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For the past five years or so, The Drunken Poachers, with their wily ways and wooden instruments, have snuck frequently, boot-clad and boozed onto Melbourne’s live music stages. Dishonest and dirty and wearing flannelette better than you do, they’re leaving heavy heads and dented floors in their very catchy wake. With the aid of banjo, gee-tah, ukulele and mandolin, backed by Irish fiddle, uke bass and propped up with lager phone and a trifle of trumpet, their hearty harmonic throat is unlike any other. The Poachers have a rambunctious, yet endearing stage presence. Come to a Poachers gig, and you will no doubt be caught up in an all-of-pub singalong. The Drunken Poachers are no strangers to the festival stage either and have played at a few beauties including Happy Wanderer (2014, 2015), Jamgrass (2015), The Hills are Alive (2017), the Nightjar Festival, Geetown (2018), The Dan O’Connell St Patrick’s Day Festival (2018). In 2016, The Drunken Poachers made their film debut both