The Lonesome Wranglers bring their infectious blend of vintage country and rockabilly to the Drunken Poet. Expect originals, obscure covers and re-imaginings of some unexpected favourites. Come git some grit!

The Backyard Banjo Club is a four-piece trad-jazz/bluegrass bonanza. Think Tom Waits meets Django Reinhardt and plays a jazz cover of a Radiohead tune. High energy up-tempo jazz and the occasional sultry ballad, good times guaranteed.

Sonas are making their debut at The Poet! “Sonas” - Irish for joy, happiness and peace - are an emerging folk band with celtic and soul fusions that blend culture […]

Caelo is a lutruwita/Tasmanian singer-songwriter of harmony laden alt-rock and folk music, with subjects ranging from love to Vladimir Putin. The combination of this eclectic repertoire with his beguiling voice […]

Thomas Skalicky is a songwriter spinning antique melodies and end-of-the-world synth musings into surrealist folk-rock. Always drawing on the cardinal psychedelic encounter, Skalicky replaces its lost horizon with contradictions and the pain […]

Ashton is on the top of the list of the new wave of modern blues rock artists, spearheaded by The Black Keys, Jack White, Seasick Steve etc. Live, his dynamic […]

Pat has toured extensively as guitarist for Irish folk legend Finbar Furey and has had his song "Geraldine's thinking of Galway" recorded by the Furey brothers. Come and be merry!

‘Kid’ James (James Schembri) is the new kid on the block in the Melbourne Rockabilly scene. A nineteen-year-old singer/songwriter and guitarist that is performing authentic Rockabilly tunes like it was done by teenagers in the […]

Tall Dan (Dan MacMinn) plays original gritty love songs and insightful ballads from deep suburban landscapes and the iconic regional beyond.  Delivering deep notes and stunning country melodies with a rock […]