Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting Tonight

Posted on April 15, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we will be hosting the second of this year’s monthly roundtable meetings. The meeting will be taking place tonight at Black Sheep at 7:00 pm. Everyone and anyone is welcomed come, even if you feel you might not have anything to contribute. We plan on continuing our roundtable meetings on a monthly basis to discuss things we can do to improve our venue and music community.

or a recap of how the last roundtable meeting went, check out this post. Also check out our get involved page on our site to see what else you might be able to do to get involved with the Southtown community.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Asthma, All People, Bad Banshee, NIGHT/HEX

Posted on April 13, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey everyone, happy Monday the 13th. We have a nice wholesome show at Black Sheep tonight, so don’t even worry about deciding to hate today because now you have something to look forward to. The breezy cool and enjoyable electronic tunes of NIGHT/HEX, which can be streamed in the player below, will start the evening off. Also playing will be the local spa skunk goth kids in Bad Banshee to jazz up a huge storm and frizz our hair back into style. Next is a band you won’t want to miss called All People of Community Records, hailing all the way from New Orleans. They’ll be jamming out some soulful punky pop tunes to get us in the groove so make sure to give them a listen! Finally, Asthma will be playing some hardcore punker stuff to end this Monday night off in a blaze of love.

That’s that, so come out to the show! It starts at 7:00 pm and the door fee will be $5. To find out more information or motivation, visit the facebook event page and make sure not to miss out on any other upcoming shows that Black Sheep will be having. Speaking of things that will be upcoming, we have a Black Sheep roundtable meeting coming up on Wednesday! Everyone and anyone is invited, so check out the details and make sure not to miss it!

Roundtable Meeting at Black Sheep This Wednesday, April 15th

Posted on April 12, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

The time has come to plan the next Black Sheep roundtable meeting, after a successful one took place last month. We plan on continuing our roundtable meetings on a monthly basis to discuss things we can do to improve our venue and music community. The next roundtable meeting will be help this upcoming Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to join us, even if you feel you don’t have anything to contribute to the discussion.

For a recap of how the last roundtable meeting went, check out this post. Also check out our get involved page on our site to see what else you might be able to do to get involved with the Southtown community.

Wrest: Experimental Jazz at Dumb Records April 20th

Posted on April 12, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

April 20th keeps getting cooler and cooler. We’re proud to announce the performance of Wrest, an experimental art trio from Pennsylvania. The trio’s features saxophone, drums and double bass focusing the creative aspects of improvisation, which is the act of performing music without prior preparation. Each Wrest performance is unique to that evening’s show. This will be a truly unique experience.

The show will start at 7:00 pm inside of Dumb Records. The door cover will be $8. If you are participating in the other events happening this evening, entry will be only $3. Be sure to keep up with this and other shows right here.

SOHO 11 Downtown Springfield June 5-7th, Black Sheep Stage June 6th

Posted on April 11, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Since spring is here, it is time to start planning big time for all of those summer festivals- including all of the downtown festivals happening in downtown Springfield this summer. The lineup for SOHO 11 has just been announced, and will be happening on June 5th, 6th, and 7th. This SOHO is a special one because Black Sheep will be hosting our very own stage one day of the festival on Saturday, June 6th. This year the festival will once again be attempting to break the record for the world’s largest rock band (you can find more info on that right here). There are a lot of bands playing the festival this year, here are just the ones playing the Black Sheep stage on June 6th along with time slots:

1:00 – 1:30 – Kickstart
3:00 – 3:30 – The Science Of
4:00 – 4:30 – Blind Social
5:30 – 6:00 – Wir Können
7:00 – 7:30 – The Locals
8:30 – 9:00 – Hospital Job
10:00 – 10:30 – Looming

Check out the SOHO 11 facebook event right here, where you can also take a look at all of the other acts playing all of the other different stages. Also be sure to check out our Springfield shows page for a look at some shows happening in Springfield outside of Black Sheep.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Sirens, Uncertainties, The Beauty in Her Eyes, Portals, Noesis

