Tonight there are no shows going on at Black Sheep, but there is a sweet house show happening in Springfield that you can go to if you are looking for something to do on a Friday night. This show is happening at The Poon Lagoon, and if you don’t know where that is you might try looking around on the facebook event page, or ask a friend. Playing the show tonight is Springfield all star pop punkers Hospital Job. Before the pop punk we will be getting some feel-good rock from candy pop rockers Big Storm. Also on this show is the long running Springfield punk band The Timmys. And to top all of that off we have Nathan Leigh, a touring solo musician from Brooklyn, NY. You can check out some of his tunes below.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and is probably donation based or free. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a look at some shows coming up outside of Black Sheep.

Today is also another episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show! You can listen to that on 88.3 WQNA fm or stream it online at wqna.org. The show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. If you miss it you can always head over to our radio page to download all old episodes of The Black Sheep Radio Show.

Tonight it’s a Thursday night at Black Sheep and we have a nice and relaxing three-band show for you all. If you are looking for something to do after school or work tonight, The Black Sheep might not be a bad place to be. Tonight we have the indie/shoegaze band Cantalouper playing. They are from Columbia, Missouri and you can check out some of their tunes on the player below. Before they play we get to see a couple of bands local to Springfield. We have the poppy and video game influenced band Mystery Gift. Opening up the show tonight is the acoustic wrestling hero Paqui.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and costs $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. You can also see what else is coming up at Black Sheep by checking out our upcoming shows page.

Ladies and gents, we have a swell show for you this evening! All the way from Denton Texas, Two Knights will be playing some super uplifting, emo for us. Their tunes will make you want to tap your feet and feel things, so come out and support these guys while they tour! Speaking of feeling things, make sure to check out the local band Our Lady when they play tonight. These rad folks have some new and revamped tunes for us that will really strike deep. Another awesome rad, local emo band Wir Konnen will be playing tonight as well. It’s going to be their cassette release show! Patch Records is sponsoring these sad pups so get some tapes from them and check out their set! Here’s a sneak peak of one of their releases. Jessica Knight of Looming will be performing an acoustic set this evening that will make you feel swell inside, so make sure to check her out too!

This is going to be at 7pm. Make sure to bring $5 and check out the facebook event. To see what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep, check out our upcoming shows page and try to come out to as many as you can! Wear warm clothes.

Ladies and gentleman, ghouls and its, tonight is the night! Hobgob 2013 is here to take us away to eerie and faraway lands. Prepare to experience a show that will leave you spookified for weeks, my friends. It’s gonna be great!

The founders of the fest will be playing this evening, and they are NIL8. These are the hooligans that rounded up this fest way back in the day, and it’s still going strong! Their heavy punk music is rad and they’re sure to bring us a good show as always! Accompanying them this evening, we also have Soap Scum! These ghostly street rats are sure to fill the whole place with grime, trash and dirty punk tunes, so prepare to SLAM. Check it out, we’re also going to be featuring Looming this year! Their upbeat, heartwarming jams are going to balance everything perfectly so get ready to hop and stomp to their awesome new songs. To darken things up again, we’ll have Execution Techniques give us some crafty, spine-chilling harsh noise that’ll make your hair stand straight up. After that, we’ll be encouraged to find our inner ghoul as we hear from the fun punk band Orange Soda from Champaign. Featuring members of Dino Bravo and Kowabunga! Kid, they’re sure to play songs that’ll make you wiggle and shake till your bones wanna break. It’s uncanny how great this show is going to be! Check out the facebook event to see any other gory details you may desire to know.

There’s going to be a free clothing drive at Hobgob this year so bring all of your winter apparel and accessories that you don’t want anymore and let others enjoy them! Try to put some extra change in the donation jar if you can (all proceeds go to Blacksheep).

Costumes are encouraged but optional! Bring $5 and come to Black Sheep at 7:00 pm to kick it and slam out to the sounds of Hobgob 2013.

Last night was a lot of fun and tonight we get to go back to Black Sheep and do it all over again! This show is going to be tons of fun. We have Free At Last making their return from Springfield, Missouri right after they have played Gateway To The West Fest in St. Louis. You might have seen Free At Last play at Black Sheep this past July. If you missed that show, check out some of their music on the player embedded below! This show will also feature Springfield ska/punk all-star rockers Say Something. They will be sure to fire up the circle pit to a near maximum speed. Also playing this show is Naughtalus, who will be bringing the experimental and post rock. Then opening things up we have a brand new band called Schnozzberry Jam. Come find out what they are all about!

