June 2nd at Black Sheep: Wildhoney, Stick People, Gadget, Lorin Devine, Linder

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Here’s another show announcement we have for you all and boy we are excited for this great show coming up on Friday, June 2nd in a couple of weeks. This one features touring shoegaze band Wildhoney from Baltimore, Maryland. Stream some of their music on the player below. This show will also feature “Stick People” performing their first show at Black Sheep since their name change from “Stems.” Will they have their recordings being worked on by Southtown Sound done by this show? Who knows! Before that is Decatur-based pop punk band Gadget. And before that we get to see a performance by incredible local artist and musician Lorin Devine. Opening things up is a new and improved full band version of the Bloomington Illinois project Linder.

This show will start right at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Legacy of Giving Music Festival Lineup: June 2nd & 3rd Downtown Springfield

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Making sure we get a post out for each of the downtown music festivals happening in Springfield this summer- this one is for the newly formed “Legacy of Giving” Music Festival happening downtown in two weeks on Friday and Saturday, June 2nd and 3rd. The festival formed from the ashes of SOHO Music Festival which has happened every year prior to this since 2005, the same year Black Sheep began. SOHO was kind enough to offer Black Sheep our very own stage the past two years in 2015 and 2016. Legacy of Giving Music Festival will not be continuing the Black Sheep stage.

The lineup for L.O.G. fest consists of 70 bands and performers. Admission is just $5.00, and proceeds will be going to 10 different charities. You can find the entire music fest lineup and breakdown of which acts will be playing which stages right here. Notable acts familiar to the Black Sheep stage might include Blind Social, Jessica Knight (of Looming), Zach Goriszewski of Kickstart, Ted Keylon of TANG, Stereo Static, and much more.

Check out our Springfield shows page for a look at other events going on in town outside of Black Sheep. Find the Legacy of Giving Music Festival website right here. Don’t forget that Dumb Fest 5 is also happening in town the following weekend! On their website Legacy of Giving Music Festival claims to be the most diverse lineup of bands in town with bands coming from 7 different states, but do they know that Dumb Fest 5 features bands from 12 different states and 2 different countries? Probably not.

May 27th at Black Sheep: Abyss, Abolith, Starlorde, Statues of the Dead

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Here we are with the second show announcement today, this one is happening in exactly one week on Saturday, May 27th. Here’s a nice well rounded lineup of local metal and punk for you all. For this show we have the band Abyss performing, their first Black Sheep show since the extremely successful EP release show they had back in March. Then is a performance by newer Taylorville metal project – Abolith. Stream their hit single on the player below. We also have galactic punk space pirate band Starlorde on the bill. Opening things up is a rare performance by the now by the classic Springfield punk band featuring a 6 year old – Statues of the Dead.

Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Admission is $5 and things will start at 7:00 pm. Get a more in depth look at what is coming up this summer at Black Sheep on our shows page.

May 26th at Black Sheep: Prowess, Clearview, Trash Knife, Sore Spore

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What’s up! Happy Saturday, some of you might be enjoying Pride Fest, Farmer’s Market, or The Old State Capitol Art Fair all happening downtown today. We don’t have any shows at Black Sheep this weekend, but we are looking at a pretty packed schedule next weekend. This show is happening next Friday, May 26th. It features our very own punk band Prowess, who recently put out a new demo. Plus we’ve got two touring acts including Clearview from New Jersey, whose music you can find streaming below. They will be touring with another punk act called Trash Knife from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Opening things up is the newly named Blue Parks acoustic/solo project “Sore Spore”.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a closer look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Four More Additions to Dumb Fest 5: Death Valley, Bleak Age, The Dry Look, Video Grave

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Happy Friday! T.G.I.F, right? It’s hard to believe it but we are now exactly three weeks away from the kickoff of Dumb Fest 5 happening on June 9th, 10th, and 11th right here in Springfield. With the festival being three weeks away, we have four more last minute addition bands to add to the lineup, which should be right around 50 bands right now. Those additions are:

Death Valley (Portage, Indiana)
Bleak Age (Oklahoma City, OK)
The Dry Look (Champaign, IL)
Video Grave (Bloomington, IN)

Cool! Death Valley will be playing Saturday June 10th of the fest and the other three will be playing on Sunday, June 11th. Check out some music from Video Grave streaming below (also pictured above). Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest 5 right here along with the full lineup and more info on individual shows. Also find the list and links to listen to all of the bands on our Dumb Fest 5 page right here.

