Looks like we have a show announcement today for a show that is coming up right around the corner on Saturday, February 21st, which is actually in less than two weeks! This show is going to have something for everybody. For this show we have the long running Springfield punk rock band, The Timmys. The Timmys released their Dude, Girl EP last year. Also on this show is the return of the St. Louis punk band, The Haddonfields. You can check out some music for The Haddonfields streaming below. The last time The Haddonfields played at Black Sheep was on November of 2013. They also played with The Rackatees that night (from Kansas City), and The Rackatees are also playing the show here on February 21st. On top of all of that we have Milwaukee’s Estates, who last played here this past summer when they released a split 7″ with Springfield band Our Lady. To top the show off, we will get yet another performance by the mysterious Springfield baby band, Diaper Rash.

This show will start at 7:00 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 where you can take a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

Here’s a cool show that’s happening at Black Sheep on Monday, April 13th! It features a glob a punk with a little touch of ska, ambience, and hardcore. For this show we have the band All People coming from New Orleans, Louisiana. All People play a sort of experimental punk/reggae fusion type stuff. You can check out some of their music streaming below. Also on this show is the Springfield hardcore band Asthma. We also have Night/Hex– the ambient/shoegaze project featuring members of War Magic that started off as a recording project but have recently begun playing shows. Looks like opening things up we have everyone’s favorite local ska/punk kids, Bad Banshee.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. Be on the lookout for a facebook event for the show very soon. In the meantime, check out our shows page for a complete look at everything coming up in Southtown in the coming months.

Looks like we are all the way to April show announcements now, and it also looks like that on Saturday, April 11th we have a stacked bill for a metal show at Black Sheep featuring six whole bands! That’s right, on this day we have the progressive metal band Sirens coming from Terra Haute, Indiana. Check out their music on the player embedded below. This show will also feature a stacked bill of bands from around the area, including the melodic hardcore band Uncertainties from Champaign/Urbana. We also have the very first show of a brand new metal band called Xenosapien, featuring members from both Springfield and Bloomington/Normal. Make sure to come and catch what they are all about. Before that is another Central Illinois band called Portals, playing some of the best Deathcore around. We also have the return of Central Illinois band Noesis, who recently played at Black Sheep earlier this year. Topping that all off at band number six is the Canton, Illinois metal band called Between Fate and Fearless.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be just $5 for six bands (less than $1 per band). You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a complete look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

It’s time to mix things up again here at Black Sheep headquarters. Here on Friday, March 13th we have a great mixed-genre show that is going to mix things up real good for us all. Headlining this show is a dance/electro-pop act from Texas called The Historians (pictured above). You can check out what that group sounds like by listening to the music on the player at the bottom of this post (it’s dance-y). Also on the show is a Galesburg two-piece pop punk project called Pillow Fight. Pillow Fight features members of plenty of bands that have played at Southtown before including Genovia Forever, Occultonomy, and Rat Storm. Then we have a powerpop band coming from Peoria called Arcade At Midnight. We also have your favorite local ska-punk band, Bad Banshee. We have been told that opening this show up will be a brand new Springfield project called Fel Fae which we know nothing about. Make sure to come early to see what that is all about!

The 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 look at what else is coming up in Southtown in the coming months.

Today we have some updates on a show happening on Monday, February 23rd that we announced earlier last month. First off, you can check out that beautiful flier (pictured above) that was not there the first time we announced the show. Second, the band Cruelster from Cleveland, Ohio has been added to the show’s lineup, making for four great hardcore and punk bands for a super slammin’ good time. For those of you unfamiliar with Cruelster, they were one of the bands who played day one of Dumb Fest 2 last summer. You can check out some of their music streaming below. The other three bands still playing this show are Safety Word, Asthma, and Sgt. Karate.

This show will still start at 7:00 pm and cost $5 for entry. You can check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can look at every show that is coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.