65 Peel St

West Melbourne

(03) 9348 9797


Drunken Hours:

Monday - closed

Tuesday-Friday - 3pm-1am

Saturday 12 noon - 1am

Sunday 12 noon - 11pm

Joe Jacobson

Rock and Roller Joe Jacobson will send 2022 off with a bang on Friday 30th December at The Drunken Poet. From Gutsy Guitar leads to Soulful Ballads, Loose Boozy Blues and Hard Rock Classics  - Jacobson's hearty style is sure to get the walls shaking. With Influences like The Beasts of Bourbon, The Rolling Stones, […]

NEW YEARS EVE AT THE POET!!

TIM SCANLAN DUO - 3PM MADIGANS WAKE - 9PM Madigan’s Wake is a 5 piece Celtic punk band from Melbourne who have been together for almost two years. In that time they have quickly become a regular on the Melbourne music scene. So far three singles have been released with their debut self-titled single being played […]

Mr Alford plays the songs of Willie Nelson

Mr Alford plays the songs of one of his heroes. Willie is the father of cowboy country and this will be a great night with some classic Willie covers. Roll em up and come relax at the Poet.

Dan Warner & Dave Evans

  Over the decades, Dan Warner’s voice has occupied a familiar corner in the soundscape of Melbourne, a voice that has grown up with the city, and taken on some of its burgeoning diversity and old-world sophistication. As Dan and Dave say it "should be a rip-snorter of an evening"

Rossa McCann

Rossa is a independent solo artist based in Melbourne, Australia. He is a multi instrumentalist singer/songwriter originally from Ireland.

The Jolly’s

"The Jolly’s" perform Irish pub songs and Traditional Celtic folk.

David Cosma plays the songs of Cash, King and Carl

Drunken Poet regular David Cosma returns to the Drunken Poet for Tribute Tuesday on January 10th, paying tribute to the three stable mates, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Carl Perkins. Together with Nick Carrafa on drums, Trent McKenzie on bass and Adrian Whyte on guitar, Dave will rocket through the early hits of these incredibly influential artists who helped pave the way for popular […]

Liam Robert Wilkerson

  Liam Robert Wilkerson presents a night of blues and country originals, live at The Drunken Poet. Jam packed with toe tapping Jump Blues numbers as well as heartfelt Tearjerkers this will not be one to miss. Utilising technical and exemplary Finger Picking heavily inspired by Blind Willie Johnson, Hank Williams and Memphis Minnie that […]

James Cisco plays the songs of Hank Williams

Growing up in the USA with parents who played in a bluegrass band together it is fair to say James Cisco has deep roots in country music. His mother used to use a guitar case for his crib while on the road. James is a singer-songwriter who moved to Australia from the USA 20 years […]

Flora

9PM Her tunes might just disarm your chary heart and warm your cockles, woof! Her music is intrinsically woven with her love of the land and the people on it. She serves a cocktail of alt country, indie folk and blues. This event is held on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri peoples of the […]

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