What else do we have going on at Black Sheep this weekend? Glad you asked! Well, Sunday September 23rd (in two days) we have this metal show going on. Hip hop tonight, nothing Saturday, and metal on Sunday. That’s right. For Sunday we have touring act “Lo And Behold” coming from Springfield, Missouri. As crazy as this is if you can believe it, the band actually played at Bourbon Street Bar across the street earlier this summer and they are coming back to Southtown to play Black Sheep and get the whole experience. Stream their music on the player below. This time around the band is coming through with “Starving The South” – a hardcore rock n’ roll group also from Southern/Central Missouri. Joining us on the bill is St. Louis metal band Polterguts. Opening things up and the only Springfield band on the bill is Eyes From Above.

This show starts at 6:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

We have a big show we are announcing to you all this afternoon! Exactly one month from today on Saturday, October 20th we are pleased to be bringing 1960’s garage/psychedelic group The Shadows of Knight to Black Sheep. If you can believe it, this band was formed in 1965 and are originally from the suburbs of Chicago. Original vocalist Jimy Sohns will be performing with the band. They have a good number of albums under their belt, and you ALL know their rendition of the song “Gloria” which you can find on the youtube player below.

We do have two openers on this grand concert and that includes the younger garage group Rockford, and also Springfield legendary musician Tom Irwin. This will be one not to miss! The Shadows of Knight will hands down be the longest running band to ever perform at Black Sheep in our 13+ years as a venue.

This show is happening exactly one month from today. There are ticket pre-orders. Tickets are $12 in advance and you can find a link to purchase them online right here, also they are for sale at Dumb Records at all times. (We have a link to purchase tickets on the sidebar of our home page too). Tickets at the door are $15. The show will start at 7:00 pm. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

It’s another show! This one is happening in exactly ten days on Monday, September 17th at Black Sheep. This one features three-piece rock group “Double Grave” from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Check out their newest EP streaming below to hear what they sound like. This show will also feature Springfield’s own home grown noodle rock emo group Bottom Bracket. And friends from Champaign/Urbana, the wonderful Nectar. You know you can’t go wrong with a lineup like that. Opening things up we have a solo set from local musician Kate Laine.

This one starts at 7:00 pm and admission is a nice $6. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Here’s an interesting show happening just one week from today at Black Sheep! This one is happening on Monday, September 10th. We just have three acts lined up, and all are great. This show features touring band from Hattiesburg, Mississippi (probably featuring members of some Hattiesburg bands that have stopped through before) – Stellatone. The band plays some “interstellar garage rock” which you can check out for yourself on the player embedded below. Also on this show is a new Springfield punk band “Final Order” which has played a couple of shows thus far. Opening things up is a brand new new Springfield project called Schedule One, we we have been told brings in some great noisy psychadelic madness.

This show will go quick! It starts at 7:00 pm and is just $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Are you ready to hear about the next show going on at Black Sheep? Here it is, happening next Saturday on September 8th. We have the band Better Friend coming from Lincoln, Nebraska. To hear what they sound like, check out that player embedded below. Also on this show is Prowess, who literally just played a show here two nights ago (gosh)! Can we get enough Prowess??! Also on this bill is St. Louis emo project “Oversleeping“. Opening things up is the music of Hannah Songer aka “Heck“.

Things start at Black Sheep Saturday at 7:00 pm. Admission for this one is $7. Check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep this fall!

Coming up this upcoming Friday we have a four band show for you all at Black Sheep! This one features a newer Chicago group called “Nightcrawler” featuring members of bands who have performed at Black Sheep in years past. You can stream a song by them on the player below. The rest of the show features a handful of punk and alternative home grown right here in Springfield. This includes Graveswitcher – the new up and coming powerful hardcore band featuring members of every Springfield band ever. It also features Prowess, a band rumored to have recently played where no other bands have dared to play before in Springfield. And opening things up is the grunge/rock group Master Bastard.

This show starts Friday at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5. You should come out. Find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page which we are working on updating on our site.

We want to thank all of you who came out to Black Sheep Fest at any point yesterday! The vibes were all around great, a lot of fun and smiles were shared, the music was great, and we were also able to raise more funds for our campaign to fix our heating and cooling system inside the venue. Expect photos and videos of the fest to come soon.

Now that Black Sheep Fest is over, it’s time to get back into the swing of things and gear up for a busy fall! The next show happening at Black Sheep is actually in two days – on Tuesday, August 14th. We have touring musician Kevin Bloom of the indie/psych band The Dead Shakers from Vermont coming through. Stream some of The Dead Shakers music on the player below. Opening this show up will be Robot Army from Taylorville, and it looks like that’s it.

This will start at Black Sheep at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Yes, there is also a show going on at CFP that same night. Also check out our upcoming shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Wow would you look at this one! There certainly is a lot lined up for this show which is happening exactly one week from tonight on Thursday, August 9th. We have big noise core act “Napalm Death is Dead” coming all the way from Tokyo, Japan! Wow! They will be coming along with Unexamine – another noise act from California. Check out some pure Unexamined noise on the player below. Then we have an act from Ohio with a NOT very family appropriate name *warning* and that is “Penis Geyser” (that is right, we did not edit) (sorry). This show will also be the passing of one local act and the welcoming in of a brand new one. The act playing it’s final show is Gutterpriest – which has been active playing noise in Springfield for a few years now. The first ever show is of a new band called “Uncle Sam’s Mutagenic Children”!

This show starts next Thursday at 7:00 pm, admission is $5 or whatever you can do to support the touring acts. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to take a look at what else is coming up in the next few months.

We know there haven’t been a whole lot of shows lined up on our calendar lately, but we are about to hit August and that’s going to change! One week from tonight, on Tuesday August 7th we have this hardcore show lined up. It features the band Stepping Stone coming all the way from somewhere in Canada! Check out their music on the player below. Also on this show is a few out of town acts and friends from elsewhere in Illinois. This includes the return of Lowered A.D. from Carbondale, who played day one of this year’s Dumb Fest. Capitol Offense will also be making their return from Decatur! It’s been close to a year since we have seen them last. The one Springfield band on this bill is Pryss. Be sure to show up on time to catch it all.

This show kicks off at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. 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 coming up at Black Sheep.

It turns out the next show at Black Sheep isn’t all the way until close to ten days from now – on Sunday, July 15th. We’ve got a lot of time to get ready and get pumped for this gig! It also turns out there is a show happening inside Dumb Records this same night. (We’ll have a post for that one later). For this show we have two touring bands – one being Lucy Furr from Indianappolis, Indiana. Check out their music on the player below. The other touring act is a band called “Kids Born Wrong” from Louisville, Kentucky. Those bands will be joined by local support from Springfield’s own Foam Fangers – and then also Decatur’s own This Is A Stick Up! (both stellar punk groups).

This one is at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event right here. Bands on this show will be alternating with the ones playing inside Dumb Records. Check out our shows page for a list of what else is coming up at Black Sheep in these coming months.