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also don’t forget to check out what else is coming up at Black Sheep on our shows page!

We got a rockin’ show for you tonight, folks! Opening things up here we got Mystery Gift, a local group with members of Mildred and Meredosia. What IS the mysterious gift? That’s the age-old question. Following Mystery Gift, we have have the two-piece garage rock group Yogi Beara. Following them, we have the lovely Paqui who will grace us with some wonderful tunes. After Paqui, we have a folk punk group from Arthur, IL called Old Fox Road. You can check out their stuff down below. Finally, closing off the night, we have the beloved rockin’ and rollin’ Big Storm.

This rock and roll show starts at 7:00 pm (be there or be square, hippies) and costs 5 buckaroos. You can check it out on the Facebook right here, and be sure to check out all of the other shows going on this year including Hobgob!

Tonight’s going to be a big rad show. We’re going to be featuring Hometown Heavyweights as our headliner. They’re going to be playing some pop-punk tunes for us tonight, perhaps mixed in with some ambient and/or hardcore stuff. Come check them out, they’ve never headlined a show before so bring some support! We’ll also be featuring Ashland, which is an energetic alternative pop-punk band that played Black Sheep back in June. If you didn’t get to see them then, come check their stuff out tonight! While they set up, check out Old Fox Road and their acoustic jams!

Another band playing tonight is called In Exile. They’re going to be bringing us some rock tunes all the way from Chicago, so check them out and stick around! Capys (Kathys) will be playing tonight too and they’ll be producing some instrumental glory to change the pace up a little bit. After them, pull up your britches and get ready for the local punkers in RDNT! They always provide an amusing show and a good set. Austin Connelly of Wir Konnen and Montagh will also be giving us some acoustic jams tonight, so come out to the Black Sheep Cafe at 7 pm and pay only $5 to see all of this! Here’s the facebook event, and make sure to check out the other shows coming up in the spooky days to come. Here’s a taste of what tonight will bring!

Here’s the show we’ve got going on tonight! We’re featuring Triple Stitch, who will bring us some hardcore rock n’ roll tunes all the way from Minnesota. Another band we’ve got is the ever entertaining Must Build Jacuzzi, which is a ska-core band from Peoria, so make sure to check them out. Someone else you’ll be able to hear is Clint Kesinger, who’ll be coming from St. Louis to bring us Good Times this evening. He played the September 22 show, so you’ll be able to see him perform if you weren’t able to make that one. He has some rad, loungey, indie-folk tunes to play for us and he has a free EP up for download. Check his stuff out and make sure to catch his set tonight, along with all the others! The fourth set we’ll feature tonight is the super swell and rusty folk-rock of Joshua Powell. This is the brand of folk rock that brings an old time feel to the room, which is not common so check it out at this show tonight!

It’s going to be at 7pm and will cost you $5 so come out to the Black Sheep and hear the rad jams. Here’s the facebook event and make sure to check out the other shows coming up in the weeks to come! Here’s the Good Times EP for your listening pleasure.

Tonight’s the night! Tonight is going to be a great finale to the long run of shows that we have been having at the end of September. After this there aren’t any shows scheduled until October 11th so you better come out and enjoy the last bit of summer heat while you can! Tonight features local touring emo superstars Our Lady, who will be playing their first show since Black Sheep Fest. Let’s all come out and show our support! There are also a couple of touring bands on this show. There will be the talented screamo band Lord Snow from Chicago. They just put out a new full-length which you can check out below. Lord Snow will be touring with My Dad. Who’s dad? Nobody’s dad, the band My Dad! My Dad played at Black Sheep this past February, so this will be their return show. Also playing this show is Dumb Fest band Yusuke from Bloomington/Peoria IL. They were the first band to play on the Skanks stage of Dumb Fest in June. To top that all off we have the newer Springfield band Mystery Gift opening up the show for us. All of that should be loads of fun.

The show tonight starts right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find the facebook event for the show right here, and don’t forget to check our shows page for what other shows are coming up at Black Sheep!