September 30th at Black Sheep: Tinderbox Circus Sideshow, GUSH, Diaper Rash

Posted on September 13, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder this fall, today we are announcing that we have a literal circus coming to Black Sheep on Wednesday, September 30th. That’s right, the Tinderbox Circus Sideshow is a traveling circus based out of Kentucky and you can catch them here at Black Sheep on September 30th. Their act includes The Human Blockhead, Glass Walking, the Bed of Nails, Fire Eating, The Human Pincushions, The Human Crazy Straw, Body Piercing Weight Lifting, Balancing on Wine Glasses, Straight-Jacket Escapes & More! This sounds like something not to miss! On top of that we will also have a performance by the local hardcore band, GUSH and also the out of control baby band, Diaper Rash! Stream GUSH’s new demo on the player below.

The circus show will start at 7:00 pm like a normal show and for admission we are asking anywhere between $5 and $8. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this very weird fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Southtown Poetry Slam

Posted on September 13, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep something a little different is happening- there will be the first ever Southtown Poetry Slam taking place! Join us for a night focused around poetry, being put on by Sala Creative Association. Proceeds for this show will also go to benefit Sala, which you can find more about right here. The poetry slam tonight will be broken up into a few different segments. From 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm there will be an open mic, which anyone is able to come up and perform poetry. Then from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm we will have a few guest speakers which includes Scott Faingold of the band Epsom, and Aubrey Puyear of Honey/Suck. Then from 9:00 pm until the rest of the night will be the poetry “slam”, where some poets will be going head to head.

The poetry slam tonight starts at 7:00 pm, and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep.

September 27th at Black Sheep: Jessica Knight, Patrick Russell, Nick Murphy, Kristin Walker, Clare Frachey, Quincy Curran

Posted on September 12, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

On Sunday, September 27th we have quite the show that is being called “The End of The World Acoustic Show” because it’s the end of the world and something to do with solar eclipses. There is quite the lineup of acoustic performers for this show. We have Jessica Knight of the band Looming doing a solo set. Before that is Patrick Russell, who does not play in any bands currently, but is one of the ones behind The Legacy Theater in town, and also used to play in Springfield band “I,Riejah” which played at Skank Skates in the 1990’s. Before Patrick is Nick Murphy of bands Fel Fae and Garter. Before Nick is a solo set by Kristin Walker formerly of Bad Banshee. Then is a set by Clare Frachey of SAP. And kicking things off is a set by Quincy Curran of the band Mystery Gift.

This show will 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 look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall and after the end of the world.

Today at Black Sheep: Midwest Sadfest 2

Posted on September 12, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Things are cooling down outside, but they sure aren’t slowing down here at Black Sheep! Today we have a fifteen-band festival happening here at Black Sheep called Midwest Sadfest. It is the second year the festival is happening, but the first time for it to happen here in Southtown. Let’s take a look at the full lineup for today:

Ashland
Old Fox Road
The Locals
WARRS
Odd One Out
Lucid
Lavender
Drained
Jr. Clooney
LifeWithout
Lobby Boxer
Einsam / The Punchline Kids
Oakwood Estate
Krelboyne
Cody Carpenter

The lineup features a few bands from Springfield and nearby areas, and a number from St. Louis. You can check out music from the band Ashland (from Central, Illinois) streaming below. Things will kick off today at 2:00 pm. The festival costs just $8 to get into ($8 for 15 bands)! Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Say Something, Come Out Fighting, The Purps, Panzys

Posted on September 11, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s a Friday night and we have a show tonight at Black Sheep! It is a five band punk show featuring a few touring acts. For this show we have Say Something– the frantic local punk band that rarely plays shows! Then from Detroit, Michigan we have the band Come Out Fighting. Stream some of their music below. Come Out Fighting last played here at Black Sheep back in January. This time around they will be on tour with a band called “The Purps,” also from Michigan. Then before them we have the Champaign hardcore punk band Fifty Year Storm. And opening things up straight from Springfield is the rowdy punk band, Panzys.

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 where you can find out what’s going on here in the coming months.

