What's on in Appledore Bideford area. Live music events
The Emily Francis Trio is one of the hottest acts on the UK jazz scene. Comprising Emily Francis on piano/keys, bassist Trevor Boxall, and drummer Jamie Murray, the band’s music reflects an eclectic mix of late 60s/70s electronic jazz, progressive rock and pop, Scandinavian jazz, and artists from the current New York scene. Find out Read More ...
The Royal North Devon Golf Club is hosting a Tom Jones tribute concert featuring Dean Jones with the Unusuals Band. Tickets are £30 including dinner and are selling fast. Dinner is served at 7:30pm. To book your table, call the club on 01237 473817.
The Jazz Defenders are a band committed to defending the legacy of such classic hard bop jazz greats as Horace Silver, Lee Morgan and Art Blakey will be next up at North Devon Jazz Club in The Beaver, Appledore on Monday 1 April. Combining solid grooves and catchy horn lines with a collaborative and comprehensive Read More ...
London-based Pearl Fish and Rob Quo are two talented singer songriters performing as Quo Fish. They are visiting Appledore, North Devon as part of their spring 2024 tour. The Champ is honoured to have such a talented duo perform on their fabled north stage. Pearl Fish is an intimate and warm musician. Her sound, honed Read More ...
A several-times winner of the British Jazz Awards for best tenor saxophonist and a key member of the late Humphrey Lyttleton’s band appears at North Devon Jazz Club in The Beaver, Appledore on 15 April. The musician is Karen Sharp who plays baritone as well as tenor saxophones and who will appear with the Craig Read More ...
Buckinghamshire-based Lunabarge are doing a mini-tour of Devon and Cornwall - the Cream Tea Excursion tour. Which reminds us of the Devon-Cornwall rock festival a few years back. It was cancelled at the last minute. Cream and the Jam were down as headliners but the organisers couldn't agree which should go on first. Lunabarge are Read More ...
Carnaby Street are a five piece sixties tribute act, coming to the Royal North Devon Golf Club in April. Tickets can be purchased by calling the club on 01236 473817. The ticket price is £30, which includes dinner. Call the Royal North Devon Golf Club on 01237 473817 to book.
Bideford is stocking up on cider ready for Friday 26th April when cult band Skimmity Hitchers roll their wagon into town. They'll be performing their madcap Scrumpy & Western music at the Palladium Club on Lower Gunstone, supported by Somerset reggae-funk-hip-hop collective Monkey Bizzle. The gig will also be doubling up as a mini cider Read More ...
American singer Anita O’Day’s unique sound and swinging rhythmic sense put her in the upper echelon of jazz singers, as skilful with ballads as with scatting and liberal interpretations of standard songs. Anita’s career spanned the late swing and bebop eras, inspiring many singers who followed her. Bristol-based Lucy Moon is just one of these Read More ...
Hoolie are a high energy rock, pop and indie covers band from North Devon. Hear them at the Champ on Friday 3 May, and have a ball.
The Barefoot Bandit are coming to Appledore on Friday 4 May. These guys are amazing. The Barefoot Bandit is an explosion of reggae, dub and world music based in Exmouth. Check out the band and their music at their website The Barefoot Bandit have spread their sounds far and wide. Appledore is lucky indeed that Read More ...
We at Appledore Music know nothing about Manic Jammer, save that they (he? she?) are at the Beaver on Monday 6 May. If you know anything please get in touch and we'll add it here.
Royal North Devon Golf Club presents a night of jump, jive, swing, rock and Latin with The Sultans. This is a dinner dance event. Tickets are £30 including dinner. Contact the club on 01237 473817 to reserve your place.
Veteran Jazz Maestro at the Beaver Art Themen has been a beloved character of the British jazz scene for sixty years, famously combining his role as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with saxophone duties in the bands of Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey among many others. This exciting, playful and inventive saxophonist will appear with his Read More ...
A Smile, 2 Bangs and a Legend The Jukes are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details.
Joy Machine are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details.
Rock Steady Youth Group are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details.
The Sophie Smiles Band are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details.