May 25th at Black Sheep: Ben Dipper, Blind Social, Opposite Good, Mike Fitz

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Greetings! We hope all of you that went out to the show at Bar None last night had a good time and are ready for the weekend. We have no shows at Black Sheep this weekend, but we do have a pretty packed schedule next weekend starting with this show on Thursday, May 25th. This show features ambient / indiepop artist Ben Dipper from Kansas. Stream some of Ben’s music on the player below. We also have local groove rock band Blind Social on board, who we haven’t seen at Black Sheep for a minute. Other opener includes the ambient solo act “Opposite Good,” and then we are kicking things off with a performance by Mike Fritz of the band Spooky Action.

This show will start at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a better look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

Black Sheep Presents: Cover Show Volume 6.5 at Bar None Tonight!

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We hope everyone who was at our annual Black Sheep Cover Show this past weekend had a lot of fun. Now we are ready for another round happening tonight over at Bar None downtown! This is the Black Sheep Cover Show volume 6.5 happening tonight for the 21 and over crowd. Bands tonight will kick off tonight right at 9:00 pm with Gutterpriest performing as Divine. The lineup tonight will be the same as the Black Sheep show and goes as follows:

Livin’ Thing will be performing as Black Sabbath
Milestshirtsdotcom will be performing as Weezer
Gutterpriest will be performing as Divine

Once again, all of that kicks off tonight at 9:00 pm, with an admission of $5. Bar None is located at 245 South 5th Street. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check our Springfield shows page for a look at a list of shows happening in town outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Pussy Foot, Grinn, Spell Breaker

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Oh nice one, there is going to be live music inside Dumb Records tonight kicking off in just a few hours! Tonight the touring grunge / punk act “Pussy Foot” (can you say that one on the radio?) will be making a guest appearance inside the record store. Stream some of their new music just released *today* on that player embedded below. This is also going to be a fun show because it will feature a new lineup of the hardcore band GRINN now featuring members of Livin’ Thing and MilesTShirtsTheBand.Com! Opening things up is the third show ever for Spell Breaker – a new Springfield group featuring members of SAP and Lincoln’s Tomb.

The show kicks off inside Dumb Records tonight right at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. There are no sales. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is going on in Southtown this summer.

Lineup For Springfield Pridefest May 20th

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Did you know that Springfield Pridefest is happening once again this year, and it’s coming up this Saturday, May 20th? Wow! This year the festival is taking place once again on 4th and Capitol Streets downtown and features a lineup of bands which you can find listed above. This year that includes Sarah Jane & The Blue Notes, Middle Class Fashion, Wolf Crick Boys, Starter Jackets, and more. The festival will end with a drag show like it has done with years past. One new addition to pridefest this year is a parade taking place downtown before bands on the main stage. The parade will be starting at 11:00 am and you can find more info on that right here.

Find a facebook event for Pridefest right here. The event is also free and all ages. Check out our Springfield shows page for more shows happening in town outside of Black Sheep.

Robot Bachelor: “The Third Houseboat Album”

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Today we bring you some new Springfield-ish music that was released a couple months ago now but we feel is very worthy of mentioning here on our site! This one comes from  a new project called “Robot Bachelor” who recently put out a debut full length album called The Third House Boat Album which you can find streaming below. The band features Springfield’s own Luke McNeil of Hospital Job, Starter Jackets, and The Copyrights. The group is fronted by Grath Madden of Houseboat and The Steinways (not from Springfield). The album was recorded right here in Springfield by Luke. The group is not playing any live shows as far as we can tell! Head over to the band’s bandcamp page to download the full album for $7.