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Tonight at Black Sheep: The Muckrakers, Mosquito, Dana Skully & The Tiger Sharks, This Is A Stick Up!

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Good morning everyone, we hope you are ready for our first post-Dumb Fest show happening at Black Sheep tonight. This one features bands coming from New York, Indiana, and Kentucky! Wow! Starting on the top: we have melodic punk rock / metal band The Muckrakers traveling all the way from New York City! Before that at some point is an act called “Dana Skully and the Tiger Sharks” from Indianapolis, Indiana which leans more on the lighter folk punk side of things. The one other touring act is the band Mosquito from Louisville, Kentucky. Surely you don’t want to mess with Mosquito- stream some of their music on the player below. The one group familiar to the Black Sheep stage is the Decatur-based band This Is A Stick Up!

All of this is kicking off at 7:00 pm on Thursday night. Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page (we are working on getting updated right now) for a list of things coming up at Black Sheep.

Thursday June 14th at Black Sheep: The Muckrakers, Mosquito, Dana Skully & The Tiger Sharks

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It’s coming up (very) quick – here is our very next show and our first one after Dumb Fest! Happening Thursday night in just a couple of days! We’ve got to make sure we are all cleaned up and ready! For this one we have bands coming from all over! This includes New York, Indiana, and Kentucky! Wow! Starting on the top: we have melodic punk rock / metal band The Muckrakers traveling all the way from New York City! Stream some of their music streaming below. Before that at some point is an act called “Dana Skully and the Tiger Sharks” from Indianapolis, Indiana which leans more on the lighter folk punk side of things. The one other touring act is the band Mosquito from Louisville, Kentucky. Surely you don’t want to mess with Mosquito. The one group familiar to the Black Sheep stage is the Decatur-based band This Is A Stick Up!

All of this is kicking off at 7:00 pm on Thursday night. Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page (we are working on getting updated right now) for a list of things coming up at Black Sheep.

Today at Old State Capitol Steps + Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s: Dumb Fest 6 Day 3

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Here we are at the final day of Dumb Fest 6. Today we are mixing things up and not having any shows at our usual spots of Black Sheep or Skank Skates. Instead we have two shows happening – one on the steps of the Old Illinois State Capitol downtown.

The Illinois Old State Capitol starts right at 12:30 pm with the band Bottom Bracket. Bands will be set up on to the North of the building. The show is also free! Other bands playing include Pleather, MOM, Nectar, and Ghoul Jr.

The second show is at the one and only Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s in the whole world, and is the third time we’ve gotten a chance to set up a show at their bandstand outside. Of course legendary Springfield band NIL8 will be closing out the evening there, and that show will start at 4:30 pm and likely go until 8:00 pm. Admission for that is also free. Other than NIL8 the lineup includes Special Interest from New Orleans, Spodee Boy from Nashville, Tennessee, and Pineapple RNR fron St. Louis.

Check out a facebook event for Dumb Fest 6 right here.

Today / Tonight at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, and Ms. D’s Kitchen: Dumb Fest 6 Day 2

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Here we are right in the middle of Dumb Fest #6! We had a wildly successful first day last night, thanks to all of you who came out! Today kicks off right at 12:30 pm and goes nonstop all night long until the end of the aftershow at Ms. D’s Kitchen (just two blocks down from Black Sheep) at 1:00 am. Today will be packed to the brim with music, food, friendship, and smiles.

We don’t really have time to type out the schedule again for today, but go check out our full Dumb Fest schedule post for a closer look.

Admission today is $25 (for 25 bands), and $5 for the aftershow at Ms. D’s Ktichen. The address to Ms. D’s Kitchen is 1031 South 11th Street. All shows are all ages. If you don’t have the money, come out anyways. We will likely be going down on the door price throughout the day as well. Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 6 right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Dumb Fest 6 Day 1

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It’s really here!! We are officially kicking off Dumb Fest 6 at Black Sheep tonight, and welcome a weekend full of almost 50 bands coming from 16 different states to play right here in Springfield in 6 different locations. Things are kicking off tonight at Black Sheep right around 5:30 pm, doors for the show are at 5:00 pm. Admission tonight is $10, no you don’t need to have bought a ticket in advance. Here’s the schedule for the Black Sheep show tonight:

PRYSS 10:30 pm
LOWERED A.D. 9:45 pm
TRANSGRESSION 9:10 pm
JOCKO 8:30 pm
BURDENED 7:55 pm
LIVID 7:10 pm
MAGMA DIVER 6:30 pm
PROWESS 5:45 pm

Then afterwards at an unknown location, there will be a Dumb Fest *unofficial* aftershow featuring three bands:

SMALL MAN (International)
REDUCED TO INSTINCT
CUERPO PODRIDO

To find out the exact coordinates of the aftershow, come out to the regular show. And if you don’t have money to come out at all this weekend, we would rather you come out and offer to volunteer, or just come out. It’s more important to us that you are here to enjoy this weekend with us.

Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here.

State Journal-Register: “Dumb Fest 6 Kicks Off Friday”

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Thank you to all of our beautiful media coverage in this city about Dumb Fest and everything we do. Today featured on the front of the A&E section of The State Journal-Register, local paper, is the headlines “Dumb Fest 6 Kicks Off Friday” and a photo of the band Earth Witch playing at the very first Dumb Fest which occurred at Black Sheep five years ago now. Stephen Spearie wrote the article and interviewed the band Telephone Junkies and festival organizer Brian Galecki. A snippet from the article:

That was the case with the Buffalo, New York-based band Radiation Risks, which plays a gritty, hard-driving brand of rock-infused hardcore punk. It played a Black Sheep show in March, but when Galecki showed them around Southtown, including neighboring Skank Skates, another venue for the festival, they confirmed for Dumb Fest nearly on the spot, he said.

Galecki said he pursued Matrix after a three-and-a-half minute demo tape showed up on the internet.

Find the article inside today’s issue of The State Journal Register or check out the full article online right here. Dumb Fest 6 kicks off tomorrow at 5:00 pm inside Black Sheep and goes on all weekend. Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 6 right here.

Dumb Fest 6 Official Schedule

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We hope you all are ready for this weekend. Are we? Thanks to the cleanup crew last night and a positive meeting, we think so! The sixth ever Dumb Fest kicks off tomorrow (doors at 5:00 pm) at Black Sheep and goes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this weekend. It is sure to be a wild time. Today we are presenting you with that final Dumb Fest schedule for all 50 bands playing. Find that pictured above (there will be print outs of that available at Black Sheep all weekend), and listed below along with links to bands:

FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH // Doors at 5PM | $10 @ BLACK SHEEP
PRYSS 10:30 pm
LOWERED A.D. 9:45 pm
TRANSGRESSION 9:10 pm
JOCKO 8:30 pm
BURDENED 7:55 pm
LIVID 7:10 pm
MAGMA DIVER 6:30 pm
PROWESS 5:45 pm

11:30PM (OR LATER) (AFTER MAIN SHOW) @ GLUE SURFER’S TUBE | $3
SMALL MAN (International)
REDUCED TO INSTINCT (Bloomington, IL)
CUERPO PODRIDO (Chicago)

SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH // 1PM | $25 @ BLACK SHEEP + SKANK SKATES 
CHERRY DEATH 10:00 pm
BAD EXAMPLE 9:25 pm
KNOWSO 8:55 pm
RADIATION RISKS 8:30 pm
UNFORGIVEN FIVE 8:05 pm
IRON CAGES 7:40 pm
SPELL BREAKER 7:20 pm
BEYOND PEACE 6:55 pm
SOFT SPOT 6:35 pm
DEODERANT 6:10 pm
MATRIX 5:50 pm
GRAVE SWITCHER 5:25 pm
NICE TRY 4:55 pm
GNARB 4:20 pm
CYBER PINK 3:40 pm
DENTIST 3:10 pm
RITALIN O.D. 2:45 pm
TELEPHONE JUNKIES 2:15 pm
MOLCAJETE 1:50 PM
TERRIBLE TEETH 1:25 pm
NO CASH VALUE 12:55 pm
LIVIN THING 12:30 pm