Applecorers Sea Shanty are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details.
dogleg are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the name above for more details
The Morris Dancers are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the name above for more details
Marsh and, reluctantly, his friends are performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details.
Bright Lights Collective performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on the band's name above for more details
Waine Downing is performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on his name above for more details
Steve Ellison is performing as part of the Appledore Music Festival. Click on his name above for more details
Saturday night at the Beaver sees a heartfelt Kate Bush tribute band playing - Lion Heart. A chance to hear your favourite Kate Bush songs with a pint of freshly poured Proper Job in your hand - if you're not dancing madly that is.
Mary and the Medics play the Beaver. If you like sophisticated smoky vocals, fabulous saxophone, flute and guitar don't miss them. We'd love to include a picture of Mary and her medical colleagues but we don't have one. If you do, use the Contact us form to let us know and we will add it Read More ...
Dave Storey has established himself as one of the leading drummers and first call sidemen on the London jazz scene. He is well known for his big sound on the drums and for his work as a bandleader. Dave will bring his star studded trio to North Devon Jazz Club at The Beaver, Appledore on Read More ...
End of the Road are a five piece band based in Bideford. They play jazz and blues in an old-time style. Here's a video of them on Facebook, killing it at the Joiner's: https://www.facebook.com/endofroadjazz/videos/827505302304374/. On Friday 10 May they'll be laying down the groove at the Champ. Come along and enjoy!
Barnstaple-based Dixie Hicks are playing on Saturday 15 June at the Beaver. Dixie Hicks are a three piece playing a myriad of sounds from country, blues & jazz to dance & burlesque. This is their third Beaver show in as many months, which tells you how damned good they are. Come along and enjoy the Read More ...
The Royal North Devon Golf Club is hosting a Big Summer Party and Barbecue with Soul in Motion. Soul in Motion is a tribute band that will take you back to the days of Motown, Northern Soul and the great 70's disco hits. Featuring Aaron Garrett as seen on the Voice on BBC TV. Tickets Read More ...
Julian Costello is a saxophonist praised by Jazz Views as a "tenor player of gentle authority, full of passion, lyricism and invention". He will be demonstrating these qualities with his quartet at North Devon Jazz Club in The Beaver, Appledore on 24 June. At the gig Julian will be playing tenor and soprano saxophones and Read More ...
Richard Malfait returns to Appledore with his friends. We don't yet know who they are, but likely to include Ania Job on flute, Eve Parker on violin and Ant Parker on bass. It'll be a evening of original songs about artists and their muses, lifeboats, kites and black dogs, benches, treasure, old Victorians, clay pipes Read More ...
Pete Saunders played keyboards on Dexys Midnight Runner's first album, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels back in 1980. It was an album which shaped a generation and made the Guardian's list of 100 best albums ever. He has played keyboards ever since, in various ventures, the most recent being Blues and Burlesque. See Pete Read More ...
Chris Stuckey is a north Devon lad who plays fantastic blues guitar and has played with loads of amazing musicians. Formerly leader of Shinkicker, he is playing with Mary Dalton at the Champ, the finest little pub in Appledore. Chris plays a compelling mix of roots, rock, blues, folk and original songs.
Sophie Smiles is a talented pianist and bassist who lives in Westward Ho! She learnt to play from listening to the great New Orleans piano master Dr John and often gigs around Appledore. She plays honky tonk and Southern funk and blues, always looking like she loves to play more than anything else. Her warmth Read More ...
Come see Cole play chilled acoustic funk blues, soul and rock covers such as Foo Fighters, Radiohead and many more!
The Dreadnoughts are a Canadian 6-piece folk punk band from Vancouver. The band combines a wide range of European folk music with modern street punk. The band has seven full-length albums and three EPs on various labels, and has played around 500 shows in around 30 countries. Over from Canada, this awesome band are touring Read More ...
Billy Rowan aka The Undercover Hippy has been performing at festivals since 2008, working his way up from being a solo singer-songwriter playing in small marquee stages, to now having a full band of incredible musicians and playing main-stages at some of the UK’s best independent festivals. The band have been regulars at Glastonbury, Boomtown, Read More ...
Harmonic Vibes at the Champ. They're harmonic and they have a vibe.