There is a whole lotta stuff going on tonight! We have this show happening tonight at Black Sheep at 6:00 pm that might maybe possibly feature seven whole bands on the bill!?! What is this?? Later tonight is also the Black Sheep Cover Show Part 5.5 happening at Bar None for those of you who are ages 21 and up, we’ll get a little more into that later! Tonight at Black Sheep we have the pop punk band Terribly Happy, which you can find streaming on the player below. We also have familiar ska band The Origin Story from Lincoln, Illinois, who just played at Black Sheep a month or two ago. Then we have the local pop punk project, “Fill In The Blank.” Before them on the lineup is rock n’ roll punk fusion band Sammy & The Punk. Then we also have a couple more Peoria acts playing tonight and that is Sonic Comet, and something going by the name of “K”. Oh wait, there’s one more act too! Stems from Taylorville will be playing! Was that seven bands? Eight? That’s a lot of bands tonight.

The show tonight will start right at 6:00 pm and admission is $5. We will try to get things going quick so some of us can go to the Black Sheep Cover Show 5.5 happening at Bar None starting at 8:00 pm tonight. Facebook event for the Black Sheep show right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have coming up.

It’s maybe been a minute since we have had a band come from outside of the country to perform at Black Sheep. Tonight we have a show happening and it features the band An Atomic Whirl coming all the way from Japan. You can check out their music streaming below to hear what they are all about. This show also features a few local bands. We have the hardcore punk band Pryss on the show. We also have Peoria-based screamo band Kelut, who will also be playing Dumb Fest 4 coming up quick here in June. Opening things up we have a new project Ceiling Lust, who will be playing their second Black Sheep show.

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 for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Coming up at Black Sheep on Friday, May 27th we have a punk/hardcore show to tell you about. This one features the band Validation coming all the way from Seattle, Washington. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We also have some other familiar punk bands on the bill. We’ve got the Ooey Gooey band Dry Heave coming from Champaign/Urbana (who will also be playing a Dumb Fest aftershow next month). We have the newer femme-groove underwater band Shark Week somewhere in there, and we also have the hardcore stomp band Pryss possibly opening things up.

This show will start 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 good look at what else will be coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

It’s been a minute since we’ve had our last hip hop show at Black Sheep and now it’s time for us to bring some of them back this spring/summer! We have one going on tonight, being put on by some of those affiliated with HISO Music Entertainment. It will feature the local hip hop artist known as Pytch Wyte in what is being callded “The Pytch Wyte Show”. If you are unfamiliar with Pytch Wyte’s music you can check it out on the player below. This show will also feature the artist RTJ who is associated with HISO Music Entertainment.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm (doors at 6:00 pm) and admission is $5. No facebook event for this one, sorry! You can check out our shows page (which has been recently updated) for a list of other upcoming shows on our site right here.

We have a show happening here coming up pretty quick on Friday, May 20th. Sounds like it’s going to be a pretty big show- there are four bands on the flier but a whole seven bands on the facebook event!? “Punk Mosh?!” At the top of the bill we have the band Terribly Happy from the Peoria area. They played here at Black Sheep just last month. Stream some of their music on the player below. Also on this show we have the Lincoln/Central Illinois based ska punk explosion band The Origin Story, who also recently played here at Black Sheep. Before them is Fill In The Blank, who we hear have a new CD in the works. This will also be the return of Sammy & The Punk, possibly with a new lineup. And then to round out the bill we have another act from Peoria called “Sonic Comet.”

This show will start early at 6:00 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 what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

It’s a beautiful Saturday, we have one show happening at Black Sheep that weekend and that is tonight! This show is being set up by some friends as a benefit to help Luna with transitional funds, which more info can be found on this GoFundMe page. We have quite the lineup of local bands for this. First off we have Garter, who have not played a show since a couple of months back. Check out their music streaming on the player below. We also have the official Illinois State Capitol band- Shark Week. Before that we have the three-piece experimental punk band Moondead. And just in case you can’t get enough of those Suction Cups after they just played last night, they will also be playing this show, and it looks like Hannah Tolan of The Stuction Cups will be doing a solo set as well.

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 for a complete list of all of the shows coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

You remember the New Orleans based band All People who played on the ramp of Skank Skates back last year in April? Well they are going to be back tonight and are playing a show here at Black Sheep! You can stream some of All People’s music on the player below. Also on this show is the Springfield three-piece sticky grunge pop band SAP. This is just going to be a three-band show it looks like, and that magical third band is the surf rock project called The Suction Cups, who have new music being released very soon.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and costs $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page right here for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.

Yes there is a show happening at Black Sheep tonight! 7:00 pm. When we first announced this one just a little while back there were only two bands on the bill. One of those two bands includes TheVoice of Addiction from Chicago. They play punk rock. You can stream some of their music on the player embedded below. The one other band on this show is the local alternative 90’s-rock band The Complaint Line. The third band that got added very recently to the bill, and also going first tonight is the wild and wacky two piece ukulele and drums project- Sweet Bippy.

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 good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this spring and summer.

Tonight it’s time to put on your fancy shoes because we have a sort of indie-rock show happening at Black Sheep tonight. Tonight the show starts at 7:00 pm and we have the band Sea Cycles coming on tour from Jacksonville, Florida. You can check out some of their indie-psychedelic music below. Also on this show is local three piece pop band, The Locals! The Locals are also playing Dumb Fest and SOHO Music Festival in June. Before them on the lineup we have the Taylorville-based pop punk band Stems! They are newer and just played at Black Sheep two nights ago. Opening things up we have Shark Week, or possibly a solo set by Clare Frachey depending on if one of Shark Week’s members is too sick to make the show.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.

A very cool magic potion bottle right up there filled with some special bands who are playing a special show at Black Sheep tonight. That’s right, come out tonight for all of the shoegaze and stoner music you can handle. For the show tonight we have Caterpillar Club’s first show in about a year. They will be releasing a brand new cassette tape tonight out on Sparrow and Crow Records, which you can stream one of the songs from directly below. We also have the instrumental St. Louis project Staghorn playing. We also have the heavy sludge band Orator shaking up the whole building. Before them is the shoegaze band Drained from Peoria who last made an appearance here for Dumb Fest 3D. And opening things up we have a brand new Springfield project called Ceiling Lust.

The show tonight starts 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 for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months.