Today we have a show to tell you about happening in about a week over at Bar None, our buddy bar in town for the 21 and up crowd. This one is happening on Wednesday, February 1st and features the touring act Two Houses from Chicago. Stream some of Two Houses’ music on the player embedded below. This show features a solid lineup of Two Houses and a couple of locals – hit Springfield band Attic Salt will also be playing. They will also be joined by newer Springfield pop punk band Starter Jackets from some of the same people that brought you Hospital Job.

This show will start at 9:00 pm and we are guessing the door charge is $5. This one is ages 21 and up, sorry! Check out a facebook event for that right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a list we are working on of shows coming up in town outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep we have a short and sweet three band show lined up on this Tuesday night! It’s our third show of the year (fourth if you count the show in Dumb Records), and so far all of the shows that have happened this year have been a hit! Let’s keep the streak going tonight. Tonight we have the experimental rock fusion band “Drool” playing from Chicago. Check out some of their music on the player below. We also have heavy hitting hardcore band (as featured in Springfield’s Own Magazine), Pryss. Opening things up is ongoing band lotto group- Lincoln’s Tomb.

The show tonight start at 7:00 pm, admission is $5. 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 and Southtown in the next few months.

What is this we have going on at Black Sheep on Friday, January 27th? Why is there ketchup and mustard all over this flier? What does it even say? We are not entirely sure about most of those things. But we do know that “Seatbelt Jack,” mastermind behind Pretend I’m Not There is setting up this ambient/acoustic show at Black Sheep that night. Looks like we have a long list of solo performers lined up for this night, we’re just going to have to list them off here in festival-style format:

Pretend I’m Not There
Timothy Donavan Russell
Eric Stanley (Euriah)
Everette (Spooky Poo)
Mario Cannamela
Kenyon Deshasier
Vincent Sebastian
Concern for the Cause

As you can see we have quite the list of solo performers coming from different bands such as Euriah based out of Champaign, Spooky Poo from Decatur, and more. This whole lineup is going to start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Check out some of Timothy Donavan Russell’s music streaming on the player below. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at all of the shows we have coming up at Black Sheep in this year of 2017.

We all had a great time at the Black Sheep Holiday Show last night, and great seeing Brandon Carnes rock it with his big F*&#///\\\Mountain project once again. Now it’s time for us to tell you about the next show we have coming up at Black Sheep- it’s an open mic happening next weekend. This open mic is already jam packed with artists and musicians. It starts at 6:00 pm and goes until 9:00 pm so that some of us can get over to a show at Bar None later that night. Let’s take a look at the schedule:

8:45 – 9:00 = Nighthawk
8:30 – 8:45 = DB Cooper
8:15 – 8:30 = Ian Winterbauer
8:00 – 8:15 = Zach Goriszewski
7:45 – 8:00 = Jeff Williams
7:30 – 7:45 = Nathan Powers
7:15 – 7:30 = Jessica Knight
7:00 – 7:15 = Jordan Durham
6:45 – 7:00 = Heptanes
6:30 – 6:45 = (keeping open to be claimed at the show)
6:15 – 6:30 = Emma Wilson
6:00 – 6:15 = Andrew Marshall

Wow! As you can see, looks like this open mic has turned into a solid show. Featuring Emma Wilson who was recently our guest on The Black Sheep Radio Show, also Jeff Williams of NIL8, the return of Jessica Knight of Looming, hip hop from DB Cooper, and also closing with a rare on stage Nighthawk performance. We just have one slot left open to be claimed the day of the show.

The open mic starts right at 6:00 pm (early) and for admission we are just collecting donations of anywhere between one and five dollars. 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 in the near future.

On Saturday, December 17th we have a real treat for you all. We already announced our annual Black Sheep Holiday Show as happening on Friday, December 23rd. Well this one’s another all-local lineup around Christmastime being called the “Ugly Sweater Christmas Show”. Check it out and bring a sweater! Five bands all from the area bringing you that holiday cheer. For this show we have Vonne– the chill pop band perfect for this time of year. We also have Lavender featuring Kyle Noonan- one of the ones busy heading up the new Southtown Sound project. Before that is the Central-Illinois based electric folk punk band Old Fox Road. Check out some of their music streaming below. We also have our close Decatur friends rolling through in the bands Spooky Poo and Gadget. Should be a good time!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission 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 everything coming up at Black Sheep in the next few weeks.

What’s this little Christmas surprise? Looks like Black Sheep is having a Holiday show this year afterall, and it’s going to be a great return of our friend Brandon Carnes and also a benefit for the new recording studio coming to Southtown – Southtown Sound. That’s right, for the Black Sheep holiday show this year we have Brandon performing as F///\\\M, whose music you can find streaming below. We also have the new hit Springfield indie/punk/pop band Attic Salt on the bill which we are excited about. Up before that is the incredible noise artist “Emasculate Regression.” Then opening things up we have the debut of a brand new Springfield band put together by Mario Cannamela- called “Roman Candle Drive By” or “Christmas Cannamela” or something like that.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and go quick so that some of us can get over to a NIL8 show happening at Bar None that night. Admission is $5 and a good portion of proceeds will be going towards with Southtown Sound kickstarter. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.