Coming up in just one week on Sunday, August 23rd we have a bit of a last minute three-band show happening at Black Sheep. This show will feature a touring band from Chicago called “Bitchin’ Reality.” You can stream some of their music on the player below. Also playing is the local instrumental project, Fel Fae. And then the third act we have is the younger rock band, Space Alpacas, which we heard might have changed their name to “Scary Crimes.”

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5. There is no facebook event for this one yet, but keep an eye out! In the meantime check our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep for the remainder of the summer and this fall.

Today we have a show announcement for a very stacked show for all fans of noise, and hardcore punk. This show is happening on Friday, August 28th. This show will feature 6 acts- half of them solo noise projects and half of them full bands. Lined up we have the hardcore band King Worm which will sure to be louder than ever. Then we have Chamapign/Urbana stoner metal group Earth Witch coming back and playing Black Sheep for the first time since Dumb Fest #1 in 2013. You can stream a new Earth Witch track on the player below. One of the noise acts performing is Jeremiah Fisher from Chicago, who played Springfield last as part of Dumb Fest 2 last year. Before that is the hardcore/screamo group WARRS. We also have a newer Springfield based project called Emasculate Regression. Then to top it off, the sixth act we have is the noisey ambient project called Borealis.

That show will be starting at 7:00 pm and admission is just $5 for 6 bands. Be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

We have a show announcement today for a show happening here at Black Sheep in just under ten days on Saturday, August 22nd. This show features three local bands, some of them new to our space. Headlining the bill is the band Solar Cadet, which could be described as “original rock & roll music with a mix of classical guitar.” Check out their website right here. We also have a brand new Springfield band called “The Spinlight,” featuring members of past Springfield bands Dub Tones, and Fayette. Then the first band we have lined up for the night is the instrumental group “Very Good Surfer,” who also played at our Black Sheep Battle of the Bands last month.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page for a complete look of all of the other shows coming up at Black Sheep.

The to start getting ready for back to school, and all of the good shows that will be coming up here in the fall! On Monday, September 14th we have this wild hardcore show happening at Black Sheep. For this show we have the band American Hate coming from Oklahoma City. If you are unfamiliar with American Hate’s music, you can stream some on the player below. Then we have local hardcore punk band King Worm, bringing plenty of fun and surprises. This show will also see an appearance from our harry friends from Champaign/Urbana – the wolf-fronted hardcore band “Wolf Luv.” If you have not seen Wolf Luv yet, they are truly a site to see. Opening things up is a brand new project called GRINN, which features Austin Connelly of Wir Können and Swamp Rat.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is anywhere from $5-7. 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 this fall at Black Sheep.

Time for a little bit of a last minute show announcement for Black Sheep! This show is happening this upcoming Saturday on August 8th. This show is a little last minute, and it’s also happening at 2:00 pm. There will be some type of Southtown Barbecue going on so that makes even more reason to come out! For this show we have the instrumental rock group Fel Fae, who is also playing the show tonight. We also have a band called “Tare” on tour from New Orleans. This band features members of the band All People, who played at Black Sheep this past April. Check out some of Tare’s music streaming on the player below. Also on this show we have an act called “Weeping Iniquity” that we do not know much about, and opening things up will be a solo performance by Bo Mellado hopefully performing some acoustic Asthma songs.

Again, this show starts at 2:00 pm on Saturday and admission is $5. This will get over early so you can go check out some of the bands playing Downhome Music Festival downtown that same day! Find a facebook event for the Black Sheep show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up in the near future.

We have a last minute addition to a show that will be happening this upcoming Monday, August 3rd at Black Sheep. That addition is the band Sneaky Creeps from Kansas City. The band needed a show last minute, and we were able to help them out! You can check out some of Sneaky Creeps’s music streaming below.

Also playing the show on Monday is Dark Thoughts from Philadelphia, Kowabunga! Kid, and King Worm. You can find a facebook event for all of that right here. The show starts at 7:00 pm and costs $7. You can also find a list of all of our upcoming shows right here on our shows page.

Many of you may have already heard the news about an exciting hardcore show coming here to Black Sheep on Monday, September 7th. This is the first show we are announcing for September and it is going to be a big one! We have the band G.L.O.S.S. coming from Olympia, Washington (G.L.O.S.S. standing for Girls Living Outside Society’s Sh*t). Check out G.L.O.S.S.’s demo streaming below to hear more on what that band is about. Also playing this show we have a good handful of Springfield local punk bands. We have the midtempo angry band Asthma. We also have the newer band featuring members of Nighthawk and Teen Freak called Garter. And opening things up is the band Gush, who will also be playing their first show at Black Sheep tomorrow night.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and for this show we are asking admission of anywhere between $6 and $8, you choose! 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 in the near future.