BackBeat play the songs of the early Beatles! Sixty years ago The Beatles performed in Melbourne at Festival Hall. Just a few weeks later they released their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night. For those of you that missed these fun events back in the day! BackBeat will be playing the set list as performed by […]
Tom Redwood is an Australian songwriter and performer. Tom's unique and lyrical songs have received praise from music critics and a number of esteemed Australian musicians. Tom has written and recorded five albums and one EP all released through Walking Bird Records. "Tom is the unreal deal" -Matt Walker (Cruel Sea, Tex Perkins).
Renown FuNkY Groove Injected Blues & Roots, Hey Gringo are no strangers to the Drunken Poet with their tongue in cheek original songs from their 7 charting albums and more. Formed by Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Daryl Roberts accompanied by some of Melbourne's most respected musicians over the years, so you just never know who may be […]
Following the success of his fourth album ‘Wait For the Change’ reaching No.1 position on the U.S. based ‘Roots Report Top 50 Australian Album Chart’, Leigh Sloggett will be bringing his trio to the Drunken Poet on Sunday July 14 from 4-6pm. Described by - Mark S. Tucker from The Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange, U.S.A. as "...a letter perfect blend of folk and blues, one of the best I've ever heard”, Leigh’s earthy songs and commanding […]
Bag O’ Nails are probably Melbourne’s most dynamic and electrifying Blues-Rock trio, wowing audiences with their scorching live performances since 2004! Guitarist and frontman Trevor Murray, joined by John Hampton on bass and Kaos on drums, will be paying tribute to the late great Gary Moore. Performing hits such as, ‘Don’t Believe A Word’ , ’Walking By Myself’ , ‘Pretty […]
Hayley Mary, solo rock artist and front woman of The Jezabels with is excited to announce she will be playing an intimate acoustic set at The Drunken Poet. The set with be a journey through the years of her career, including some Jezables songs, tracks form her three solo EP’s and recent singles, combined with […]
They come in pieces. While they may be Australia's premier comedy rock act, Small Town Alien are not afraid to make forays into various other genres such as funk, jazz, hip-hop and country. No genre is safe. Dubbed “Nietzche’s answer to the Wiggles,” they are hard to understand but easy to love.
Kier Stevens and Rosie Luby play the songs of Tex, Don, & Charlie at the undoubtedly inimitable Drunken Poet. Rosie Luby is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne. From her earliest years Rosie has been surrounded by music, particularly Irish traditional music and other acoustic folk styles, and reflects this lifelong commitment back through […]
