65 Peel St

West Melbourne

(03) 9348 9797


Drunken Hours:

Monday - closed

Tuesday-Friday - 3pm-1am

Saturday 12 noon - 1am

Sunday 12 noon - 11pm

Kaliopi & the Blues Messengers

Kaliopi & the Blues Messengers play The Poet! KALIOPI and the BLUES MESSENGERS recently celebrated their 1st year anniversary performing St Kilda Blues Festival after officially launching at the Glenmaggie […]

Kye Arnot

Kye Arnot is a 19 year old Singer-Songwriter living in the Yarra Valley. He found his love for music during lockdown, where he taught himself how to play guitar and sing, and […]

Dakota East

Earnest and soulful, Country/Indie artist Dakota East travels both on a lonesome mountain dirt road and an inner city street.  “I was surrounded by Country, Folk & Blues music for […]

Frankie & The Bad Cats

  Frankie & The Bad Cats are a blues band whose original material ranges from traditional &modern blues to funk and even elements of rockabilly. Formerly known as Mojo Mafia, […]

The Coastalaires

The Coastalaires play Southern American music. The trio of Jeremy Hanley (vocals, electric guitar), Leigh McDowell (electric bass), and Clifford Booth (drums), play compelling arrangements of 'grown-up' soul, country and R&B […]

Van Walker play the songs of The Kinks

Join us at The Drunken Poet for a night dedicated to the legendary sounds of The Kinks, as Van Walker takes the stage to bring these classic tunes to life! […]

khoy & Samara Cullen

Two very familiar; sad and squishy; faces of the local folk punk scene are taking the double slot at the Drunken Poet Thursday 12th December. For a night of melancholic folk […]

REGULARS CHRISTMAS!

Shanakee play a mix of traditional Irish folk music and songs and a lot of their own original songs with a bit of everything thrown in. With Kieran O'Connell at […]

Peter Baylor plays the songs of Django Reinhardt

Peter Baylor dives into the timeless songs of Django Reinhardt. Known for his masterful guitar work, Reinhardt brought the world of jazz to life with his captivating gypsy swing, and […]

Elly McK & The Unbelievers

Elly McK & The Unbelievers are an Australian alt-country and Americana powerhouse, shaking up the scene with their genre-defying sound. Frontwoman Elly McK crafts hauntingly original songs that dance along […]

The Drunken Poachers

We're open from Midday on Monday 23rd December! Rambunctious yet endearing, whisky-swilling, boozy-singing, cockle-warming sextet from Melbourne, specialising in the key of Brunswickana.

pouring a pint
pint and taytos
inside the pub