The Wet Fish started in 2013 as an all instrumental surf rock act (thus the “nautical” name of the band).
The band had plenty of success as an instrumental group and the “surf” angle has gotten us heaps of work at coastal festivals,
beach themed parties etc. To keep a wider range of punters and venues happy, the guitarist started singing for the band in 2019. 

 

The band’s vocal repertoire since 2019 is a revival of classic American rock and roll, soul, country and blues material
(surf rock remains too of course). As far as we’re concerned, we’re just playing a diverse mix of the the original and best American
rock music of all time. It’s always energetic, fun, recognisable, family-friendly and danceable. 

 

performed over 380 shows on the biggest and smallest stages in South East Queensland and northern NSW.
In comparison, that’s more gigs than full time rock stars Nirvana could manage in 8 years. In summary,
we’ve been one of the most consistently busy working bands around since 2015. 

 

Being different from ”typical” cover bands is our goal and this ethos has served us well (we’ve even released 3 original albums).
We’re proudly not like the typical cover band “pack” and we’ve done many festivals and events that typical cover acts would
never be considered for. Examples of this are below…

 

JUST SOME OF THE FESTIVALS WE’VE PERFORMED AT SINCE 2015:

COOLY ROCKS ON (8 YEARS)

BLUES ON BROADBEACH (2 YEARS)

NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING (2 YEARS)

 

MORETON BAY FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL (2 YEARS, RETURNING IN 2025)

CAXTON ST SEAFOOD FESTIVAL (we performed the final “official” year of this iconic Brisbane event in 2016). 

FISH LANE FESTIVAL (We were the headline act, doing a 90 minute set. 12,000 people attended this pre-Covid event). 

 

BRISBANE FESTIVAL 

BLEACH FESTIVAL

BRISBANE BBQ FESTIVAL

 

BULIMBA FESTIVAL 

NUNDAH FESTIVAL (Returning in 2025).

 

KITSCH IN THE SWITCH (2 YEARS)

SOME OTHER LIVE MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS AND INTERESTING THINGS WE’VE DONE:

QUEEN ST MALL STAGE ON NYE 2017 (over 50,000 people were spread throughout the Brisbane CBD and South Bank
that evening. We played to our largest audience ever on this night). 

 

SUPPORTED ENGLISH/AMERICAN GUITAR LEGEND ALBERT LEE IN BRISBANE AND THE GOLD COAST IN 2018 

 

BREWSVEGAS POOL PARTY 2016-2020 (An annual event to launch a Brisbane beer festival known as Brewsvegas.
Held in a public swimming pool and since discontinued due to health and safety concerns). 

OVER 50 BOOKINGS AT NIGHT MARKET EVENTS THROUGHOUT SE QLD (including multiple bookings at live music
venues/events Eat St, NightQuarter, Eats and Beats, Distillery Rd Markets, Mt Gravatt Street Food and Miami Marketta). 

 

OVER 20 BOOKINGS FOR THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL’S “CITY SOUNDS” LIVE MUSIC EVENTS
(Including bookings at Queen St Mall, Botanical Gardens and South Bank Parklands).