Here’s a pretty cool lookin’ show happening at Black Sheep on Monday, March 7th! How about it. For this show it looks like we have the band Rik & The Pigs coming all the way from Portland, Oregon. That band shares members of G.L.O.S.S. and Mongoloid, both who have played at Black Sheep in the past. Stream some of Rik & The Pigs’ music on the player below. Also on the bill we have Springfield grunge punk band SAP who just played a show here last night! How neat! Then opening things up it’s a… it’s a Livin’ Thing! Livin’ Thing is a new Springfield band featuring members of Soap Scum, King Worm, and GUSH. Oh yeah, we know the flier for this says Torch Runner will be playing but it looks like that will not actually be happening as we had a little mix up with dates.

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 for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this spring.

Some sort of mega-show is happening here at Black Sheep on Saturday, February 27th! This one might look a little like the “Winter Wreck” that happened last month except without the “wreck!” This one is being called “The Stereo Show” because it features new Springfield band “Stereo Static“. You can stream some of their music on the player below. There are seven whole bands on this show (wow). Two more of them include Fill In The Blank and Sammy & The Punk, who both also played the Winter Wreck here last month. They both rock. On the bottom half of the flier we have the local pop group- “The Locals.” There’s another band called “Stems” that we don’t know a whole lot about, and then we have a couple of other groups familiar to Black Sheep- Blind Social and The Incorporated!

This one will be kicking off a little earlier at 6:00 pm, and the cover charge is just $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good list of all the shows coming up at Black Sheep.

It’s time to sneak another February show announcement in to one of the few remaining weekend dates we have open this month- here is a show happening on Friday, February 19th. We have the local band Set Piece playing this show, who describe themselves as “heavy indie rock.” You might be able to stream some of their music on the player below. In addition to Set Piece we also have a local jam group called Governor Street playing the show. Then the third band on the bill Black Ops Agency, which is a long running rock band featuring members of TANG.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. We might have heard a rumor about their being food at the show!? We’ll see! You can check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a list of everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Ready for us to tell you about our next metal show? The next metal show happening at Black Sheep is going to be on Wednesday, March 9th and it is sure to be a real hoot. For this show we have the band Arson Party from Kalamazoo, Michigan. You can stream a song of theirs on the player below. In addition to Arson Party we have a handful of local metal acts. The first of those is Set Fire To Salem bringing the metalcore for the night. We also have nearby metal group Through Burning Eyes from Alton, Illinois. We are pretty sure another addition to the show has been the local rock metal band Abyss, who just played a late set at the “Winter Wreck” this past weekend.

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 for a list of shows coming up at Black Sheep.

Look at this gem of a show happening in just three weeks! It’s time to announce this show happening here at Black Sheep on Tuesday, February 23rd. This show will feature a band coming all the way from Seattle, Washington and that is Mysterious Skin. You can stream some of Mysterious Skin’s music below. We also have a couple of local bands on the show. One of the bands is Garter, who we have not seen at Black Sheep since November! The other band is a brand new Springfield punk band going by the name “Starlorde.” We have been told this new band features members of bands The Locals, Teen Freak, and GUSH.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Things are sure to go by fast. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.

We have a show lineup up at Black Sheep on Friday, March 25th that will be sure to shake up the house. This one will be the final show for Decatur-based hardcore band Meth Dealer, who have been playing shows in the area for the past three years including a couple here at Black Sheep. Stream some of Meth Dealer’s music below and get ready for their last hurrah, it is sure to be a big one. Also playing this show is Perfect People, the hardcore band from St. Louis. Then coming all the way from South Dakota are the band Souls, who are also no strangers to Black Sheep. They will be coming with a band called Seeing Red also from the same area. Just in case there wasn’t enough heavy music on this show for you, we have the band Shame coming from Oklahoma City, OK playing some hardcore/metalcore. And THEN also on the lineup is the band Barbarian coming from El Paso, Texas. We’ve got bands coming from all over the country for this one show, dang! We do have local support from WARRS who will be likely opening up the show and who we have not seen at Black Sheep in a minute!

This show will start at 5:00 pm and admission for this mega-show 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 at Black Sheep this spring.

Just when you thought rock n’ roll was truly dead, we have this show announcement for Friday, March 19th at Black Sheep featuring a great American touring act and a new wave of Springfield bands. Yes that’s right, this show will feature Chicago-based fast hardcore band The Bug as they return for the first time since Dumb Fest 3-D. If you don’t too much about that Bug, you can stream some of their music on the player below. This show will also be the next for brand new Springfield band Pryss- which features members of Mouthsex and GUSH. Then we have the band Livin’ Thing which is just one day younger than Pryss (they played their first shows back to back ya know). Topping that juicy lineup all off is the three-piece moon 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 for a good look at more shows coming up at Black Sheep this spring.

March may seem like a long ways off, but it is time to start announcing those March shows for Black Sheep! This one is happening on Thursday, March 10th. It will feature Chicago-based band 86 Gemini as they are making their way down south to play a big rock festival. 86 Gemini features members of The Wrong and you can find their music streaming on the player below. Also playing this show is Springfield heavy-hitting angry band GUSH. Then we have the band Shark Week, which we don’t know a whole lot about because they haven’t played their first show yet! (First show for Shark Week is February 20th at Black Sheep with Teen Freak). Opening things up we have La Louve, which is a newer punk band from Champaign Urbana featuring members of Kowabunga! Kid.

Find a facebook event for this show right here. Things are going to be 7:00 pm, $5. Also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Wow-ee what’s this about?! Looks like on Friday, February 26th at Black Sheep Ooey Gooey Tapes has something big up their sleeves. Looks like the Springfield based cassette label will be releasing two whole cassettes on that day, and there is a show happening at Black Sheep. The two bands releasing tapes will be Champaign Urbana’s Wolf Luv, and Springfield’s very own newest hardcore band Pryss. Also playing this show is Springfield hardcore band also on the Ooey Gooey roster, GUSH. Check out GUSH’s release from last year “Naughty NuFF” streaming below.

The 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 for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this winter/spring.

We have a little bit of a last minute show to announce today- one that will be happening here at Black Sheep in just one week on Friday, January 22nd. This show will featuring the touring band Fighting Friction (pictured above) coming all the way from Fallbrook, California. Check out Fighting Friction’s music streaming below. Also on the show is Peoria friends Tina Sparkle, who recently played at Black Sheep back earlier in November. Opening things up we have the three-piece local band The Locals.

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 for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep so far this year.