Posted on April 11, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s Saturday! Tonight, Black Sheep will be featuring acts that range all over the hardcore spectrum, so check out this lineup. To start the night off will be Noesis, a metalcore band hailing from Central Illinois with a sound that will knock you out. To follow, Portals will be taking the stage to shake the dust off of the walls with their heavy jams. Also playing tonight will be The Beauty in Her Eyes, which is an emotional deathcore band coming from Bloomington, IL, whose music you can stream in the player below. Melodic and progressive hardcore band Uncertainties of Champaign will keep things going with their hardcore tunes to stir things up. Finally, the headliner tonight will be no one other than Sirens, coming all the way from Indiana to rock the place out with progressive metal jams that will end things off with a bang.

This show will be tonight at 7pm, with a door fee of $5. Make sure to support all of these touring bands, and stick around for the awesome sets they will be performing! For more information, check out the facebook event page. To see other upcoming shows happening at Black Sheep, check out our upcoming shows page to get the details.

May 18th at Black Sheep: The Treasure Fleet, Hospital Job, F///\\\M, The Locals

Posted on April 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today, we’re excited to announce a literal “out of this world” show. The cosmos’ premier rock-operaists Treasure Fleet will be making a stop at Black Sheep on Monday, May 18th. The cosmic punk quintet borrows pages from Bowie, Neu! and Sagan to take listeners on a unique, interstellar pop journey. You can check out their newest album, short film and manifesto “The Sun Machine” on Entertainment Weekly’s website. The astronautical experience will be rounded by Earth based acts Hospital Job, F///\\\M and The Locals.

The adventure will be starting at 7pm, and will cost $6 to join. Astronauts hardly stop through South Town, so you’ll surely not want to miss this rare Earth expedition. For more information, visit the Facebook event. Interested in other sciencey things? Check out all the future lectures and adventures right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Hospital Job, Say Something, Like…With Jetpacks, Paqui

Posted on April 10, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Friday is upon us once again everyone, and tonight we have an all local showcase lined up! Starting the night off will be the acoustic, solo songs of Paqui to set the bar for some heartfelt times. Following Paqui’s set will be the whiz kids in video-game inspired rock band Like… With Jetpacks, which you can stream in the player below. Everyone’s favorite hardcore ska band Say Something will follow suit to rock our socks off like it’s nobody’s business. Lastly, to whisk the night away will be Springfield’s all star pop-punk band Hospital Job to take the stage and blow our minds in record time. This energetic line-up will lift the spirits of us all- so come out to enjoy some rad jams and good company, and bring a few extra bucks to help support Black Sheep!

The show will start at 7pm, bring $5.00 for the door fee. Here’s a link to the facebook event. Don’t forget to check out the player below to stream some cool tunes, and make sure to check out all the upcoming shows we’ll be having!

Videos: Ghost Mice at Black Sheep

Posted on April 9, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have some true video footage of the two-piece Plan-It-X Records band Ghost Mice performing at Black Sheep this past Friday April 3rd. You can check out the video of Ghost Mice playing their song “Samhain” below. The song appears on an upcoming Plan-It-X Records compilation which also features Springfield band Looming.

You can also check out a good amount of photos and videos from bands and shows over the years at Black Sheep on our vids/pics page.

May 8th at Black Sheep: Diaper Rash, Eli Whitney & The Sound Machine, Freya Wilcox, The Locals

Posted on April 9, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Looks like we have a show coming up in about a month at Black Sheep on Friday, May 8th that should be a good one. This show will feature Springfield thrash-rocking masked babies, Diaper Rash. We also have a couple of acts coming from out of town. We have a New York-based ska/punk band called Eli Whitney & The Sound Machine. Stream some of their music on the player embedded below. They will be touring with the blues/punk act Freya Wilcox, who is originally from Australia. Opening things up will be a performance by Springfield three-piece pop band The Locals.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $6. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our shows page where you can view a list of shows and events coming up at Black Sheep.