Yes we can hardly believe it and don’t really know what to do with ourselves right now but Dumb Fest 5 is kicking off one week from today!! Yikes!

The lineup and schedule for Dumb Fest is shown on our Dumb Fest 5 page on our site. Go check it out and listen to some of those bands! 3 day passes are still on sale now until 11:59 this Wednesday for $25 for all three days of the fest. Buy those in advance online right here or in Dumb Records during store hours. Tickets will also be available still for individual shows the day of the fest. Find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here.

We will also be airing another special all-Dumb Fest band edition of The Black Sheep Radio Show today on 88.3 WQNA fm. Tune in on your radio dial from 4:00 to 6:00 pm or online at wqna.net!

We’ll have one more update on our site between now and the fest with a detailed schedule of set times for each of the bands.

Oh dear!! Dumb Fest 5 is only two weeks away at this point and we need your help! We are desperately seeking volunteers to help out running the festival in two weeks and making sure everything goes smooth. We will be holding a meeting tomorrow inside Dumb Records at 7:00 pm to do some volunteer planning for the fest. Anyone and everyone who would like to help out with the fest is welcome to come out! We will be looking for help running sound and the stages, parking, door, and working the record store among other things.

Aside from the meeting, if you are unable to make it tomorrow and would like to help in some way you can reach out to us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com. We are also in desperate need of extra housing for bands on Friday and Saturday nights of the fest!! If there is any way you can house bands for either of those nights, please reach out to us!

Check out the Dumb Fest 5 page for the full lineup of bands, when and where the shows are happening, and ticket info.

WOW, BIG UPDATE! Right up there ^^^ is the final flier for Dumb Fest 5 happening June 9th, 10th and 11th right here in Springfield done by Brian Galecki. Today ticket pre-orders for 3 day passes are going up online! We don’t anticipate any of these shows selling out and you can still purchase tickets at the door for all of these shows. BUT, if you buy tickets beforehand you get 1 screen printed poster (limited to the first 45 pre-orders), and also a discounted price for all of the shows. 1 3-day pass good for all of the shows except for aftershows which includes:

5pm Friday at Black Sheep ($10)
1pm Saturday at Black Sheep / Skank Skates ($20)
10am Sunday at Cafe Andiamo ($5)
7pm Sunday at Dumb Records ($5)

That’s $40 worth of shows right there for $25. Go by your ticket online at Ticketstorm.com , RIGHT HERE.

Physical 3 day passes will also be available at Dumb Records starting tomorrow when the store opens at noon. The first 45 of those ticket pre-orders will also receive a screen printed poster. Passes and online tickets will be sold up until 11:59 pm the night of Wednesday, June 7th. After that you can still by tickets to individual shows at the door.

Find a facebook event to Dumb Fest 5 right here. Also check out our Dumb Fest 5 page for a complete list of who’s playing and links to all of the music.

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.

Hey! It’s been a long time coming, but here is the final announcement and wave of bands for Dumb Fest 5 happening June 9th, 10th, and 11th right here in Springfield. It’s not even a full ten bands! GEEZ! Are we dropping the ball here or what! In addition to this sad excuse for full band announcement, we have to bring you news that Acrylics and Undone are both no longer performing at the fest. 😥 Today we only have six bands to announce:

LUMPY & THE DUMPERS (St. Louis, MO)
BLEEDING GUMS (Chicago, IL)
SQUELCH (Little Rock, AR)
FETISH (Houston, TX)
SPELL BREAKER (Springfield)
STATUES OF THE DEAD (Springfield)

Stream the demo from the hot new Little Rock band SQUELCH on the player below. And we are working on updating our Dumb Fe5t page on our site and also the Dumb Fe5t facebook event with all of those bands ASAP!

What’s this? Two waves of Dumb Fest bands being announced in one week?? Impossible! Well we just missed a Friday episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show, so we figured we would make it up to all of you fans out there by another ten bands announced for Dumb Fest #5 happening June 9th, 10th, and 11th. Here we go!

