It looks like we have found our first show that is happening in 2014 at The Black Sheep. This one is happening on Friday, January 3rd and it is sure to be one intense hardcore/punk show that will be sure to shake the walls and ceilings of our space. Springfield punk band Soap Scum will be coming up out of the glue tunnels to play this one. This show will also feature touring band Falter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. You can check out some of their heavy tunes on the player embedded below. Another band coming from the depths of the glue tunnels of Springfield is the villains and heels, Table Drama. Table Drama is the newest band featuring former members of Scott Blacula. Speaking of glue tunnels, we have another band playing that comes straight from the witches’ cellars of St. Louis and that is the frightening Nos Bos. To top that lineup off we have a very special new band opening the show off and playing the very first set of 2014 at Black Sheep. That is Asthma, which features members of Mildred, Gazeebo, Scott Blacula, and Looming.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to check our shows page to find out what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Today we are bringing you the first official show announcement for 2014! Wow! 2014 is sure to be a crazy and fun year for Black Sheep with these shows and the recently announced plans for Dumb Records opening next door. This show will be happening on Wednesday, January 8th and it is going to be a monster of an acoustic show. Headlining this mega show is going to be Tim Williams of Our Lady performing some of his acoustic solo songs. This show will feature the return of acoustic act Gospel & The Wolf from Austin, Texas. You can check out one of his tunes on the player embedded below. Gospel & The Wolf will be on tour with an act called With Teeth & Nails, which is sure to be interesting. Before that we have Statures, which is actually a former member of the band Estates from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Statures will be on tour from another solo acoustic act, and that is Sami-Jo Wilsing. The show will be opened by Rella, which will be the Black Sheep debut of Clare Frachey’s solo project!

This show will be fun. It will start off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Don’t forget to check out what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

Today we have another December show announcement that will be sure to tickle your socks. This show is happening on Monday, December 9th. You probably all have work or school or something that day, but after that is done your assignment is to go to this show. This show features Don Giovanni Records band Brick Mower from New Jersey. They play a catchy indie/punk and you can check out some songs off of their new album on the player below. Next up on the lineup for this show we have local feel-good rockers Big Storm. And if that isn’t enough for you we have Springfield’s best dream folk two-piece War Magic on the bill. That’s it! Right now we are keeping this three-band show short and sweet.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Check out our shows page to see what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep.

This December it looks like we’ve got some fine, heartwarming shows to distract us from the blustery midwestern winds. On Sunday the 8th, we’ll be featuring some rad folks. Brandon Carnes is a local character (also featured in The Timmys and Looming) that will be playing some mighty fine, backwoods, 666 Satan worshiping tunes. Michael Tietjen from the band Family Lumber will be playing as well and is going to be travelling solo. He’s all the way from New York and is sure to give us some swell acoustic tunes, so come check him out and give him some support. Jess Knight (also featured in Looming and Mother Leopard) will also be singing an acoustic set that is sure to be lovely as always. Austin Connelly (also featured in Wir Konnen and Montagh) is going to tell us jokes and sing us sad kid songs, so make sure to check him out as well as all of these other folks at this show!

This will be at 7 pm for $5 at the door. If you come, you’re sure to leave with a full heart so coming to this show is sure to be worth it. The facebook event can be found right here. Make sure to come out other upcoming shows we have at Black Sheep if you can make it!

We are having TWO Friday the 13th shows this year! What’s the deal?! You may say “This is crazy talk” but it’s really not, so if you didn’t make it to the first one, make it to this one because it’s going to be swell. Our awesome Champaign friends are in a band called Gnargoyle that will give us some spooky sewer punk tunes coming from the darkness. It’s gonna be gnarly. Local band Mystery Gift will change it up a bit by showing us a more ethereal and grungy side of punk, so that’ll be cool to transition from the sewers to the clouds. After Mystery Gift is Antithought, a hardcore streetpunk band from St. Louis. Their set is sure to be rad! Make sure to check them out. Last but not least, we’ll be featuring The Oswalds, another set of local punkers! These guys must be shy since they don’t play alot, so come out and show them some support! This show is gonna be raw and real and cruddy so don’t miss it.

