Alma Road are a lively Irish pub band hailing from all over the island. With a mix of banjo, concertina, mandolin, drums and acoustic guitars, they create an authentic sound that has been welcomed in Irish pubs all over Melbourne and beyond. Regulars at the Koroit Irish Festival, Alma Road bring listeners on a journey across the Irish musical landscape, […]
Roz Girvan and Greg Field play songs of Jackson Browne
Brittany Elise is returning back to The Poet! Don't miss this dazzling Country-Pop star when she returns in October !
Waz E James returns to the Poet! Join us on Saturday eve for Waz E James, often referred to as ‘Australia’s best kept secret’. Joined by Andrew Pendlebury this week.
The Incident! Returning to The Poet on Sunday arvo, round up the weekend just right!
Gallie, the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter was born in Dublin city, Ireland, in the seventies. Picking up guitar in his early teens, helped him navigate ‘the streets’, something he now reflects on as having provided him with a wealth of material for songs and stories that he continues to draw from. Gallie’s music is captivating from […]
Madigan’s Wake is a fusion of traditional Irish folk and punk rock, combining powerful Celtic rhythms with Australian stories. Madigan’s Wake were the winners of London Celtic Punks’ Best Debut Album of the Year in 2023. Armed with a set of old favourites and fresh originals, they’re back at the Drunken Poet on November 4th from 7pm for another night […]
Grace King has an eclectic love of music, homemade and raw songwriting.
Ingrid achieves a rare balance of vigorous raw emotion and humble greatness, piloting the band down pathways of expansive creative energy with her songwriting, guitar and singing. A craftful songwriter, her potent and melodic vocals are a vehicle for lyrical brilliance.
Daniel Watkins & Justin Vilchez are live at The Poet. Daniel Watkins & Justin Vilchez are the Melbourne arm of the group High Street Drifters and have recently been featured in bluegrass festivals throughout Victoria and South Australia. These guys are more than great pickers. Their song choice and harmonies brings in listeners who have […]
Dan Dinnen & Shorty dish up a bluesy gumbo of rootsy goodness. Original tunes and cherry-picked standards laid down with hypnotic fingerpicking guitar, peppered with tasty blues harp, wrapped up and driven along by lush drums ‘n’ percussion. With a pulsing, swinging juke-joint groove, it’s a little bit delta swamp, a little bit hill country, […]
The Burning Bridges are an old-school family string band with a repertoire that reaches back to the bedrock of American country music, including old-time Appalachian fiddle tunes, country/folk harmony duets (The Carter Family, The Louvin Brothers, Ralph Stanley, The Delmore Brothers), bluegrass, alt-country, and an expanding catalogue of classic-sounding original songs and tunes written by Fran,Tom […]