JUDY & THE JERKS (Hattiesburg, MS)
THE WAD (St. Louis, MO)
KOWABUNGA! KID (Champaign, IL)
C.H.E.W. (Chicago, IL)
FYC (Indianapolis, IN)
EYE JAMMY (Hattiesburg, MS)
MIRROR MIRROR (St. Louis, MO)
BITE (Bloomington, IL)
TOOMS (Galesburg, IL)

There you have it. For a closer look at which of these bands are playing which of the big stages over those three days and also to see the full announced lineup, head over to our Dumb Fe5t page on our site. This leaves us at 40 bands announced, and 10 more bands to go! Expect one more announcement soon- maybe next week? Nice. Also check out the facebook event for Dumb Fe5t right here. Ticket presales and all of that jazz will probably go up with the last band announcement. Stream some Judy & The Jerks on the player below.

Oops, would you believe it Dumb Fest 5 is only two months away, so we better get a move on announcing the rest of the bands! Today we are comin’ at ya with another round of 10 more bands announced for the fest happening right here in Springfield on June 9th, 10th, and 11th. This leaves us at 30 bands announced out of a total lineup of 50 when all is said and done. Let’s have a look:

86 GEMINI (Chicago)
DRUJ (Oklahoma City, OK)
P.E.A.R.L. (Moreno Valley, CA)
BAD EXAMPLE (Birmingham, AL)
JEAN JAM (Chicago)
LIVIN’ THING (Springfield)
NARB (McAllen, TX)
QUAILBONES (Murray, KY)
STYE (Bloomington, IL)
WEEPING INIQUITY (Springfield)

You can find links to all of those bands music by clicking each name. Stream the newest 7″ from 86 Gemini on the player right below. You can head over to our Dumb Fe5t page for a look at all of the bands announced so far and a closer look at which band is playing which day. Also find a facebook event for Dumb Fe5t right here.

We’re just going to jump into another ten bands announced for Dumb Fest #5 this afternoon, shoot why not. You ready for THIS? Here are ten more bands playing DUMB FE5T happening in Springfield June 9th, 10th, and 11th:

Perverts Again (Cleveland, Ohio)
Tigress (Chicago, Illinois)
Prom Nite (Toronto, Ontario)
It’s Me: Ross (Columbia, Missouri)
Black Thumb (Appleton, Wisconsin)
Nagasaki (Springfield, Illinois)
Reduced To Instinct (Bloomington, Illinois)
Dream Probe (Champaign, Illinois)
Substance (Houston, Texas)
GRINN (Springfield, Illinois)

There you have it. This brings us to a total of 20 bands announced for the big fest, with 30 more bands to be announced. We will be updating the Dumb Fest 5 facebook event and page on our site later on tonight with a breakdown of which of those bands will be playing which days and some more details on location.

Stream some music by hit Cleveland, Ohio band Perverts Again on the player below.

Oh what do you know, this is something that is LONG overdue but in the wee hours of the morning last night the first ten bands were announced for Dumb Fest #5 (Dumb Fe5t) happening June 9th, 10th, and 11th right here in Springfield. Let’s jump right into it!

ACRYLICS (Santa Rosa, California)
WARM BODIES (Kansas City, Missouri)
PRYSS (Springfield, Illinois)
RAYS (Oakland, California)
PLASTIC (Chicago, Illinois)
DUMSPELL (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
SUDDEN ATTACK (San Antonio, Texas)
THE STRANGER (St. Louis, Missouri)
BRUISED (Chicago, Illinois)
ATTIC SALT (Springfield, Illinois)

There you have it. Stream some music by the Hattiesburg punk band “Dumspell” on the player below. Dumspell for Dumb Fest, what a nice fit!

You can expect 4 more announcements throughout the next month or so for a total of 50 bands playing throughout the three days of the fest. More details on which bands are playing what days and locations will come with the second announcement at some point next week. Ticket info will also come with later announcements.

Check out a facebook event for Dumb Fest #5 right here. Also check out our Dumb Fest 5 page on our site right here.

An announcement on Dumb Fest seems a little over do at this point, but tonight we are excited to finally OFFICIALLY announce that Dumb Fest #5 is happening this summer on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday June 9th, 10th, and 11th.  The first wave of ten bands playing the fest will come this Tuesday, March 21st right here on our site so look out for that.

We do not have all of the complete details on where the festival shows will be held this year, but you can expect the usual Black Sheep, Skank Skates locations plus involvement from Dumb Records and Southtown Studio. Plus aftershows in a barn somewhere and also somewhere in downtown Springfield.

Check out a Dumb Fest 5 facebook event right here. Also find a Dumb Fest 5 page on our site right here.