The show we are announcing today may seem a long way off, but it definitely is going to be a very cool show. This one is happening on Wednesday, November 5th. It features Chicago emo/indie band Dowsing (pictured above). Members of Dowsing play in Kittyhawk who played a great show here at Black Sheep earlier this year. You can check out some of Dowsing’s music streaming below. This show also features a solid lineup of Springfield acts. We have Our Lady, who are just now getting ready for the arrivals of their new 12″ and split 7″ with Estates. Then we have Looming, who just blew away thousands of music fans at Downhome Music Festival.

This show will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at every other show and event coming up before this show.

Some of you may remember a certain Springfield house show a little over one year ago when Pennsylvania Pissed-Jeans related band Blood Red came and played The Harm House. Now this year on Thursday, September 18th we have a new band featuring members of Blood Red called Secret Tombs coming to Black Sheep for a show. They play a slower and more rock influenced type music that you can stream on the player below. This show also features Springfield creep-wave band JAG. Then to top things off we get to witness a rare F///\\\M performance at this show. F///\\\M is the solo ambient project of Brandon Carnes.

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

With the summer drawing to a close and the beginning of the fall, it is time for a good old fashioned “punk rock cookout.” If you remember last year, we had our first annual “punk rock cookout” in June and it was great. Now we are having it again on Saturday, September 6th. Come out, bring food, come ready to eat food, or do whatever you want! We have heard that there will be vegan and non-vegan hotdogs. On top of food and cookouts, there will be plenty of bands. This show will feature The Timmys‘ first Black Sheep appearance in a short while. We also have newer Springfield ska name-changers, Bad Banshee. Then there will be one out of town band called Minor Decline from Galesburg, Illinois. Opening things up is a rare performance by fast hardcore/punk band Say Something.

The cookout and festivities will kick off at 6:00 pm, and show will start at 7:00 pm. Bring $5. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall and summer.

We’re going to be having a really cool show coming up on Friday, August 15th. A hidden local act known as Atlas at his Finest will be playing an acoustic set that is sure to be heartfelt. Bad Catman from Champaign will be exhibiting some gnarly punker tunes which always proves to be fun. There will be two bands touring from Austin, Texas as well. Dahling will have some rad punk tunes to jig to so check them out. Teenage Swoon (of Guard Records) will have some super fly post-hardcore tunes and they’re sure to put on a good set, so definitely check them out as well. To round the night off, the junk punkers JAG will be playing weird stuff as usual and will probably cause mischief so after all the other bands have played, find out what they’re all about.

This show is another 7:00 pm, $5 show. Here’s the facebook event, bring your friends and make sure to check out the other rad shows we have coming around.

Hey kid, do you like shoegaze? Do you like rock? Do you like punk? No? Yes? Well whatever you like, we have just the show for you! This one is happening on Thursday, August 14th at Black Sheep. For this show we have Glish, the New Orleans shoegaze project coming to Springfield as a part of their summer tour. You can stream one of their songs below. Also on this show are Springfield crazy punk boys Panzys. We also have the rock band Blind Social, who were also recently added to Black Sheep Fest.

This show is at 7:00 pm and will cost $5. You can find a facebook event for it right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find a list of everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

Folks, it looks like an epic show will be approaching us once mid August comes around. This one is happening on Saturday, August 23rd. The Complaint Line will be making their way on The Black Sheep stage once again with their rad and unique punker jams. This City of Takers will be coming down from St. Louis to dish out some experimental rocky songs, which should be a cool treat. The weirdo Missouri punks in Tiger Rider will be telling it like it is in their garage rock hits. The local folk punk heroes in Wilt Candy will then also do the same thing in a different light, which will make this a very honest and heart-felt evening for the whole punk-rock family to enjoy.

This show will be at 7:00 pm, and bring $5 to support the touring bands. Here is the facebook event for any more desired information, and make sure to check out the other cool shows coming up before and after this one.

Ready for our first show announcement of September? This one is happening on Friday, September 5th and it is surely going to be one for the record books. This show will feature the return of the St. Louis punk band that everyone has been raving about all over the internet and TV, Lumpy & The Dumpers. The last time Lumpy played here was on the ramp during the first Dumb Fest last summer. Check out a video of one of the band’s more recent sets in New York below. Lumpy & The Dumpers will be coming this time on tour with Mongoloid from Portland, Oregon. This show is also stacked with local punk bands. We have the nasty Mouthsex and also Springfield’s newer disgusting punk band King Worm. We also welcome young rockers Panzys onto this great lineup of a show.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5 (for 5 bands, wow). Be sure to check out our shows page for all of the other great shows coming up at Black Sheep before this one.