We are nearing the end of the year, and it is time to announce the very first show of 2016 here at Black Sheep! This year we will be hosting a show on the very first day of the year on Friday, January 1st. This show will feature the three-piece Springfield grunge pop band SAP. We also have some friends coming from Champaign! Most of you are familiar with the C-U punk band Kowabunga! Kid. They will be playing. Also playing and on tour this time around is Champaign/Urbana band Single Player. Stream some of their music on the player below. Opening things up we have a performance by Springfield’s newest weirdo-noise band, TANG (The Avant National Guard). Come early to find out what they are all about.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and the show will be $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this winter and in the new year.

We have a little bit of a last minute three band metal show at Black Sheep we are announcing today! This one is less than a week away, happening this Sunday, November 22nd. For this show we have the Los Angeles-based metal band on tour called Mothersound. Check out one of the band’s music videos right here. Also on this show is the Springfield metal band Set Fire To Salem. Opening things up we have the three-piece metal project called Vacant Skies, also from Springfield.

The show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Come out even thought the show is last minute to show support for the touring band. Also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else we have coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

On Sunday, November 29th coming up here at Black Sheep real quick we are going to be having a three-band show featuring all bands that have all formed this fall. Some of those bands are based out of Champaign-Urbana including Dry Heave, who will be doing a little weekend tour. Dry Heave features members of Toad Omen and Soap Scum. You can stream their new demo below. We also have the new Springfield band The Suction Cups featuring members of Bad Banshee, Ragna Rye, and Fel Fae. Opening things up is a new band also from Champaign-Urbana called Copper Blue.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this 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.

Looks like we have a show coming up in December where Champaign/Urbana metal bands are going to invade Southtown! That one is going to happen on Friday, December 4th. Earth Witch will be playing a show at Black Sheep to kick off a weekend that they will be spending recording a new hit album up in South Town Studio. You can check out some of the band’s previous recordings streaming below. Also coming with Earth Witch is the bass-heavy stoner/sludge band Resinater also from Champaign. The third C-U metal band on the bill is the doom-y sludge band Orator. That’s it for the lineup for now, possibly be on the lookout for one or two more additions to this show!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event right here and be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this fall/winter.

Happy November! We hope everyone had a safe and spooky Halloween last night. Now it’s time to get back to more November show announcements. This one is happening on Saturday, November 28th here at Black Sheep. This show will feature Jacksonville-based metal project Nethersphere. Then we have another metal project Green Messiah. The show will also feature the band Social Werq– a band from Michigan that we are pretty sure features at least one member of Chinese Happy- a band that used to frequently play Black Sheep a long long time ago in our earlier years. Stream some of Social Werq’s music on the player below. Then last but not least is another band from Michigan coming with Social Werq called The Gator.

The 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 coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

It looks like we have another South Town Studio show lineup up for this fall! This one is going to be happening pretty soon on Wednesday, November 11th. It will feature three bands – one of which is Pittsburg Pennsylvania’s Secret Tombs who played here a little over a year ago. You can stream some of Secret Tombs’s newer material on the player embedded below. Also on a separate tour and also playing here for the studio show on 11/11 is a band called No Brainer from Milwaukee (pictured above). They play some type of hardcore/powerviolence. And then opening the show up we have a brand new Springfield band called The Suction Cups. We have been told the new band features members of Bad Banshee and Ragna Rye.

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 everything else coming up in South Town for the rest of this year.

Wow last night was insane. Thank you to all who came out and made one of the most memorable nights in Black Sheep history. Time to get back to all of the other normal shows! Yes, we do have a show happening at Black Sheep on Friday, November 6th! It’s a nice 3 band show that will be pretty relaxing, maybe bring some hot cider and some friends. For this one we have the experimental/punk band b00n, who last played in Southtown for an aftershow for Black Sheep Fest 2015. Check out their “Southtown EP” streaming below. The out of town band on the bill for this one is Tina Sparkle from Peoria. Then we have a first ever show for a new Springfield band with a really dumb name- “Good At Sex.” Featuring members of Looming, Garter, and Bad Banshee? Make sure to come out and find out what that’s all about.

This show will be at 7:00 pm and cost only $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where we keep a list of every show coming up in Southtown!