Here we are with another Black Sheep October show announcement for you all! We all knew the good October shows would come eventually. This show is happening on Friday, October 11th and features a few bands from nearby areas that have played Black Sheep at least once before, and also at least one new band. This show will feature Hometown Heavyweights from the Champaign area. Hometown Heavyweights recently played Black Sheep earlier in September, and they have also been featured on the Black Sheep Radio Show. Check out some of their music embedded below. This show will also feature the return of Ashland, who also play poppy music from areas around Central Illinois. Then coming all the way from Chicago will be the Black Sheep debut of the band In Exile. In Exhile is a newer punk band from Chicago featuring members of Celtic punk band Flatfoot 56 and a few other Chicago bands. To top that all off we have the return of another Central Illinois pop-punk band, Capys. All of that on one bill should be a real treat.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here, and expect a flier soon. Be sure to also check out what other shows we have coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page.

You have all probably been wondering where all of the Black Sheep October shows are. Well a few are in the works and they are being announced slowly but surely! Here is a show happening on Tuesday, October 15th. This show will feature a newer Champaign band called Doomsayer. Doomsayer play fast hardcore and features Nathan Landolt, owner of our sister venue Error Records. You can stream their brand new demo on the player embedded below. The touring band on this show is Purgatory coming from Lincoln, Nebraska. They play hardcore/metal. Also on this show is local one-man grindcore/noise project Gutterpriest. Opening things up we have Bo Mellado of Mildred. We do not know what Bo is going to do this time.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and costs $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. And catch a glimpse of what else we have coming up this fall on our shows page!

Do you like some harsh noise with your Estates? Well that is what you are going to get, because at Black Sheep on Friday, September 27th we have a few harsh noise projects that have been added to the show with Estates from Milwaukee, WI. Check out our original post on the show right here. Since we have announced the show, noise act Gazeebo has dropped and two new noise projects have filled the gap. They are Owen Davis and Solvoski, which are two newer noise projects local to Springfield. You can check out a piece by Owen Davis below. Also playing this stacked show is Whenskiesaregray from Baltimore, Ghost Key from Peoria, and Blank Gravestone.

The show still starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to check out all of the shows we have coming up this fall on our shows page!

It looks like dream folk/pop band War Magic have been added to the show at Black Sheep that is coming up on the 24th of September. This will be the two-piece’s second show at Black Sheep, with the first being earlier this summer. You can check out the band’s new EP Cyclomancy below.

Also playing the show on the 24th (Tuesday) is the band Boom Boom Kid coming from all the way over in Argentina. Wow! Boom Boom Kid is a solo project of sorts of Carlos Rodríguez formerly of the hardcore Argentinean band Fun People. Boom Boom Kid plays a type of punk/pop-punk that is sure to get you bouncing. We are excited to welcome in these Argentinean punks. Also playing the show is Springfield’s own Nephrons who recently put out a new record. This show will also be the first show of a brand new Springfield project called Strong Power. We don’t know anything about the type of music this new band played or who is in it, so we should all be in for a treat!

The show still starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here.

December seems like a long ways off, but today we are telling you about an exciting show that is going to be happening on Sunday, December 1st. This show will feature Captain Chaos from Bloomington, Indiana. Captain Chaos is the new project of Chris Clavin of Plan-It-X Records and the folk punk band Ghost Mice. You can check out some of his music embedded below. Coming along with Captain Chaos is Kyle Hall from New Lenox, Illinois. Kyle also plays acoustic folk. Those two touring acts will be joined by two local bands. We have the sensational new folk/pop super band Looming, who’s new EP we debuted on our site earlier this week. We also have everyone’s favorite local folk/punk band Lovecow opening the show up.

That show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for that show right here. There are plenty of shows coming up before then, and you can check those all out on our shows page!

Do we have time to sneak on more November show onto our calendar? We think so. On Wednesday, November 25th, just one day after Boom Boom Kid plays an awesome show, we have another great show happening. We have the return of Mutts from Chicago! Mutts played here earlier in the spring. If you if you missed it, you can see in that picture above that Mutts is a little different from the usual rock n’ roll band that you would normally see at Black Sheep. They place a nice mix of blues and lounge music and you can check some of that out on the player below. Also playing the same show will be local feel-good rock band Big Storm! We also have local pop punk rockers Kickstart opening the show for us.

The show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can’t find a facebook event or flier for this one. Sorry. If you want you can check out all of our other shows coming up this fall at Black Sheep by going to our shows page. It’s going to be a busy fall at Black Sheep!