Whoops! There is a show going on at Black Sheep tonight and sorry we are a little late on letting you all know! The show tonight features four bands. One of them is touring from Alabama, and that is Joyboy from Birmingham. Check out their music streaming on the player below. This will be a good mixed genre show as we have Vonne also on the bill playing their feel good pop music. Up before that is a brand new Bloomington/Normal project called BITE, and opening things up looks like we have the mean and nasty angry hardcore band GRINN from Springfield.

All of this kicks off tonight at 7:00 pm. Don’t let the cold weather deter you from going, things will be cozy warm inside of Black Sheep! Admission is $5. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can see what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming weeks.

It’s a rare show inside of our record store Dumb Records tonight as part of our busy weekend full os shows! Tonight we have a stellar folk / Americana show lined up for you ears. We have Doc Otis coming to play in the store tonight from St. Louis. You can check out their music streaming on the player below. We also have the two piece folk rock band from Springfield Ragna Rye performing- they were just recently featured on the last episode of The Studio Show. Then also from St. Louis rolling in we have the Rabble Rouser Thing Band. Opening things up we have solo acoustic performer Andy Krisak from the area.

For this show we are asking of donations of $5 to go to the touring acts. We also have a sale going on- 20% off everything in the store during the show! Check out a facebook event for all of that right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up at Black Sheep and Dumb Records in the near future.

Sunday night, and there is another show happening at Black Sheep tonight! Thanks to all who came out to the Black Sheep band lotto at Black Sheep last night, we sure had a lot of fun and it was great to see all five bands perform. Tonight is going to be an intense punk show- we have the band Bad Example touring from Birmingham, Alabama tonight. Check out their tape put out on local label Ooey Gooey Tapes streaming below. We also have Springfield hardcore jumpsuit band Livin’ Thing playing tonight. Then also from out of town is The Bug– returning to Springfield for the first time since their legendary barn show as part of Dumb Fest 4-Ever this past summer. Opening things up we have newer space alien hardcore band “Starlorde.” It’s also Starlorde’s tape release show!

T0night’s show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can check out an event page for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look on everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

We do have a show happening at Black Sheep tonight- it’s going to be a loud and angry punk/hardcore show so lookout! Now that we’ve made our statement about the election and where we stand on things it’s time to move forward into the rest of 2016 and 2017 stronger and harder than ever. Taking place tonight we have the band Toxic Womb from Columbus, Ohio. You can check out their debut tape streaming on the player below. We also have out of town act Gnargoyle from Champaign/Urbana on the bill! They recently just released a “shitty splitty” with the Springfield baby band Diaper Rash. Before that is the hardcore band from out of this world- Starlorde. And opening things up we have GRINN, who were just our guests on the Black Sheep Radio Show yesterday.

This show starts 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 look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep before the end of this year.

Tonight is going to be a pretty big night for Southtown and The Black Sheep community as we get together for the final show of local band Our Lady. Our Lady has been active since 2009/2010 and has gone through many lineup changes, have been continuously touring the country, and have put out a number of releases throughout the years including three on vinyl. Tonight they will be playing one last final show at Black Sheep. Their final album Lure also just recently came out and you can find that streaming on the player below. The band should have copies of the new album at the show. Also playing this show is a few other bands that Our Lady have toured with in the past. This includes Lume from Chicago who will be playing tonight. It also includes Louisville Kentucky’s The Foxery, who we hear have recently changed their name to “Pleasures of the Flesh.” Starting things off is Estates from Milwaukee, who are no strangers to the Black Sheep stage.

All of this starts at 7:00 pm tonight and admission 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 fall/winter.

Tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep that we can hardly hold our excitement for! Tonight we have the band Sonic Avenues coming from Montreal, Canada. Sonic Avenues play some type of garage rock n’ roll music and have worked with labels Dirtnap, Blow The Fuse, Dead Broke, Sabotage, Taken By Surprise, Hosehead, P.Trash, Going Gaga, Ricochet Sound all in the past. You can stream their newest and fourth full length album on the player below. In addition to Sonic Avenues, this show will also be the debut of a new Springfield band called Starter Jackets, featuring members of Hospital Job. Opening things up we have the hip hop / electronic project Animals With Human Names and will be it!

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 good look at all of the other shows coming up at Black Sheep the rest of the fall.

There is a show happening tonight at Black Sheep! Did we even get the chance to announce this show on our site? Not sure! Tonight is a five-band mega show featuring some emo, pop-punk, post-hardcore and we aren’t sure what else. Tonight is the first day of tour for bands Welcome Home and Ashland. Welcome Home are from St. Louis – stream some of their music on the player below. Ashland is also from the Central Illinois areas and have played at Black Sheep a couple of times before. One of the bigger bands playing tonight is Sidelined from Newton, Illinois. It’s been while (since 2013) since they have played at Black Sheep- they also played the first Renae reunion show back in 2011 here at Black Sheep. Early on in the show we have familiar post-rock/emo band Krelboyne from Champaign/Urbana and the local pop group Vonne opening things up for us.

The show tonight starts a tad bit earlier at 6:30 pm. Admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for the show tonight 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 weeks.

Good afternoon! Is it too late for us to tell you there is a show happening at Black Sheep tonight? This show is to be for “fans of diet indie and garage pop,” but really you will probably have a good time no matter what you are a fan of. For this show we have the indie punk band Schwervon from Shawnee, Kansas. You can find their music streaming on the player below. Then we also have the spooky garage pop band SAP, from right here in our own backyard. Then up is nothing but Nectar from Champaign/Urbana Illinois. Opening things up for this one we have a solo performance by Kate Ridge from right here in town.

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 where you can have a good look at all of the shows coming up at Black Sheep this fall.