We have a show happening at Black Sheep tonight, and it’s our third show in a row in a four-show series! This show will feature Indiana band on tour New Heart. New Heart has played here back in July of last summer. Also on tour and on this show is Ice Hockey from Quad Cities, Iowa. You might remember Ice Hockey from day 1 of Dumb Fest 3-D earlier this summer. The third touring band on this bill is a band called “NoxThanks” from Oklahoma. You can check out some of their music streaming on the player below. Then up before them we have the wild and crazy hardcore baby-band, Diaper Rash from right here in Springfield. And kicking things off we have the heavy sludge band Orator from Champaign/Urbana.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and for admission we are asking anywhere between $5 and $7. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep we are having another one of our monthly Black Sheep Open Mics! The open mics here have always been fun, and we are open to really anything happening on our stage! Tonight we have a pretty full lineup, but also some time slots that are waiting to be claimed.

9:45-10:00 – Validmall
9:30-9:45 – Eric Rogers
9:15-9:30 – Tyler Petitt
9:00-9:15 – Mario Cannamela
8:45-9:00 – Ian Winterbauer
8:30-8:45 – Devon Fluelen
8:15-8:30 – Rhys Hunter
8:00-8:15 – Pete Cassani (from Boston)
7:45-8:00 – (open)
7:30-7:45 – Matthew Brewes
7:15-7:30 – Pureheart
7:00-7:15 – (open)

Tonight’s lineup even includes a traveling musician from Botson (Pete Cassani)! There are also two slot still open tonight (7:00 and 8:00), open to whomever shows up to the show first and claims them.

Things tonight will start right at 7:00 pm. For this we will be taking donations of $1-5 for Black Sheep. There will also be a sale going on at Dumb Records next door of 15% off everything! Check out a facebook event for tonight right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

Coming up at Black Sheep on Thursday, November 5th we have a show announcement for you all! What show is this!? It’s a three-act show with a touring band from Louisiana. For this one we have the instrumental musical project, Fel Fae. The touring act on the bill is “Guts Club” from New Orleans. You can stream some of their music below to find out what they are all about. Then opening things up is another Fel Fae related act, and that is Nick Murphy playing solo-acoustic!

This show is set to start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $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 everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

With all of the craziness happening at Southtown record store Dumb Records this fall, we are officially calling out in need of volunteers and interns to work at our store! Earlier today we told you that we picked up all of the left over stock from Error Records, a store in Urbana that ended at the end of last month. With all of this craziness we are trying to not cut back on open hours this fall/winter and we need all of the help we can get!!

We are looking for volunteers and interns that would be able to pick up regular weekly shifts (usually four hours at a time) at Dumb Records, especially during the week. If interested you can get ahold of us at dumbrecs@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!