It’s a Friday night and we have a show happening tonight featuring a whopping six bands. Five of those are from the area, and one out of town.  The out of town on the bill for this one is the band Dear Darla from Indianapolis, IN. They play pop punk and you can stream their music on the player below. Other than we have a pretty hefty bill of local bands lined up. This includes the three-piece rock n’ punk outfit, called Sammy & The Punk. We also have the rockabilly folk band playing a rare Black Sheep show- Ragna Rye. One other out of town band but from nearby is the band Terribly Happy from Peoria, IL. We will be terribly happy to have them. Before that to get a good genre-mix in is the metalcore band Noesis from Carlinville, Illinois. And then last but not least is the local pop punk band Fill In The Blank.

Wow. All of that starting off at 6:00 pm and admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find a good list of other shows coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Look at that terrible flier that is impossible to read. That is for a show happening tonight at Black Sheep that is going to end a streak of five shows in six days for us (wow). Tonight will be short and sweet with three blistering punk and hardcore bands that will make you feel alive. Most important we have the band Violence Creeps coming from Oakland, California. Stream some of their music on the player below. Up next we have the “Livin’ Thing Band” as featured in The Illinois Times last week. They will be kicking off their “Livin’ Tour” tonight with five days around the midwest, and will also have cassette tapes for the first time. Opening things up we have the mean and nasty new Springfield hardcore band called Pryss.

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 good look at other shows coming up in the next few months at Black Sheep.

The shows just don’t stop and tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep for all you Tuesday night rockers. This show will feature the band Free Kittens & Bread from Austin, Texas. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Also on this show we have everyone’s favorite Champaign/Urbana alternative ice cream pop band Nectar! Then we have a couple acts local to Springfield. The first of which is pop punk goodness Fill In The Blank! And then opening things up we have the second ever show for Springfield’s newest space-themed hardcore super villain band called “Starlorde.”

The show tonight 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 everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

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It’s a Monday night and there is a show happening at Black Sheep! Get ready for an intense week of shows with something happening Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then a jam-packed weekend with a show Friday and a big Record Store Day at Dumb Records on Saturday! Tonight we have the touring musician Jake Down from Michigan coming through. You can check out some of his music streaming below. We also have the experimental post-punk band Sweet Bippy performing- which features members of Black Ops and T.A.N.G. We also have the psych-rock explosion band Flamingo from the Jacksonville area. And opening things up is another set by the wild rock n’ roll band Sammy & The Punk.

This show will start right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show tonight right here. Also check out our shows page for a l0ok at what other shows are coming up in the near future at Black Sheep.

Tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep (sorry our post is a little late today)! There have also been some slight changes since this show was first announced. We will have Springfield/Champaign/Bloomington emo-rockers Wir Können on board for this show. You can check out some of their music on the player streaming below. Unfortunately the touring band (American Jobs) had to drop this show (sometimes stuff comes up, ya know?). In their place we have Mike Butler of The Locals performing a solo set. We also have a set by the wild and crazy T.A.N.G. (The Avant National Guard). Opening things up still is a solo set by Paqui.

This show will still start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a complete list of all of the shows we have currently lined up at Black Sheep.

There’s a show happening at Black Sheep tonight! This one’s a bit of a ska show for all of you who thought ska was dead and gone for good around these parts. For this show we have the local surf rock band with one ska song- The Suction Cups. Then we have the full-out ska band from Davenport, Iowa called Fairhaven. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Then the third band on the lineup is The Origin Story– the six-piece real deal ska project based out of Lincoln, Illinois who have played here at Black Sheep in the past. And then one band has got added to the lineup since we originally announced the show and that is the fast punk rockers Say Something. Don’t miss out on those bands!

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 long list of upcoming shows at Black Sheep over the next few months.

Oh no! Looks like due to touring bands being unable to make it to Springfield, the show that was previously scheduled to happen at Black Sheep tonight has been canceled. We won’t say what bands so you don’t get too sad thinking about it.

The next show happening at Black Sheep is coming up this Friday, April 8th with Fairhaven, The Origin Story, and The Suction Cups. More info on that one right here. Also check out our shows page to take a look at all the shows still happening in the coming months.

There is something very special lined up happening tonight in Macomb, Illinois of all the special places. A few Springfield bands will be taking over the city in their new bus and performing a very special show “on ice” for one night only. That’s right, those bands are Gush, Livin’ Thing, and Pryss, and they can’t wait to show off their moves out there on the skating rink tonight.

The bands tonight are going to really show us they’ve got what it truly takes out on the rink tonight. I can’t wait for them to get out there and show us their stuff. Ready for some outstanding performances and will possibly be looking to recruit for the men’s roller derby team.

-Greg Harvey, captain of Capital City Hooligans Roller Derby

You can stream the Livin’ Thing song “Beautiful Dancer” on the player below. The show is located at “The Outskirts” in Macomb at 201 Shady Lane. Bring $5 to skate and $2-3 donation for the show. Bands will start at 9:30 pm and of course this is all ages. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And if you are in town tonight and are ages 21 or up, you might want to check out the show happening tonight at Bar None with NIL8 and The Timmys.

It may be Easter and currently raining outside, but that is not going to stop us from having this mega-show happening at Black Sheep tonight. Tonight we have two of the heaviest-hitting touring bands from Springfield- Looming and Our Lady performing at Black Sheep. Looming is on their way back from playing a few dates around SXSW and this will actually be their last show here for a while- it is looking like until August, because half of their members are moving out of state for other endeavors. Our Lady also recently got back from doing a short tour around SXSW. The touring band we have on the bill tonight is Hodera from New Jersey and you can find their music streaming on the player below. We also have another Springfield/Champaign band returning from a tour and that is the hardcore punk band Dry Heave. Come welcome them back. Opening up the show we have Isaac Arms of the band Withershins from Champaign/Urbana.

The show tonight 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 good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep, and it is sure to be heavier than ever. This one will be the final show for Decatur-based hardcore band Meth Dealer, who have been playing shows in the area for the past three years including a couple here at Black Sheep. Stream some of Meth Dealer’s music below and get ready for their last hurrah, it is sure to be a big one. Also playing this show is Perfect People, the hardcore band from St. Louis. Then coming all the way from South Dakota are the band Souls, who are also no strangers to Black Sheep. They will be coming with a band called Seeing Red also from the same area. Just in case there wasn’t enough heavy music on this show for you, we have the band Shame coming from Oklahoma City, OK playing some hardcore/metalcore. And THEN also on the lineup is the band Barbarian coming from El Paso, Texas. We’ve got bands coming from all over the country for this one show, dang! We do have local support from WARRS who will be likely opening up the show and who we have not seen at Black Sheep in a minute!

This show will start at 5:00 pm and admission for this mega-show is $7. 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 everything else coming up at Black Sheep this spring.