This will be on Friday the 13th, December, 2013. 12-13-13 is the closest our calendar can get from being 13-13-13 so this is obviously going to be a monumental day. We will celebrate it perfectly by putting this rad grime-fest of a show- so bring $5, show up at 7pm and slam your heart out. Until then, check out the facebook event and read up on our upcoming shows to see what’s coming up before and after this one.

Check out this show we got coming up in November! The band Suns from Chicago will be joining us to play some rad, experimental indie rock for us. Check them out, they’re sure to give a good set! Yogi Beara will be bringing us some bluesy, rock n’ roll jams as they always do so make sure to come out and hear them as well. There are going to be more local bands jumping on the band wagon for this one, so it’ll definitely be a rad show. If you play in a band and are interested in playing, shoot us an email at blacksheepcafe.217@gmail.com. Keep your eyes peeled and make sure to continually check our shows page for updates.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. As mentioned earlier, be sure to check our shows page for updates on this show and other upcoming shows at Black Sheep.

Here we go! There is going to be a lot of show announcements for some great shows happening before the end of the year rolling in soon, and we are announcing them starting right how. This show is on Saturday, November 23rd. This wild show will feature bands, a rapper, and a DJ! It is sure to be great. On the top of the flier we have Springfield pop punk band Kickstart. Before that is the DJ that we promised… and that is DJ SMPSN! Before that we jump back into the punk with RDNT. And opening things up we will have Doggystyles bringing you some of the best rap around town.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $7. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to also check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep over on our shows page.

Better mark your calendars for Saturday, November 16th because we will be hosting a split release show for two great folk bands at Black Sheep that night! The split is between bands Montagh and Unraveler, who will both be playing the show. Montagh is an acoustic folk band that has been active in Springfield for the past year or so. Unraveler is a solo musician from Pittsburg, PA. You might have remembered Unraveler from a certain show back at Black Sheep in July. The split between the two bands will be released on CD through Patch Records for $5 at the show. Aside from the two bands that are on the split, we also have two other bands playing this show. We have the rock/experimental band Naughtalus playing. We also have the newer two-piece Mystery Gift, which features members of Meredosia and Mildred.

That show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for that show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page to see what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall and winter.

Wow! Tonight at Black Sheep we are going to be trying something a little different. We will be having a documentary screening of a short 45 minute documentary called “Dither: The D.I.Y. Sound.” Dither can be described as “A documentary project on do it yourself music; heightening our sense of community and stimulating positive social change”. Sounds like a great film! Check out a preview of the documentary below. Aside from the showing tonight, there are also two bands playing! We have the shoegaze project Caterpillar Club. And we also have the two-piece dream folk band Wolf Luv.

Here’s a show we’ve got coming up in a few weeks, it’s going to be swell! Looming will be bringing us an acoustic set produced by a few of its members. Come out to hear the acoustic versions of their feel-good, indie poprock tunes! Perfect People from St. Louis will have some hardcore punk tunes to keep things interesting for us after that, so make sure to check them out for sure. Who Needs You is another band we’ll be featuring at this show. This Indiana based band features pop-punk tunes that have a mellow and grounded feel, so they’re sure to give a rad set. Another St. Louis band other than Perfect People that will be in this show is Little Big Bangs. They’ve got a garagey quirk punk sound that’ll make you wanna hop around, so look forward to them! The last set we’ll be featuring is a local noise project called Aporia. It’s brutal in the best and rawest way so make sure to check out this show when it comes up!

It’ll be at 7pm on November 10th. The cost is $5 and you can find the facebook event here. Also, check out our upcoming shows to see what other stuff we have coming at us this November!