Have we told you about this mixed genre show that is happening here at Black Sheep on Thursday, December 8th? Well it’s happening. For this one we have local favorites Vonne with their catchy tunes. We also have a touring band on the bill and that is “Joyboy” from Birmingham. You can stream some of their music on the player below. Up before them is the new Central Illinois based hardcore band called “BITE” probably playing a very loud, fast, and short set. Opening things up this time around we have local band GRINN bringing the loud and angry smiles.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can 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 winter.

Continuing to try some new things here at Black Sheep- we are going to be kicking off the month of December here hard with a one dollar show happening on Friday, December 2nd. That’s right- a full five band show for only $1.00. That’s twenty cents a band. The lineup is all mostly local acts too. We have the brand new band Nagasaki on board which features members of Vonne and Starlorde. We also have the Peoria-based pop punk band Terribly Happy performing. Up before that is Animals With Human Names – a one man hip hop project that has started fairly recently in town that you may have not known about. Check out some Animals With Human Names streaming on the player below. We also have a couple of Black Sheep debuts for a couple of acts on this show. This includes “Famous Losers” from Jacksonville, Illinois. Then things are opening up with Kenyon D- local solo performer from the area.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is really only $1 (one whole dollar). Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have coming up at Black Sheep before the end of this year.

Calling all true weirdos and freaks, here is a hardcore punk show coming up at Black Sheep on Sunday, November 20th that we can all enjoy! Of course it is very cool for this show we have hardcore guitar explosion band that just won 4th place in The Illinois Times’s best “punk” band, Livin’ Thing. Then we have a couple of out of town bands. This includes Bad Example, touring through from Birmingham, Alabama. Bad Example are actually on the Ooey Gooey Tapes roster and you can stream their demo below. Then we have Chicago favorites The Bug, coming back to play after last being seen nearby Springfield in some sort of barn show during Dumb Fest 4-Ever. Opening things up is the galactic space hardcore band Starlorde, who actually have a new tape coming out for this show!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event right here. Also check to see what else we have coming up at Black Sheep this fall/winter on our upcoming shows page.

Have we not officially announced our Halloween show yet? Whoops! A lot of you have been asking if we are hosting a Halloween show this year- well, we are! It is happening on Saturday, October 22nd in just ten days! Time to scramble and get those costumes together! We have a mostly all local and all-spooky lineup for this gig. This show features The Suction Cups (who we might have heard have a special release coming up in time for this special holiday)? Check out their last release from earlier this year, Do They Walk Among Us, streaming below. Before them we have Moondead. Will there be a full moon on this night? Then we also have a performance by Eric Marvel, who also performed at Dumb Records for Cassette Store Day this past weekend. Then fourth act on the bill is a newer project from Bloomington/Normal called Linder.

This show will start at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5- but if you are wearing a costume you get that special discounted rate of $3. 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 we have coming up at Black Sheep for the rest of this fall.

Here’s another October show announcement coming at ya fast. This one is happening on Tuesday, October 11th– the very day after the jazz show we just announced. This show is to be for “fans of diet indie and garage pop,” but really you will probably have a good time no matter what you are a fan of. For this show we have the indie punk band Schwervon from Shawnee, Kansas. You can find their music streaming on the player below. Then we also have the spooky garage pop band SAP, from right here in our own backyard. Then up is nothing but Nectar from Champaign/Urbana Illinois. Opening things up for this one we have a solo performance by Kate Ridge from right here in town.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can have a good look at all of the shows coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Here’s a show happening at Black Sheep on Monday, October 10th (Columbus Day)! It is going to feature some groups performing various forms of jazz and folk for what surely will be an interesting night. First off we have Real Live Tigers – a solo folk artist from Austin, Texas who did play Black Sheep before a couple of years ago in the summer of 2014. We might have hosted the show outside by our back door? Either way, check out some of Real Live Tigers’s music streaming below. Then the other touring act we have on this bill is “The Blues” from Oakland California. No, that’s not the hockey team there- they are a two-piece experimental jazz project. Then starting this show off, it’s only fitting that we have the End Times Trio– Springfield freeform jazz project lined up. It has also been a minute since we’ve seen them perform on the stage of Black Sheep.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and for admission we are asking for $6. You can find a facebook event for this show 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.

Here’s another show announcement coming at ya fast, happening exactly one week from today on Sunday, October 2nd. (Can you believe next week is going to be October already)? This show features a band from Oakland, California called Baus (pictured above). Check out some of their tunes on the player below. Also on this show is Springfield three piece punk band Moondead. They will be paired up with the hardcore jumpsuit boy band- Livin’ Thing. Then opening things up looks like we have Gazeebo bringing on all of the noise that you can handle.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and 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 everything coming up at Black Sheep this fall.