October 24th at Black Sheep: HOBGOB 2015 with LEFTOVER CRACK, NIL8, Days N Daze, All Torn Up, The Incorporated

Posted on September 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

With October just around the corner, it is finally time for us to announce our BIG plans for a Halloween show this season! This year we will not be hosting a show on Halloween, but instead exactly one week before on Saturday, October 24th we will be hosting the all ages Hobgoblinspookadelic! Each year’s Hobgob show features long running Springfield punk band NIL8. Hobgob hasn’t been hosted at The Black Sheep since a couple of years back in 2013. We are thrilled to be hosting the show this year and have QUITE the lineup of touring bands to go along with. We have the band LEFTOVER CRACK from New York on this incredible bill. Leftover Crack and previous band Choking Victim featuring members of the same band, could be described as pioneers of the “crack rock steady” genre of music, and are extremely heavy hitters in the world of crust punk and ska punk. Leftover Crack will be heading here on tour with two other bands as part of their “Cracktoberfest” tour. The other two acts are Days N Daze from Texas, and All Torn Up from New York. Opening the show is the Central Illinois band The Incorporated.

This show will start at 7:00 pm. For this one we are doing $10 for tickets purchased in advance, and tickets will be sold for $12 at the door. To purchase tickets in advance, you can do so online right here, or also pick them up from Dumb Records during store hours (12-8pm every day). Find a facebook event for this one right here! And check out our shows page to see what else is coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Tonight at South Town Studio: GUSH, Baja & The Blasters, Soy Babies

Posted on September 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight we have a wild & crazy Baja Blast theme-d show happening up at South Town Studio, which is also kicking off shows for five days in a row here in Southtown this weekend! Tonight we have the Springfield hardcore band GUSH, who just played a show and released their first cassette Monday night. We also have Baja & The Blasters coming on tour from Texas. You can stream some of Baja & The Blasters’s music on the player below. The Blasters will be on tour with Soy Babies also from Texas. Check out a sneak peak of that band right here.

All we have tonight is the three bands! The show will start at 7:00 pm up in the studio 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 look at everything else coming up this fall in Southtown.

Black Sheep Band Lotto on November 21st

Posted on September 8, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Ever since the first Black Sheep Band Lotto was a tremendous success last summer, a lot of you have been asking if we will ever do another band lotto. Well guess what, we will be having a band lotto again and it will be happening this fall! The time to put your name in the box for the second ever Black Sheep band lotto is now! There is a box (pictured above) right now inside Dumb Records that is there for band lotto submissions.

What is Black Sheep Band Lotto? For band lotto, we have a box where anyone who is interested can submit their own name. After names are submitted, we will draw names in groups of 4’s and 5’s. The randomly drawn groups then have the task of getting a band together to perform one show. It is up to the groups who plays what instrument or what the band is like.

This year we will have the box inside Dumb Records for anyone to submit their own name, and we will draw the names at the Black Sheep Anniversary show on September 18th. The band lotto show will then be held almost two months from then on Saturday, November 21st.

What’s going to be different about this year’s band lotto? Last year was a huge success, but we had a lot of submissions from people at last year’s band lotto that didn’t follow through with getting together with bandmates, etc. This year we have a nice warning label on our box! It warns everyone that submitting your name to band lotto is a commitment, and it will mean you might get drawn with people you don’t like! You will likely have to know how to play an instrument, or be prepared to have to hunt down gear and spend hours learning one! You will have to communicate with other band members and likely get together with them once a week, and likely figure out practice times, practice spaces, gear, and other things!

Good luck!

Tonight at Black Sheep: G.L.O.S.S., Asthma, Garter, GUSH

Posted on September 7, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Labor Day today, which means a lot of you don’t have school or work! That means you only have one thing to do today, and that is to go to the show happening tonight at Black Sheep! Tonight is going to be a great one, because we have the band G.L.O.S.S. coming all the way from Olympia, Washington. If you don’t know what G.L.O.S.S. is all about, you can stream their music on the player below. We also have a great group of local bands playing tonight, including the hardcore band Asthma who looks like are playing their last show for a while. We also have Garter, who just released their five-song demo online earlier this week and this will be the tape release show for that. We also have GUSH, who also will be releasing a demo cassette at this show.

Tonight the show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $6-8 sliding scale. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can take a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the upcoming months.

Videos: Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes @ Black Sheep 8-21-15

Posted on September 6, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a video of the Indiana-based band Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes performing at Black Sheep a few weeks back in August. The band had played Springfield a number of times before and this was their first time performing at Black Sheep. You can check out the video of them performing their song “That’s Just Gross” streaming below. You can hear the recorded version of this song on the Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes bandcamp page right here.

Also check out our vids/pics page for a number of other videos and many many photos taken from over the course of Black Sheep’s ten years of being a venue.