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Black Sheep Fest 2016 Planned for August 6th

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Today we are giving you just a little heads up with the official date for Black Sheep Fest 2016– our 9th ever annual all-local fest highlighting Black Sheep and Springfield local music. The festival this year will be happening on Saturday, August 6th– just a little bit later than the past few fests which have been held the last weekend of July. We are not announcing any bands today, we might have the lineup posted inside Black Sheep at Dumb Fest 4-Ever this weekend coming up, and will announce it here on our site soon after. This year you can probably expect somewhere around 15 local acts playing, and the lineup is already booked.

Check out photos from last year’s fest (like the one above, taken by AJWF photography) right here on our flickr page.

Dumb Fest 4-Ever ONE WEEK AWAY

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Could you believe it, we are just one week away from all of the fun and madness that is Dumb Fest 4-Ever, happening on June 10th, 11th and 12th. Above you can see all the different fliers of shows that are making up the festival this year, which will surely be the biggest Dumb Fest yet. The shows will be held at Black Sheep, Skank Skates, Dumb Records, South Town Studio, Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s, and possibly a few other secret locations. Head over to the Dumb Fest facebook event for a good look at the full schedule, and list of who’s playing. Head over to our Dumb Fest 4 page for a look at links to listen to all of the bands music. We’ll be back a couple of days before the fest with exact set times for each of the bands playing.

Dumb Fest gold passes can still be purchased online right here or at Dumb Records until 5:00 pm on Thursday. People who purchase tickets online will have their names on a will-call list at the door, you will not need a physical ticket.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Spooky Poo, Gadget, Terribly Happy, Old Fox Road, Moondead, Sammy & The Punk

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Tonight there is a show happening at Black Sheep, and it’s a benefit show for a stroke victim which we told you about just a couple of days ago. We have a whole six bands on this one, of all different types of genres so it is sure to be a good time had by all. Top of the bill, (going first? or last? we are not sure on the order of bands tonight) is Spooky Poo, who made a recent appearance at our last open mic. Check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We have another Decatur project related to Spooky Poo called “Gadget” playing for the first time at Black Sheep. Then coming from Peoria and also familiar to the Black Sheep stage is pop punk band Terribly Happy. Then we have the Champaign/Urbana area folk punk rocker band Old Fox Road. We also have Moondead. And last but not least is Sammy And The Punk.

This show is starting promptly at 7:00 pm and admission for this is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have coming up at Black Sheep this summer!

Black Sheep Battle of the Bands July 9th

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It’s on! Time to announce our next battle of the bands happening at Black Sheep before we get behind on things. This year it’s happening on Saturday, July 9th and this will the our 4th? 5th?? battle of the bands that we have put on in our eleven years of being a venue. Right now we are hard on the hunt looking for new and younger bands that would be a good fit for the battle. Ideally the point of this is to give younger and newer bands (from the Springfield area) an opportunity to play our space that wouldn’t normally have that chance, and to introduce some of those younger bands and musicians to our music scene.

This year’s battle of the bands will operate similar to the past few years, there will be two prizes awarded both to a crowd’s choice and a judge’s choice. The crowd’s choice award will be given a spot on Black Sheep Fest, which is happening this year on August 6th. The judges choice will be given free recording time at Black Sheep or in South Town Studio (not with Brandon Carnes this time around, but we are still working out the kinks!). There will be a special judges panel set up for the battle, we will be letting you know the judges soon.

So far we do have a coule of bands on the lineup for this and those include Spooky Poo from Decatur, Stems from Taylorville and Skunkworks from Jacksonville, both nearby Springfield. Expect more bands to be added to the lineup. If you are in a band that would be a good fit for this or know of one, go ahead and email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com! The Battle of the Bands again is happening on Saturday, July 9th. The show will start at 6:00 pm and admission for those not playing in bands is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this summer.

July 2nd at Black Sheep: Fill In The Blank, The Great Indoors, Tomorrowz End, Stereo Static, The Locals

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Show announcement of the day right here, we have a show happening on Saturday, July 2nd which will be the new album release show for Fill In The Blank. The band has a new album dropping for this show being called I Heart Mom. We have another four bands on the bill, including “The Great Indoors” and “Tomorrowz End” neither of which have played at Black Sheep before from what we know of, so expect some new things! We also have Stereo Static on the bill, the new alternative/pop-punk project. Then opening things up for this show is the three-piece pop group The Locals.

