The Champ is hosting a series of concerts the weekend before the Appledore Music Festival, as a pre-festival warmup.

First off on Thursday 22 May are Applecorers. This local sea shanty singing group will be singing and holding a food drive for a local food bank between 7 and 8pm. Followed by Richard Malfait’s Acoustic Session

On Friday 23 May at 9pm is Peter Bruntnell. He is a well known Devon-based musician who plays rootsy originals with his band. Visit his web site to learn more.

On Sunday 25 May Domingo Caramelo play their classy jazz covers between 4pm and 6pm, followed by Richard Malfait’s “lightly mic’d” session till 8pm and Jim Crawford’s unbeatable blues guitar at 8:30pm.

All gigs are completely free!

This event has been booked by The Champ who have kindly agreed to include it in the Appledore Music Festival programme.