Photos: Dumb Fest 4-Ever

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It might not be an easy task, but we have been trying our best to gather photos of the incredible Dumb Fest 4-Ever which happened here in Springfield now two weeks ago. The festival happened over the course of three different days on June 10th, 11th, and 12th and 50 bands played at 5? 6? different locations. We have just been grabbing photos as we see them appear, and giving as much photo credit as we can here!! Special thanks to photographers Stephen Houldsworth, Miles Fowler, Austin Roberts, Will Mecca, and B.J. Pearce, and plenty of others. If you took pictures of Dumb Fest that we don’t have, we want to include them in our album! Email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com with your photos. We have started compiling our big album of Dumb Fest 4 photos right here on our Dumb Fest 4-Ever flickr album. You can also find them on the Dumb Fest facebook page soon. Also check out a few below.

Check out more videos from the festival and also other videos/pictures taken at Black Sheep over the years on our vids/pics page.

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Dumb Fest 4-Ever Videos: Falter, Warm Bodies, Urochromes

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Today we are bringing you a first batch of many videos from Dumb Fest 4 videos taken from this past weekend. Dumb Fest 4-Ever was truly incredibly, and if you were there you know the magical experience that it was. Today’s first batch of videos include sets from Falter (taken by Brian Galecki), Warm Bodies (taken by Austin Connelly), and Urochromes (taken by Gordon Chang). Check those out below. Also check out our vids/pics page for a look at more photos and videos at Black Sheep from over the years.



Dumb Fest 4-Ever Day 3!

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The third and final day of Dumb Fest 4-Ever is here! Yesterday sure was exhausting, but now it’s time to squeeze up every last ounce of energy we have left and rock out this last day of the fest. Today might be the most interesting, with two different shows going on during the day and one at night. First show is kicking off this morning at 11:00 am over at Black Sheep!! Let’s take a look at the schedule for that show first:

WARM BODIES – 2:00
MIGRAINE – 1:25
CHUD – 12:40
PORNO GLOWS – 12:15
THE SUCTION CUPS – 11:30

We hear there will be free Mel-O-Cream donuts over at Dumb Records for the first people out to the show! Then after that’s over with, we’ll be heading over to the great and legendary Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s. Here’s the schedule for that show, starting at 4:00 pm.

NOBUNNY – 6:15
LIVIN’ THING – 5:30
BLEEDING GUMS – 5:00
THE NINE ELEVENS – 4:15

Last show of the day rumor has it there is something going on up in South Town Studio with CHEW, Life As One, and Torture Trend, maybe around 9:00. Once again, check out our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page right here. Also a Dumb Fest 4-Ever facebook event right here.

Dumb Fest 4-Ever Day 2!

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Okay, today’s a big one! The biggest day of the biggest fest! It’s the second day of Dumb Fest 4-Ever, and we have a total of 23 bands playing at both Black Sheep and Skank Skates today, plus a few other surprises. Let’s take a look at that schedule- things start off around noon bright and early. We won’t say which band is playing on which stage.

UROCHROMES – 10:45
MUFF DIVERS – 10:05
GUSH – 9:45
DARK THOUGHTS – 9:20
POOKIE & THE POODLEZ – 8:45
C.C.T.V. – 8:15
THE F.U.F.S. – 7:55
BIB – 7:30
GOON – 7:05
CLOSET BURNER – 6:40
MOONDEAD – 6:15
WILD AT HEART – 5:50
WAVELESS – 5:20
~*~Break~*~
Q – 4:45
86 GEMINI – 4:20
THE COWBOYS – 3:50
CHASM – 3:20
VEIL – 2:50
FAD – 2:30
HUSH – 2:05
LA LOUVE – 1:40
PRYSS – 1:20
SUNK – 12:55
SHARK WEEK – 12:30

There you have it, what a wild day we have planned. Admission to this big giant of a show is $20. There will also be things going on at Dumb Records, a couple of DJ sets at some point during the day by DJ Tariq and BullDagger. Also there’s more rumors about another aftershow happening tonight somewhere possibly featuring The Bug, Wolf Luv, and Crutch. For the full festival schedule, look at our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page. Check out a Dumb Fest 4-Ever facebook event right here.

Dumb Fest 4-Ever Day 1 Tonight!

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Dumb Fest 4-Ever is really here, the big kickoff is just hours away starting at 6:00 pm at Black Sheep. This is the first night of the three-day festival, and today will be the tamest in terms of number of bands performing. Let’s take a look at the Black Sheep schedule tonight:

OUR LADY – 10:15
VADERBOMB – 9:30
KELUT – 9:00
LOWERED A.D. – 8:20
DISPARO! – 7:45
FALTER – 7:05
TAKE MY BIKE PLEASE – 6:35 
THE LOCALS – 6:00

We are going to be starting things right on time, and that goes for shows this entire weekend! Tonight the admission is $10, of course you do not need a Dumb Fest gold pass to attend. There are rumors on a secret aftershow somewhere, show up to the main show to find more details on that. Check out our Dumb Fest page for the complete schedule with the other days, and a Dumb Fest facebook event right here.

