Let’s skip a couple of days into the future from the last show announcement we just made and then we have another show for Saturday, October 18th that looks extra spooky. For this show we have local slam band, Asthma. We have a couple of punk bands coming from Chicago for this show. There is The Wrong, which is a newer band whose music you can find streaming below. We also have The Bug, which is another newer Chicago punk band featuring members of Bailout, Anomaly, and Raw Nerve. Opening things up will be the odd-ball ongoing band lotto band, Teen Freak.

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 look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

On with the October show announcements! This one is happening on Thursday, October 16th at Black Sheep. It will feature touring band from Chicago In Exile. In Exile features members of Flatfoot 56 and this is not their first time playing Black Sheep. You can stream some of their music below. They will be playing here with a band called Hideaways. They will be joined by local support from jangle-punk band Mystery Gift. Then we have Central Illinois melodic hardcore band Loses The Mighty. Opening up the show is young snot punk band Panzys.

This show start at 7:00 pm and costs $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Also check out our shows page where you can find this show listed with many more upcoming shows.

Time for some more October show announcements. The month would not be complete without a good hip hop show, and this one is happening on Friday, October 8th. For this show we haver rap artist Mikey Hash (pictured above). Mikey is also playing a show this upcoming Friday at Black Sheep. Next up from Southeast High School is a group going by the name “MPress.” Then we have another hip hop solo artist, Omar Harris. To top that off we have Khunnit Music Group coming from Lanphier High School.

This show is going to start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

We have a couple of last minute changes to a show happening at Black Sheep coming up this Saturday, September 27th. The show is taking place right at 7:00 pm at Black Sheep, while Cassette Store Day will be going on next door over at Dumb Records. There are now two touring bands from Georgia playing the show at Black Sheep. They are Dying Whale and Machinist!. Both play a style of melodic hardcore. You can check out some of Dying Whale’s songs streaming below. In addition to those bands there is also the original lineup of Psycho Fight, Naked Butchers and Bacon, Nobody’s Friend, and Green Lights.

That’s going to be a lineup of 6 bands for $5. The show will start right at 7:00 pm and now later. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

It’s time to get ready for all the great October shows to start pouring in. This one is happening on Friday, October 10th and it is going to be a great one. We have the band Lost Spirit coming from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are a newer band featuring a member of Guard Records band Estates and you can stream some of their music below. Also on this show we have Springfield one-man post-rock project F///\\\M. Then we have some friends from Champaign in a newer band called Resinater, which features a member of Our Lady. To top that all off we have an appearance by Springfield post-rock band, Meredosia.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can check out 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 at Black Sheep and Dumb Records this fall.

On Saturday, October 11th it looks like we have an all-local show with a great lineup of four Springfield bands that you won’t want to miss. Playing this show is hit pop/indie rock band Looming who recently posted some updates while recording from South Town Studio. Come out and maybe catch some of their new songs. Also on this show is hectic screamo project I’m Dead Inside. They will be preceded by the another new Springfield screamo project called Knives that will get you all shook up. Opening things up we have another band currently working on new material in South Town Studio, Wir Können.

This show is going to be at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can check out a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Today we have a spooky show announcement for a show happening on Friday, October 17th. This show we have the No Sleep Records band Maps For Travelers coming from Kansas City. For this show we also have the surf/indie rock band The Oceanographers coming from a skip and a hop away over at Peoria, Illinois. Sounds like fun. Then we have Freeport, Illinois band Deadron. They are an indie/punk band. We also have very alternative band Mystery Gift playing for us all. And last but not least the spookiest band in all of Springfield will be playing this show, JAG.

This show will be a 7:00 pm show costing $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 at Black Sheep.

As many of you know, Saturday September 27th is Cassette Store Day at Dumb Records. There will be a short show there at 1:00 pm that day. Today we are announcing that there will also be a three-band show at Black Sheep on Saturday, September 27th. This show will feature Chicago band No Friends. This is also a rare show for a Springfield punk rock project called Psycho Fight. Also opening things up there is a band called Naked Stitches and Bacon. Sounds like a blast!

This show will kick off at 7:00 pm inside Black Sheep and admission is $5. To stay in touch with everything coming up at Black Sheep, try to check out our shows page.

Looks like another great hip-hop show is being lined up before this month is over. That’s right, this one is on Friday, September 26th and features a lot of great hip-hop and rap artists that we have had play at Black Sheep in the past. This is also some sort of a birthday show for Dancin’ Dave, so that probably means that we will all be dancin’! On this show we have Victor Bacon, who also goes by the name Big 6. Then we have Habilis Riccardo, who has played at Black Sheep before. Other Black Sheep veteran performers include D.B. Cooper and Mikey Hash. Topping it off we have a performance by an act going by the name “#2LiveNation.” You can probably expect some sort of giveaways, food, and more at this show.

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 at Black Sheep.