65 Peel St

West Melbourne

(03) 9348 9797


Drunken Hours:

Monday - closed

Tuesday-Friday - 3pm-1am

Saturday 12 noon - 1am

Sunday 12 noon - 11pm

Katankin

Katankin is the solo moniker of Melbourne singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer Helen Catanchin.Helen’s uniquely warm tone – simultaneously earthy and incredibly pure – and a true bard’s ability to deftly expose the beating heart of every song, along with her poetic and poignant, cuts-to-the-bone songwriting, all put their unmistakable stamp on Katankin’s songs. 

Ramshackle Army

High Voltage Celtic Punk from Melbourne Town, Australia!

Tim Scanlan & Mana

Tim Scanlon is a 'Sit down style' one man band who loves to play with other people more often than not. Mixing old world melodies with modern beats and sounds, this world traveling one man band brings harmonica, guitar and foot percussion into a new dimension. Music explores Celtic, Reggae, Balkan, Quebecois and other styles, […]

Shaky Stills

Shaky Stills are back at the Poet and we're looking forward to it heaps! If the Poet's walls could talk, then there would be many a great a story to be heard so we'll share some more in the hope that one day they can.

Roz Girvan

A country-soul songwriter with a talent for finding the extraordinary in the everyday, Roz Girvan has been part of Melbourne's roots music community for many years.  

Jessie Monk

Jessie is an Avant-Folk Artist, recently returned to Naarm after several years living in Germany's iconic capital -- Berlin --  and touring Europe, supporting acts like Ocie Elliot, Mathew and The Atlas and The Ocelots. Jessie has played big festivals (BeKind Festival, Women in (e)Motion) as well as headline tours around Europe and beyond. She has been […]

Kier Stevens

Nestled halfway between the blues rock bombast of Ash Grunwald and the genre-mixing folk-roots wizardry of Jeff Lang, Australian steel guitarist KIER STEVENS knits together a raucous weave of hurtful hollering and gutsy guitar work that can take you from old-timey acoustic blues sounds, screaming steel solos, bung ballads, haunting ambient improvisation, and the odd […]

Wilson James

Waz E James will be playing with Scott Wilson at The Drunken Poet, the perfect Saturday night!

Clare Cowley plays the songs of Patti Smith

A musical storyteller, deeply grounded in the folk traditions Clare Cowley is playing at The Drunken Poet and paying tribute to the legend herself - Patti Smith! Patti Smith is a pioneering American musician, poet, and visual artist, renowned for blending punk rock with literary influences. Her groundbreaking 1975 album Horses redefined the genre, establishing […]

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