Tonight at Donnie’s Homespun: Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg

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There is a huge all ages show going on tonight at the newest Springfield music venue: Donnie’s Homespun!  Who’s excited?! Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg featuring Marky Ramone of the Ramones and Michael Graves of the Misfits will be performing.  Other bands include Action Bastard and Soy City Stranglers.  The cover is $15 and show starts at 8:00 pm.  Come check out the new music venue and all the work that has been put in to the place!

We also have other upcoming Donnie’s Homespun shows listed on our Springfield shows page.

 

New Band Pages: Skywalker, NIL8

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We have a few surprise band pages for you today!  Our list of current Springfield bands keeps growing and growing and growing.  Right now we have two new band pages for you all to check out.

The first is the band that defines Springfield local music for a lot of us.  NIL8 (or N.I.L.8) has a new page up.  The band started in 1982 and will be celebrating 30 years…
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…of being a band at the upcoming Hobgoblinspookadelic shows at Black Sheep (October 19th) and Donnie’s Homespun (October 27th).  The Black Sheep Hobgob show will be all ages and will also feature the new band featuring members of Park, Tiger Tank and also The Timmys.  We also plan on having a lot of work done to the inside of our venue  in time for the show.  You can check out the new page here.

The second band page is a new death metal band called Skywalker.  Skywalker features members of the bands Witness It All, All Eyes Upon Adelaide, and Scott Blacula.  They will be playing the show announced earlier this morning on November 30th.  Check out the new page here.

Go to our current bands list to see a long list of current Springfield bands.  We also have a page for past bands.  Do you play in a band that is not yet featured on our site?  We would love to hear from you!  Email blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com with your band name and info and we will work to set a page up for you.

11/30 at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Skywalker, Scott Blacula, Suffer The Wrath, DB Cooper

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We have a very mixed genre show for you all coming up at the end of November.  Hold on to your hats.  Pop punk folk punk band Our Lady will be playing.  Also playing is Skywalker, a new death metal band featuring at least one member from Scott Blacula.  Speaking of Scott Blacula, they are also playing the show!  Go here and check out some songs from their latest demo.  Then we have Suffer The Wrath, the most brutal band in all of Springfield.  And finally we have DB Cooper, which is a hip hop/rap project from Springfield.

The show is Friday, November 30th and will be $5.  A facebook event page for the show can be found here.  Also be sure to check out our other upcoming shows over on our shows page.

Featured Photos: David Liebe Hart (9-28) at Black Sheep

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We hope everyone had a great time at the show on Friday.  David Liebe Hart was a very funny and talented man and the other bands playing were also great.  We have a few pictures from the show up on our flickr account.  You can see all of them here.  There are also a couple videos of Dino Bravo‘s set Friday night, both of which you can check out below:
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Our Lady Talk of Upcoming Plans

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Springfield punk folks Our Lady have made a tumblr post explaining line up changes and future plans for the band.  The band has parted ways with drummer Gary, who will continue to drum in Pound for Pound.  Kyle Ratliff (Caterpillar Club, Mother Leopard, Foxtail) will take Gary’s place as the new drummer.  The band also touched up on plans for their next tour and full length.  From the band’s tumblr:

Our Lady is planning an upcoming release for which we have already started the writing / recording process. The only details we know about this release is it will hopefully be out before Spring of next year. We will be playing a lot more new songs at shows, and there is a possibility of a special release before our 16 day tour in January.

You can read the full post here.  You can also see Our Lady play at Black Sheep on Tuesday, October 9th with the band Run Forever, which is a week from today.

Roundtable 9-30 Meeting RECAP + Black Sheep Construction

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Last night was Black Sheep’s last roundtable meeting before we take on our next and biggest construction phase of the fall.  Big things are ahead for Black Sheep and we need all the help we can get.

First off, thank you to everyone who has donated so far towards our stage fund.  We are approaching our goal but we still haven’t quite made it yet.  If this stage is going to get built we need the funds for it.  Donate here.

In the upcoming weeks we need help in the form of donations and also time.  If you would like to come and help with construction and remodeling projects in the upcoming weeks, listen up!  We will have people working at Black Sheep in the upcoming weeks every weekday evening starting Tuesday (tomorrow) at 5:00 pm.  We will also be there working other weekdays starting at 5:00 and Saturdays sometime during the day.  Anyone is welcome to come and help.

We could also use your help in the form of tools and materials.  If you have any extra plywood, or any other type of wood that you are willing to get rid of, we could use it.  If you have any extra carpet or curtains, we could use it.  If you have any tools we could borrow, we could probably use them too.

We also need your help getting the word out about upcoming Black Sheep shows, mainly the Hobgoblinspookadelic show on October 19th.  Our goal is to have a lot done by this show, so it is a huge show for Black Sheep.  Help getting the word out by printing out some of the fliers below and passing them out to friends.

 

 

Donnie’s Homespun Grand Opening

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This weekend Donnie’s Homespun Pizza has officially opened as Springfield’s newest music venue and pizza restaurant.  Today there is an article in the State Journal Register about Donnie’s Homespun.  You can find that online here.

Along with the debut of Donnie’s Homespun as a new venue in Springfield, they have also launched a new website: www.donnieshomespun.com.  The site includes all info on upcoming shows and events in both Donnie’s Springfield and Decatur locations.  We also keep a list of upcoming Donnie’s show and other Springfield shows on our shows page. One of the bigger upcoming shows at Donnie’s is Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig, which is an all ages show happening this Thursday.

Artifacts Reopening Monday

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The Southtown art shop Artifacts will be reopening on Monday, October 1st and they will be having a big celebration to go along with it.  From the facebook event:

We will be having an Opening Celebration on Oct. 1 with a music set by MonDope between 7pm and 9pm to kick it off, So stop by and check out our new selection of hats from Grassroots California, Clothing from the likes of Seedless and Whoopzip, Prints and Paintings, and of course the finest collection of glass in Springfield, IL. Art bazaar to be held the following Saturday in the lot. Thanks and please tell your friends about us so we can keep this stuff up. Thank you …Grit!

The celebration will kick off at Artifacts and the Southtown common grounds at noon on Monday and continue on until 9:00 pm.  Live music will take place at 7:00 pm from acts MonDope and Killinoize.  There will be live painting and art from acts Dreams Manifesting in Technicolor and more.  Artifacts has also undergone some remodeling so you should come and check out the new place!

Next Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting: Sunday (9/30) at 7:00 pm

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We have a lot of things coming up at Black Sheep including the construction of a new stage among other inside projects that need to get done.  Are you wanting to help out at all with the construction of the new stage or anything else?  Then come to the Black Sheep roundtable meeting at 7:00 pm on Sunday!  The meeting will be held at Black Sheep.  We will be going over our list of what needs to get done before the end of October and we will set some times to execute what needs to get done.  Any volunteer work helps us out a TON.

We are also 80% of the way to achieving our $400 goal for the new stage!  A big thank you to all of you who have donated so far, and for those of you who are interested in donating some more to help us reach our goal, you can go over here to our big cartel.  There is also a donation jar set up at the bar during shows.  Together we can reach our goal!  Any extra money left over from the stage will also go to fund more projects such as better lighting and sound.