We have such a good show happening tonight! Checkit: local power-pop feelgood folks Looming will be playing and their set is sure to be energetic and enjoyable as always. Then we are featuring The Flips, which is a really heartfelt and well put together indie-rock band from Chicago. Their tunes are sure to make your heart swell so you definitely won’t be sorry for checking them out! The Champaign kids in Bookmobile will be coming to play for us tonight too, and their raw punky goon jams are going to make you smile for sure so be sure not to miss their set. Local band Meredosia will be providing some ethereal post-punk tunes and rumor has it that they have new material for us, so that will be exciting to check out too. Then another band from Champaign called Bad Catman is coming to play tonight since they’ve recently risen from the dead! Right on. Their fine, catchy jivvy jams are sure to please so come see these reborn and renewed folk punkers give life to yer dancing shoes!

This show will put a lightbulb in your heart. It’s TONIGHT at 7pm! Bring $5, try to support the travelling musicians and enjoy yourself. Here’s the facebook event– and make sure to check out the other shows coming up at Black Sheep!

We’ve got some rad shows coming up in February- check it out! This show on the 3rd is going to be pretty epic and here’s why: Local wrestle-grind band Table Drama and Champaign based sludgy jammers Orator are having a face-off. Who will win? Come find out, listen to these crazy people and sludge around. Then Virginia based Endeavor will give us some slushy melodic hardcore to enjoy. They are no strangers to Springfield, they played at the Scott Blacula farewell show so come out and see them again! East Coast folks Servants will then give us some progressive jams to mosh to, and then our local video game mongers Like…With Jetpacks are gonna tickle our tech sides…with jetpacks!

This is on February 3rd for $5 dollars. Circle pits are required. Be There. Here’s the facebook event, check out our other upcoming shows too to see what else we have coming up!

Tonight is the forth show we’ve had in a row, but the shows just keep getting bigger and better! Tonight is a big one! We have Mobile Death Camp coming, which features an ex member of the legendary rock band GWAR! Check out one of their music videos embedded below, and come tonight ready to ROCK. We also have a good lineup of some great local bands tonight. We have the Black Sheep debut of Springfield rock band Sunnyvale! We also have the ultimate wrestling villains and heels Table Drama, who might be signing some contracts accepting a new vocalist tonight. Make sure you are there to find out what that is all about. This show will also feature young and rowdy Springfield punkers RDNT. To make this show complete, hectic ska-punk-hardcore band Say Something will be starting the night off with circle pits going at 60mph.

The show starts right at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $6. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a look at what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight is round three of our non-stop back to back to back shows before the Dumb Records grand opening, and the show tonight should be a good one. The show tonight will be mostly acoustic, so bundle up and come on out. This show features Tim Williams of Our Lady playing a solo acoustic set. We also have the return of Gospel & The Wolf, which is a touring solo musician from Austin, Texas who played at Black Sheep last year when it was warmer outside. You can check out some of his music below. Gospel & The Wolf is out on tour with Teeth & Nails, who will also be playing this show. We also have another set of travelers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin coming to perform for us. There is Statures, which features an ex-member of the Harm House New Year’s Eve house band Estates. He will be coming here with Sami-Jo Wilsing, also from Milwaukee. Opening things up we have a performance by a brand new Springfield solo act called Rella! Get there early to find out what that is all about!

The show tonight kicks off at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event right here. Don’t forget to also check out our shows page for a more complete list of what is coming up at Black Sheep.

Tonight’s show is going to be heart-warming- we’re going to have a mix of local bands and Northern beauties. Dan Mariska and the Boys Choir is a band coming all the way from Minnesota and their wholesome chill-pop tunes are great. Coming from Omaha, Nebraska, See Through Dresses is going to bring around some flowing indie-rock feels, so check out these touring bands and show them some support! The acts on the local spectrum tonight are sure to please as well. Wir Konnen is playing their heartfelt alternative jams that’ll make you feel like an uplifted sad kid. Mario Cannamela of Soap Scum and Borealis will be playing us some things as well, so definitely check out all of the cool things we have in store tonight!

The show will be at 7pm for $5. Check out the facebook event for any more information you may want and keep your eyes open because we have alot more shows coming up! Come out and softmosh or sway or do whatever your heart desires- but whatever you do, be unafraid.

Tonight is the coldest night of this cold, cold 2014 and there is also a full moon. Do you know what that means? Tonight is the night that all of the wolves and wolf men come out to dance. Tonight we have the mysterious wolf-fronted hardcore band Wolf Luv coming out of the glue tunnels and onto the big stage for a very rare performance. We also have touring band Back to Back coming from Houston, Texas. Check out some of their very punk tunes on the player embedded below. This show will also Remington from the Chicago areas. Remington will be replacing Need on the flier above, and they feature one member of Need so don’t worry about Need not being there! First but not least this show will feature new Springfield punk bands The Oswalds. Last show they played resulted in the one of the biggest snowball fights in Black Sheep history so be sure not to miss this!

The show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out our shows page for a look at all of the other shows coming up at Black Sheep.

This show at Poon Lagoon is gonna be ballin! All the way from way out of town, Be My Doppleganger is gonna be rockin out with some alternative punk jivvy jams. The rad folks from Champaign based Horrible Things will be indulging our breakfast punk cravings. Hospital Job will be playing as well and they’re sure to give a heart-warming, musically nourishing pop-punk set. Then to finish off the evening in a grand way, Nephrons will play some retirement home pop-punk, the kind that will make us feel delirious and wobbly in the best way possible.

This show is gonna be yet another classic in Poon Lagoon world, so come to this show on Saturday February 22nd and get your “swag and stab on”! This won’t cost any money but donations for the touring bands and charming locals are definitely welcome. Here’s the facebook event so check it out! Curious about other Springfield shows? We have a page for that, so definitely take a look at that as well and keep your eyes out for upcoming Black Sheep shows. 

Tonight is the third and final show of our three “Winter Weekend” shows at Black Sheep. Tonight will be the big GRAND FINALE of those shows and this is also our last show of the year at Black Sheep so let’s make it a good one and come out! Tonight we have the pop-punk all star band Hospital Job playing all of their old hits and probably a few new ones. We also have folk punk sweethearts Lovecow starting up the circle pits and all of the sing-a-longs. This show also features one gem of a touring band called Ravenhill from Southern Illinois. Don’t forget to come early to catch the crown jewel band Looming, who will be playing first before they head out to the bars of Springfield to play with the reunited Park.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5, as usual. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Don’t forget to check out our shows page for tons of shows that we have lined up for 2014.

Kicking off the Winter Party Weekend tonight we have the Belleville dream pop punkers coming through, the Cinema Verite, as well as locals Caterpillar Club, Meredosia, and The Science Of making their first Black sheep appearance.

The show starts at 7 p.m. and will be five bucks. The event page can be found here. Come out and have a good time bearing down for the ensuing permafrost of winter. Don’t forget that tonight will be the first of THREE holiday weekend shows at Black Sheep happening back-to-back-to-back, and for info on the other shows and all other shows coming up head over to our shows page.