Looks like on Wednesday, May 20th Black Panties will be coming back to Black Sheep for an all around great lineup of a punk show! Black Panties may have been a favorite band for many for one of the bands that played The Black Sheep stage at Dumb Fest 2 last June. You can stream some of their recorded music below. Also playing this show is the mighty King Worm, who just released a hit music video for their song “Pizza Punx” that you can check out right here. Before them is a new Springfield punk band called Leech Pit- who will also be playing their first show at Black Sheep tomorrow. To top off this great lineup, we have the hardcore/noise one-man project Gutterpriest opening things up.

This show is at 7:00 pm and will cost $5. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at other shows coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown.

Happening on Sunday, May 31st at Black Sheep we have a great five-band show featuring a few bands from all over the country and a couple of locals. On this bill we have Springfield three-piece emo group Wir Können, who just played at Black Sheep yesterday as a part of our special Record Store Day show, which was a great success! On to the touring bands we have the slowcore band I Before E from Atlanta, Georgia. You can stream some of their music on the player below. Also on tour is Chicago-based screamo band Itto. Itto last played at Black Sheep as a part of Dumb Fest 2 last June. The third touring band on the bill is a band called Naturally The Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses from Omaha, Nebraska. And opening things up we have the new Springfield instrumental two-piece called Fel Fae.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and will cost $5. You should check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown.

Coming up on Friday, May 30th we have a rock show happening at Black Sheep that you all should come to. For this show we have a band called The Sites coming from Pekin, Illinois. You can stream some of The Sites’s music on the player embedded below. We also have the surf/rock Peoria band The Oceanographers on the show. The Oceanographers are no strangers to Black Sheep, as they played here back in October. Next on the lineup is local Springfield rock group, Full Chroma, who will be sure to make you jump up and down. To complete the lineup we have another rock group from Mantino, Illinois called Full Mountain Force. Make sure to catch all four of these great bands!

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 where you can take a look at every show coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown.

Coming up here on Sunday, May 10th we have an excellent three-band show happening at Black Sheep. For this show we have the experimental/fuzz-punk band Vacation coming out on tour from Cincinnati, Ohio. You can stream some of Vacation’s music below. In addition to Vacation, we have a couple of bands familiar to Black Sheep. We have local indie/pop band Looming on the bill and also the fuzzy punk band Kowabunga! Kid from Champaign- the last time both of those bands played at Black Sheep was for the March 25th Screaming Females show, which ended up being the most attended show we have had at Black Sheep so far this year!

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 take a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown.

Today, we’re excited to announce a literal “out of this world” show. The cosmos’ premier rock-operaists Treasure Fleet will be making a stop at Black Sheep on Monday, May 18th. The  cosmic punk quintet borrows pages from Bowie, Neu! and Sagan to take listeners on a unique, interstellar pop journey. You can check out their newest album, short film and manifesto “The Sun Machine” on Entertainment Weekly’s website. The astronautical experience will be rounded by Earth based acts Hospital Job, F///\\\M and The Locals.

The adventure will be starting at 7pm, and will cost $6 to join. Astronauts hardly stop through South Town, so you’ll surely not want to miss this rare Earth expedition. For more information, visit the Facebook event. Interested in other sciencey things? Check out all the future lectures and adventures right here.

Looks like we have a show coming up in about a month at Black Sheep on Friday, May 8th that should be a good one. This show will feature Springfield thrash-rocking masked babies, Diaper Rash. We also have a couple of acts coming from out of town. We have a New York-based ska/punk band called Eli Whitney & The Sound Machine. Stream some of their music on the player embedded below. They will be touring with the blues/punk act Freya Wilcox, who is originally from Australia. Opening things up will be a performance by Springfield three-piece pop band The Locals.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $6. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page where you can view a list of shows and events coming up at Black Sheep.

On Saturday, May 2nd this spring we are hosting the first Black Sheep open mic night we have had in many many years. Why haven’t we been doing open mic nights at Black Sheep? Good question. We are going to see how this one goes and keep doing them in the future if everything goes well. This open mic night is already filled to the brim with 15-minute slots. Let’s take a look a what is lined up:

7:00 – Rhiannon Skye Mclean (spoken word)
7:15 – Brett Freeman (comedy)
7:30 – Sami Walker and Tyler Nelson (acoustic)
7:45 – AJ Francis (spoken word)
8:00 – Ryan Nance (acoustic)
8:15 – Jameson and Dayton (acoustic)
8:30 – Eric Rogers
8:45 – Devon Fluelen (comedy)
9:00 – Pretend I’m Not There
9:15 – Mystery Gift
9:30 – Tammy Cannon and Company (drag/stand up)
9:45 – Honey (spoken word)
10:00 – Green Day Cover Nerds

If you are interested in performing at one of our open mic nights, no dates have been picked out, but we plan on having more in the future. This open mic night will be going from 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm. We are asking for $1-5 with admission. You can check out a facebook right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up in Southtown this spring/summer.

Coming up on Friday, May 1st we have a short and sweet three-band local show at Black Sheep. This show will feature the newer Springfield two-piece instrumental group Fel Fae (pictured above). We also have the one-man black metal project forged from the band lotto last summer called “Sgt. Karate” or “Sargent Karate (Everyone Is So Pretty)” for a longer version. Starting things off there is a performance by an new and mysterious unnamed band. We are not sure who is in the new band, but you can check out some sort of song and teaser right here. Be on the lookout for one more possible addition to the show!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what is coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown in the coming months.