This show is another 7:00 pm and $5 entry show. You can check out a facebook event for this show 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.

The Suction Cups: “Do They Walk Among Us?”

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It’s the second day in a row we are coming at you with a hard-hitting Springfield release, this one coming from the surf-infused punk band The Suction Cups which started up late last year. The Suction Cups feature members of Ragna Rye, Bad Banshee, and Fel Fae and this is their first release entitled Do They Walk Among Us?. You can stream the eight-track release on the player below or head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can download the whole thing for $6.66. This was also one of the last few releases recorded by Brandon Carnes up in South Town Studio before he left town and moved to Pittsburg.

The Suction Cups will be playing in town next at Dumb Fest 4-Ever for the early show on day 3 of the fest at Black Sheep, Sunday June 12th. Catch them at 11:00 am, the earliest any band has ever played at Black Sheep.

June 3rd at Black Sheep [Friday]: Benefit Show

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Oh boy, now it’s time for us to catch up on those show announcements and get our shows calendar back up to date. This weekend a lot of the fun is going to be happening downtown at SOHO Music Festival, but we do have a show happening at Black Sheep on Friday night (in just two days) that is going to be a benefit for a stroke victim. We have a whole six bands on this one, of all different types of genres so it is sure to be a good time had by all. Top of the bill, (going first? or last? we are not sure) is Spooky Poo, who made a recent appearance at our last open mic. Check out some of their music streaming on the player below. We have another Decatur project related to Spooky Poo called “Gadget” playing for the first time at Black Sheep. Then coming from Peoria and also familiar to the Black Sheep stage is pop punk band Terribly Happy. Then we have the Champaign/Urbana area folk punk rocker band Old Fox Road. We also have Moondead. And last but not least is Sammy And The Punk.

This show is starting promptly at 7:00 pm and admission for this is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else we have coming up at Black Sheep this summer!

Say Something: Black Coffee Black Cats

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Alright, sorry we’ve been a little lacking in the news here at Black Sheep / Dumb headquarters the past few days, it’s time for us to jump back into action! What a better way to do that than with this rocket fuel-infused new six-track EP from Springfield punk band Say Something. The band’s newest release, Black Coffee Black Cats was one of the last things recorded by Brandon Carnes up in South Town Studio before he left for Pittsburg. You can stream the release on the player below or head over to the band’s bandcamp page where you can download the EP at your own price.

Say Something currently do not have any shows lined up, but we will be sure to let you know when they do.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Livin’ Thing, Animals With Human Names, Sweet Bippy, Shark Week, Blue Parks

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Tonight at Black Sheep we have a show and clothing drive going on! The clothing drive is starting at 5:30 pm, and bands will be playing at 7:00 pm. Let’s go over the bands playing tonight and then we will talk about how the clothing drive is going to work. The show lineup tonight features the arena rock dress-up jumpsuit costume classic rock band Livin’ Thing. It also includes the solo hip hop project – Animals With Human Names– who will be playing at Black Sheep for the second time. Stream some of Animals With Human Names’s music below. Also on the show is two-man electric ukulele project Sweet Bippy. We also have Shark Week. And opening things up is a solo set by Blue Parks.

The show is at 7:00 pm, but the clothing drive will be happening a bit earlier at Black Sheep, at 5:30 pm and going up until the show. Bring whatever used clothes you want! Everyone is welcome to drop off any clothes and also take any clothes that they feel they can use! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.

Tonight at Black Sheep: NIHIL, GUSH, Torture Trend

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There’s another show happening tonight at Black Sheep and it looks like this one is only going to be three bands since one of them dropped off, so it is going to go by quick! Tonight we have the Boston-based hardcore band “NIHIL” performing, and you can stream some of their music on the player below. Then we have a couple of local acts opening. We have GUSH, they angry Springfield hardcore band. Then opening things up is the first Black Sheep performance from Torture Trend- a new band featuring members of GUSH and Livin’ Thing. Looks like All Gore has dropped from the bill, but that’s okay.

The show tonight starts at 6:00 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 the rest of this spring/summer.