIE JAM SESSION!!! hosted by none other than RUM BOOGIE! Didn't get your weekly fill of the blues on Thursdays? Well, have no fear, you can come back again on Sundays! But have no fear. This jam is open to ALL GENRES! Come jam with the best musicians in Michiana! 8PM to Midnight - Admission is always FREE!
WE HAVE THE BEST DRINK PRICES IN TOWN!
We wont fool you with a Penny Beer Night, where you don't find out that the cup costs you $10 until you get there! Give me a break! We have $1.75 pints and $5.50 pitchers EVERY FREAKIN' DAY! Our mixed drinks won't be touched either! Get a good, stiff drink ranging from $2.75 wells to $3.75 top-top shelf EVERY DAY! Did I mention that we also have DRINK SPECIALS EVERY DAY? This means you will get the above mentioned drinks for even cheaper!
WE ALSO HAVE CARRY-OUT LIQUOR! Grab a six pack and take it home!