Dumb Fest 4-Ever Two Days Away, Set Times

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It’s hard to believe it, but Dumb Fest 4-Ever is only two days away and we are probably just days away from looking at the biggest, hottest, and craziest festival that has ever happened here in Southtown. For those of you who have not yet seen, the official set times and breakdown of each show has been posted on a final flier (shown above). We’ll have print-outs available of this at the festival along with a nice little fest guide. Feel free to come check out all of those shows, or even just one or two of them! You don’t have to have a festival pass to go to any of those shows, and you can see the individual prices for each listed on the schedule.

Dumb Fest gold passes are still available for $25 at Dumb Records or online right here. The gold pass gets you admission to all of the Dumb Fest shows that are happening during the day (all of the except the aftershows). Gold passes will be on sale until Tuesday at 5:00 pm. Also don’t forget to head over to our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page for links to all of the bands playing this year, or the Dumb Fest facebook event.

Dumb Fest 4-Ever ONE WEEK AWAY

Could you believe it, we are just one week away from all of the fun and madness that is Dumb Fest 4-Ever, happening on June 10th, 11th and 12th. Above you can see all the different fliers of shows that are making up the festival this year, which will surely be the biggest Dumb Fest yet. The shows will be held at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, Dumb Records, South Town Studio, Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s, and possibly a few other secret locations. Head over to the Dumb Fest facebook event for a good look at the full schedule, and list of who’s playing. Head over to our Dumb Fest 4 page for a look at links to listen to all of the bands music. We’ll be back a couple of days before the fest with exact set times for each of the bands playing.

Dumb Fest gold passes can still be purchased online right here or at Dumb Records until 5:00 pm on Thursday. People who purchase tickets online will have their names on a will-call list at the door, you will not need a physical ticket.

Dumb Fest ONE MONTH AWAY, Gold Passes On Sale Now

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Wow could you believe it, Dumb Fest 4-Ever is now ONE MONTH AWAY, happening June 10th, 11th, and 12th this year all over Springfield. We are scrambling to get ready over at Dumb/Black Sheep Headquarters and today we are putting DUMB FEST GOLD PASSES up for sale. You can purchase a Dumb Fest Gold Pass online right here or anytime during store hours at Dumb Records (open every day from noon-8pm). What goes a gold pass do? It gets you into all of the Dumb Fest shows except the aftershows, which are $5 each. Gold passes are $25, for a $35+ value. Sounds like a pretty good deal to us. We don’t anticipate any of these shows being sold out, so don’t sweat it too much. But if you do decide to get a gold pass now it will make us feel a whole lot better about this fest coming up and will make us more prepared!

Again Dumb Fest 4 is happening June 10th, 11th, and 12th at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, Dumb Records, and Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s in Springfield. You can find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here. Also be sure to check out the Dumb Fest 4-Ever page we have set up for a closer look at each band playing the fest. There are 50 bands total this year from 16 different states, and even one from Australia!

DUMB FEST 4-EVER Announcement #6

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We didn’t think we would be making more Dumb Fest announcements or announcing bands for the fest this late, but here we are with a sixth announcement! The big festival is now less than two months away happening on June 10th, 11th, and 12th! Today we are back with a whole eight more bands playing the festival, bringing us to a total of 48 bands currently announced. Here are those bands:

Q (St. Louis, MO)
THE BUG (Chicago, IL)
WOLF LUV (Champaign, IL)
WAVELESS (Minneapolis, MN)
VEIL (St. Louis, MO)
CHEW (Chicago, IL)
STARLORDE (Springfield, IL)
DRY HEAVE (Champaign, IL)

There you have it, and we now we are sure that that’s it as far as Dumb Fest announcements go except maybe a couple of bands added here and there! You can find the entire lineup of bands that have been announced on our Dumb Fest 4-Ever page or the Dumb Fest facebook event. We will likely soon be back with ticket pre-order info for the fest. In the meantime stream some music by Waveless from Minneapolis below.

DUMB FEST 4-EVER Announcement #5

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You thought the Dumb Fest announcements would stop at the end of March? Well so did we, but they keep on coming! Today we are back with another EIGHT entire bands playing Dumb Fest 4-Ever June 10th, 11th, and 12th here in Springfield. That leaves us at FORTY bands announced for this mega-festival happening which is sure to be the biggest Dumb Fest yet. Today’s bands being announced come from as far as Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Let’s take a look:

WARM BODIES (Kansas City, MO)
MELODONTS (Orlando, FL)
OBJECTS (Chicago, IL)
THE DRIPPIES (Kansas City, MO)
LIFE AS ONE (Oklahoma City, OK)
THE SUCTION CUPS (Springfield, IL)
WILD AT HEART (Philadelphia, PA)
THE LOCALS (Springfield, IL)

There you have it folks. For a look at the entire lineup announced so far, head over to the Dumb Fest 4-Ever facebook event or the Dumb Fest 4-Ever page on our site. It seems like we pretty much have a full lineup now, but there might be one more announcement coming! Be on the lookout for that in the near future. In the meantime, you can stream some music from Warm Bodies on the player below.