Damien Lynch is making his debut at The Poet! Damien Lynch hails from West Clare, an area steeped in traditional music. Since moving to Melbourne in 2025, he has made a name for himself gigging across venues in Melbourne's Southside. Damien's influences include Luke Kelly and Luke Combs.
The Westernairs deliver authentic Country/Honky Tonk and Western Swing music in the traditional 1950s/60s style, covering songs from famous Country artists such as Hank Williams, George Jones, Faron Young, and Marty Robbins, plus other lesser known Country/Hillbilly stars of the 1950s/60s. Their repertoire also includes an ever increasing list of self penned tunes by Kieron himself. The music is guaranteed to have your feet a […]
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 and depth. With a merge of Irish traditional music, folk, soul and R&B, there’s a promise for captivation and tranquility in every note. The trio […]
Huckleberry plays the songs of Tom Waits!
Elly McK & The Unbelievers are an Australian alt-country and Americana powerhouse, shaking up the scene with their genre-defying sound. Frontwoman Elly McK crafts hauntingly original songs that dance along edges of folk, alt-country, and Americana. Backed by The Unbelievers, the band delivers a mix of vintage-inspired vibes and foot-stomping grooves, blending raw storytelling, rich […]
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 has helped him win over new audiences; performing to crowds at the Queenscliff and Port Fairy Folk festivals, as well as sharing a stage with […]
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 of the mundane. Disappearing memories and love-sick fever dreams entangled in a topsy-turvy world.
Every Friday Night at The Poet!
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 performances also include haunting and mesmerising bottleneck and lap steel moments. Laying down a dirty backbeat on a foot drum kit, bass lines with his […]
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 50’s! Be sure to catch ‘Kid’ James at The Drunken Poet. Come on down for a night of wild and authentic rockabilly music!
