It looks like next month Springfield house venue Harm House will be opening it’s doors for it’s first show in a while with a big acoustic show happening on Thursday, October 8th. This show has five acoustic acts lined up. At the top of the list is Jessica Knight of Looming and resident of the current Harm House lineup. Also on the bill is Rella, the solo project of Clare Frachey of SAP. Doby Watson will be playing the show on tour from Kansas City- Doby played here at Black Sheep earlier this summer. Check out some of his music below. Adding some mix to the show is blue-sy artist Devin Williams from Auburn, Illinois. And kicking things off is poet and Harm House resident Ian Winterbauer.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and the house will likely be asking for donations for the traveling artist. Guests are encouraged to bring food! If you don’t know the address for this one, ask a punk or look around on the facebook event. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a list of shows going on outside of Black Sheep.

New Year’s Eve is coming up very fast (Wednesday, December 31st) and there is nothing lined up at Black Sheep for this special night. There is, however a house show happening in Springfield that we are here to tell you about today. It is taking place at Springfield house venue The Haunted Mansion and will feature four great bands- two touring and two local. Those bands include the hardcore group Glaassss from Austin, Texas. Stream some of their music below. Glaassss will be on tour with an electronic noise/punk project called Skeleton. We also have some sort of return of Austin & Austin: The Band, which we all know as a project related to the recently disbanded Montagh. To top this show off there will be a performance by the nasty local punk group, King Worm.

The show at The Haunted Mansion will start at 7:30 pm and the house is asking for $5 to support the touring acts. Check out a facebook event here and you can find a tad more on house rules and such. We also have more Springfield shows outside of Black Sheep listed on our Springfield shows page. This being the last show of 2014, don’t forget that we still have our Springfield Music Poll for 2014 going until Wednesday afternoon. You can vote in that poll right here.

The summer isn’t complete without one great house show at Springfield house venue The Poon Lagoon and this year on Saturday, July 12th we are getting one. The Poon Lagoon are putting on a show and it is going to feature on the of the few Nephrons performances to happen this year. The band put out their third full-length album Wet Blanket Party earlier this year. This show will also featuring touring act The Ill Motion from New Mexico. They are pictured above and you can find their music embedded below. Opening the show up will be a solo performance by Lanny Durbin.

This show will be starting at 7:00 pm and The Poon Lagoon will be taking donations for the touring bands. If you don’t know the address to The Poon Lagoon you will have to ask a friend. Yes, this is the same night as the Black Sheep Battle of The Bands but there is no reason you can’t show hop and go to both! Find a facebook event for the Poon Lagoon show right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a look at other shows happening outside of Black Sheep.

Looks like the show happening Tuesday, July 1st at The Harm House in about ten days is shaping up to be one of the bigger Springfield acoustic shows of this summer! The House recently announced that two additional acts have been added to the show. This includes folk project Insomniac Folklore from Portland, Oregon and also Kat Jones from Portland. Insomniac Folklore is no stranger to Springfield- they have played at Black Sheep before and are even playing The Horse Show today (maybe even right as you are reading this)! Kat Jones is another talented singer/songwriter also from Portland. You can check out some of her music streaming below.

The show has now been pushed to 7:00 pm and will start on time. The house is still asking for donations of $5-10 for the touring acts. You can email bggalecki34@gmail.com if you do not have an address for the Harm House. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. And be sure to check out our Springfield shows page for a look at some shows coming up outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight there are two Christmas-themed shows that are at two other venues in town. The show at the Radon Lounge is called the CHRISTMAS EXPLOSION, and will feature a potluck, free arcade games, and the musical stylings of Von Stanz and Aaron Lee Martin. An event page can be found here.

Meanwhile, the Poon Lagoon will be having their Winter Fiasco which will feature locals Like…With Jetpacks and The Science Of, as well as Bloomington’s Werepire Day. The event page for the Poon Lagoon show can be found here.

For more information on both of those shows you might want to check out our original Christmas Explosion/Winter Fiasco post. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a look at all of the shows going on around town outside of Black Sheep.

It’s that time of year again for Springfield-based Harm House. This New Year’s Eve the house will be putting on their 45th annual New Year’s Eve show. The Harm House has been occupied by punks since Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield. You can check out their famous “record of the night” blog right here. Want to hear who will be playing the New Year’s Eve show? Looks like there will be a performance from Milwaukee emo band and #1 fans of Springfield, Estates. Estates were a band that played the New Year’s Eve show last year. Springfield raw punk band Soap Scum will also be in attendance. This show will mark one year since their first performance at The Harm House last year. Soap Scum will be playing a few dates with Champaign/Urbana rockers Kowabunga! Kid in the days leading up to this show. Kowabunga! Kid will also be playing this show, of course. Also on this show is Toopin featuring Kyle Hall and Springfield’s own Mitch Baker.

You can find a facebook event with a few more details about this show somewhere around the internet sometime later tonight. Based on the flier we can say that the show starts at 8:02 pm and they will be taking “donutions” for the touring acts. In the meantime, check out our Springfield shows page for a closer look at things going on all over town all the time.