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About NDJC

The North Devon Jazz Club is the real backbone of the area's jazz scene. It's been running for many years with different organisers and at various venues, but for the last ten years or so it's been hosted by the Beaver Inn at Appledore. Roughly every fortnight, always on a Monday evening, current organiser Peter Hames puts on a classy and varied programme featuring some of the top names in British jazz. Just to give a taste of what's on offer, here are a few people wo have appeared here (several times in some cases): Peter King, Andy Sheppard, Gilad Atzmon, Steve Waterman, John Law, Liane Carroll ... the list goes on.

For those who haven’t been to jazz nights at the Beaver before, here’s some information that may be useful. The music starts at 8.30, but it’s a good idea to get there at 8.00 or earlier to get a seat - not everywhere in the bar has a good view, though there is a closed-circuit TV screen to solve this problem, at least partially. If you want to eat, tables in the dining area with a good view of the music get booked up quite quickly; alternatively, you can eat in the bar.

Finally, there’s no entrance charge because it’s a public space. Instead, someone will come round with a “hat” (actually a beer mug) for contributions. It’s obviously up to you how much you put in, but here’s something that the organisers would never tell you directly but we’re allowed to: please bear in mind the purpose of the collection is to help pay the musicians, who are professionals and have often travelled a long way to be there. Ask yourself how much you’d normally pay for an evening of high class live music.

Upcoming Programme

Musicians and promoters please note: future bookings aren't made through this website - please contact Peter Hames: peterhames@hotmail.com

Below are the gigs arranged so far.

2019

11 February Andy Hague Quintet
25 February Duncan Eagles Quartet
11 March North Ark
25 March Oxley/Meier Duo
15 April Crescent
29 April Dave Storey Trio
13 May Jam Experiment
10 June Global Wave
24 June Ralph Freeman Quartet
8 July Tony Woods Quintet
22 July Chris Bowden Quintet
9 September Rob Luft/Dave O’Higgins Quintet
23 September To be arranged
7 October Bruce Adams/Martin Dale Quartet
14 October Liane Carroll
4 November Nicolas Meier Band
18 November Joy Ellis
2 December Al Swainger Quartet
16 December Neil Burns Quintet feat. Steve Waterman and Terry Quinny

2020

6 January Craig Milverton solo
20 January Xhosa Cole Quartet
3 February Derek Nash with the Martin Dale Quartet
17 February Loz Speyer's Time Zone
2 March Ben Cox Band
16 March Gareth Hughes Sextet feat. Alan Barnes
30 March Jim Blomfield Trio

For full details please go to the What's On page

Location

The Beaver Inn is in the pretty fishing and boat-building village of Appledore, on Irsha St., overlooking the estuary. Park in the main car park by the quay, walk down Irsha St. and it's about half way along, on your right.