Can we squeeze in any more show announcements happening before Dumb Fest? This one is happening before then, on Monday June 6th. It’s another Monday night metal show- this one featuring the touring band Spirit Breaker coming from Michigan. Looks like there are a whopping whole five other local bands opening the show up. First of which we have Set Fire To Salem, metalcore from Springfield. We also have Noesis, playing the metalcore from Carlinville, Illinois. Up before them is Accents from Staunton, Illinois and the surrounding areas. Then opening things up we have two bands from the area both with “eyes” in their names and that would be Through Burning Eyes, and There Is Beauty In Her Eyes.

This show will be starting promptly at 6:30 pm (doors at 6:00), and admission is $7. You can find 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 this summer.

This looks like a pretty cool show happening at Black Sheep on Saturday, May 28th in just a little over ten days. The show is also going to be a clothing drive towards benefiting Black Sheep and our running costs. There are also five local acts performing. That includes the arena rock dress-up jumpsuit costume classic rock band Livin’ Thing. It also includes the solo hip hop project – Animals With Human Names– who will be playing at Black Sheep for the second time. Stream some of Animals With Human Names’s music below. Also on the show is two-man electric ukulele project Sweet Bippy. We also have Shark Week. And opening things up is a solo set by Blue Parks.

The show is at 7:00 pm, but the clothing drive will be happening a bit earlier at Black Sheep, at 5:30 pm and going up until the show. Bring whatever used clothes you want! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Get ready for all of those summer show announcements to start rolling in. This one might be our first post-Dumb Fest show announcement, happening on Monday, June 20th at Black Sheep. This one will feature the return of the Nashville-based emo/alternative band Secret Stuff. Secret Stuff last played at Black Sheep this past January with Run Forever and Our Lady. You can stream some of their new music on the player below. This time around they will be touring with a band from North Carolina called “Pictures of Vernon.” In addition to those touring bands we have BJ Pearce’s solo ambient project- “Pretend I’m Not There.” Also playing is Southern Illinois based shoegaze/alternative project Lavender. Opening things up we have Shark Week.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page to look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

It’s been a minute since we’ve had our last hip hop show at Black Sheep and now it’s time for us to bring some of them back this spring/summer! We have one coming up as soon as this Friday, May 13th. It will feature the new up and coming local hip hop artist known as Pytch Wyte in what is being callded “The Pytch Wyte Show”. If you are unfamiliar with Pytch Wyte’s music you can check it out on the player below. This show will also feature the artist RTJ who is associated with HISO Music Entertainment.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:00 pm) and admission is $5. No facebook event for this one, sorry! You can check out our shows page (which has been recently updated) for a list of other upcoming shows on our site right here.

Wow, pretty cool that it’s the first of May right now and we are about to tell you about a show happening on the very last day of this month on Tuesday, May 31st. This show features a couple of acts touring from West Virginia. The first of those is called Rat Ship, and they play a type of melodic hardcore that you can find streaming on the player below. Rat Ship will be touring with a band called “RHIN” which can be described more as stoner/sludge punk music. Those two bands will be joined on the bill by the local three piece punk band Moondead.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find a list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

What’s up everyone it’s time for us to tell you about another show coming up in May. This one is going to be a heavy one, and it is happening here at Black Sheep on Tuesday, May 24th. We have the doomy hardcore band “Nihil” coming all the way from Boston, Massachusetts. You can check out a couple of their tracks streaming on the player below. They will be joined by local support from GUSH, the meanest band on the roller rink. We also have the Black Sheep debut of a new local band called “Torture Trend” which features members of GUSH and Livin’ Thing. Opening things up we have another newer band from the Central Illinois area called “All Gore.” Make sure to come early to find out what that is all about.

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 all is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

It’s maybe been a minute since we have had a band come from outside of the country to perform at Black Sheep. On Wednesday, May 18th (just three weeks from today) this show is happening an it features the band An Atomic Whirl coming all the way from Japan. You can check out their music streaming below to hear what they are all about. This show also features a few local bands. We have the hardcore punk band Pryss on the show. We also have Peoria-based screamo band Kelut, who will also be playing Dumb Fest 4 happening here in June. Opening things up we have a new project Ceiling Lust, which just played their first show this past weekend at Black Sheep.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can 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 in the coming months.

We have a little bit of a last minute metal show happening one week from today that almost slipped through the cracks from us, whoops! This one is happening on Wednesday, May 4th. It will feature four metal groups, the touring act is Mothersound from Los Angeles, California. Mothersound actually played here at Black Sheep back in November with a similar lineup. This time around we have three bands on band for local support. We have the Staunton, Illinois-based progressive metal band, Accents. You can find some of Accents music streaming on the player below. We also have familiar Springfield metalcore band Set Fire To Salem. And then opening things up we have the band Noesis from Carlinville, Illinois, who also just performed at Black Sheep this past weekend.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can 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 in the near future at Black Sheep.

Coming up on Monday, May 23rd at Black Sheep we have a whole six band metal show happening at Black Sheep for what is being called the “Monday Night Metal” show. This show features quite the lineup of bands including The Convalescence from Toledo, Ohio who have performed at Black Sheep a number of times now. This time around The Convalescence will be on tour with two other acts including Hallows Die and Apollo. This Monday night metal show would not be complete without a splash of pop punk in the middle, so we have Fill In The Blank also playing the show. Before them is Central Illinois based metalcore band Through Burning Eyes. And opening things up we have Springfield metal act Set Fire To Salem.

This show will begin a little earlier at 6:00 pm. Admission is $10. You can find a facebook event for this metal gig 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.

Here’s an announcement for a Black Sheep show coming up really quick- on Friday, April 29th! This one is looking short and sweet, it might turn out to be just a two band show! Maybe we can ride bikes and hang out afterwards. One of those two bands includes The Voice of Addiction from Chicago. They play punk rock. You can stream some of their music on the player embedded below. The one other band on this show is the local alternative 90’s-rock band The Complaint Line. There may or may not be another act added between now and the show, we’ll see!

This show will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. You can find 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 spring and summer.