10:30PM | $5 @ MS. D’S KITCHEN
ACCELA 12:30 am
IT’S ME ROSS 11:50 pm
POWER OF DUST 11:20 pm
HOTLINE TNT 10:50 PM

SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH // 12:30PM @ OLD STATE CAPITOL LAWN
PLEATHER 3:00 pm
MOM 2:35 pm
GHOUL JR. 1:50 pm
NECTAR 1:10 pm
BOTTOM BRACKET 12:30 pm

4:30PM @ ROCK N’ ROLL HARDEE’S
NIL8 7:00 pm
SPECIAL INTEREST 6:00 pm
SPODEE BOY 5:15 pm
PINEAPPLE RNR 4:35 pm

Advance tickets are still available for the fest today online and also at Dumb Records. After that they will still be available at the door the days of the festival. If you purchased tickets online we will have your name on a list at the door, don’t worry! Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here. See you this weekend!

(Important) Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting + Dumb Fest Cleanup Wednesday

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Here we are the week before Dumb Fest 6. We have to admit that we have been going through a lot of heavy things at Black Sheep headquarters these past few weeks completely separate from getting ready for a fifty band festival. We feel it is pretty important to hold a Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting to discuss our future, or the future of any form of DIY all ages show space in Springfield.

We also do need to start cleaning up the grounds for Dumb Fest (picking up trash around the block, clearing weeds, etc). Also vacuuming and tidying up the inside of Black Sheep, etc. We are looking for someone with access to an industrial-sized fan for Dumb Fest Saturday!!!

An open Dumb Fest clean-up will be happening at Black Sheep and surrounding areas on Wednesday, the 6th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Then at 8:00 pm we will be holding a Black Sheep roundtable meeting to discuss our future (maybe other Dumb Fest preparation that needs to be discussed). Thank you to all who have been supporting us over the years and continue to do so!

Activator Magazine Issue #1 Now Available (for Free) at Dumb Records and Black Sheep

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Some pretty exciting news regarding a new monthly publication in Springfield – Activator Magazine is now a real physical thing and is available *for free* inside of Dumb Records and Black Sheep! Be sure to come by and pick one up from us tonight! Activator is “A collaboration of local writers and artists coming together to shine a light on central Illinois music and culture.” As you can see, this first issue features and interview with Jessica Knight and Brandon Carnes of Looming, and also includes a guide on Dumb Fest 6. Also features a music calendar, and more.

Activator is available at a few different locations around town including – Head West, Free Press Coffee, Buzz Bomb, Redbird Electric Tattoo, Newage Tattoos, Unique Enchantments Salon, Curve Inn, WM. Van’s Coffee, Urban Sassafras, Recycled Records, Black Sheep Cafe and Dumb Records.

The magazine plans on continuing at a monthly pace and is accepting submissions for content. Be sure to pick up a copy to find out more.

Tomorrow Afternoon at Black Sheep: Consent Zine Workshop (Presented by PCASA)

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Tonight is the last show at Black Sheep before the great big Dumb Fest, but we do have one other workshop going on tomorrow in the early afternoon, being put on by the fine folks at the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault who we are happy to be working with. It is going to be a free zine-making workshop of sorts highlighting topics of consent. Here’s the description from the facebook event:

For those of you who have expressed interest in helping with a consent zine, please come to this workshop and help us assemble one! We hope to have them up and ready for distribution by mid-June.
Consent is voluntary, verbal, on-going, retractable, mutual, genuine, enthusiastic, honest, active and SIMPLE!
Our goals with this workshop will be :
*to educate the participants on the basics of consent
*to educate the participants on the uses of zines and how to make them
*to then compile an informative and all inclusive consent zine together!
The zines will be for public use and distribution once they are finished.

PLEASE feel free to bring personal drawings, photographs you have taken, poems, collage materials, stickers, magazines, and anything that could be used to help with the assembly of these zines!

This event will be free of charge and open to everyone! Please note that the topics of discussion may be triggering or upsetting to some people so please plan accordingly. Please feel free to comment in this event discussion with any questions.
We hope to see you there!

Find a facebook event for the workshop right here. Also check out a list of what we have coming up at Black Sheep right here on our shows page.