Two New September Shows at Black Sheep Added!

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Two new September shows have been added!  The first is a show on Sunday, September 16th.  This time Chicago punks The Please & Thank Yous are teaming up with Illinois indie pop band Easter and coming to Black Sheep the day after they play Never Forgot Fest in Bloomington.  Locals Our Lady and Intricate Collapse are joining them for an all around fun time.  The show is at 7:00 pm and is five dollars.

Happening the night before on September 15th we are having an all local back to school show!  This show features pop-punkers Up In Arms and Kickstart, and also post-rock band Nathan & The Sheep.  The show is at 7:00 pm and is five dollars.  You can find a facebook event here.  You can also check out more of our upcoming shows on our shows page.

Black Sheep Gets More Black Paint!

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Yesterday our wonderful handyman Miles Fowler painted the remaining exposed plywood on the front of Black Sheep.  Thank you Miles!  Our storefront has undergone a few changes and improvements since last summer.  You can check out some more pictures below!  More photos of Miles painting Black Sheep can be seen in our “Black Sheep” flickr album.  Also, if anyone has any ideas on what future projects we can take on to make our venue a better place then you are all welcome to come to our first Black Sheep roundtable meeting this upcoming Sunday at 3:00 pm!

New Band Pages: Up In Arms, Emperor Norton, Action Bastard, Intricate Collapse, Big Storm, Elyse, Dog Of Panic

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We have a TON of new band pages up and ready for all of you to check out.  Our list of bands keeps growing and growing each week.

First we have the newer pop-punk band, Up In Arms.  Then we have the magic and skate boarding-themed thrash band, Emperor Norton.  (Check out their sweet photo!)  We also have a page for one of the newer bands playing along with Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg in early October, Action Bastard.  We have a page for the young and Rochester based experimental metal band Intricate Collapse.  Then we have Mechanicsburg based metal band Elyse. And we have jam/funk/metal/punk act Dog of Panic.  And finally we have the feel good rock band Big Storm.  That’s a lot of bands.

Check out our thirty-some other current and past band band pages here.  If you play in a band here in Springfield or have played in a band we would love to set up a page for you! (No matter what the genre)  Get a hold of us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com

Last Minute Show Tonight at Black Sheep!

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Last night we all had a great time at the last show of the summer and guess what?  Tonight there is a last minute show and it is going to be the first show of the new school year!! (At least for some of you students out there.)

This show is very last minute and full of surprises.  We have hardcore/metal act Cove on tour all the way from Nashville Tennessee.  AND new three-piece emo project from members of Our Lady and Mother Leopard, Foxtail are playing their first ever show.  Come see them and wish them luck on their upcoming week-long tour!  Then we have Brandon Carnes (who just released a new EP) and also Kirk Donely of The Transatlantic doing some acoustic sets.  The show starts at seven and is $3-5 “sliding scale” according to the facebook event.  Also be sure to check out our other upcoming shows here.

Black Sheep Tonight: Big Kids, Mother Leopard, Our Lady

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Come out for another exciting show at Black Sheep tonight!  Tonight we have Big Kids on tour all the way from Oakland California.  Then we have local acts Mother Leopard and Our Lady.  You can find a facebook event for the show here.  Also be sure to check out the rest of our upcoming shows over on our shows page.  We know this may be the last show of the summer before school starts for a lot of you so let’s all come out and make it a fun one!

Sunday, 8/26: The First Black Sheep Roundtable Meeting

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Do you have any ideas on what we can do to make Black Sheep a better place?  Do you have any ideas on what new projects we can take on or how we can make shows better overall?  Next Sunday (a week from tomorrow) on August 26th we will be having the first of hopefully many roundtable meetings at Black Sheep.  Anyone who is interested in talking about what we can do to improve shows and our venue is welcome to come.  The meeting will be at 3:00 pm and is expected to run at least two hours.

Don’t forget there is also a jazz show at Black Sheep that night at 7:00 featuring End Times Trio and Herbivore.

Can Fest at Tin Can Pub Next Saturday 8/25

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Next Saturday on August 25 Tin Can Pub will be hosting “Can Fest” featuring a variety of bands as a benefit for the non-profit group Access 4 Producers.  You can head over to the Access 4 Producers group website to read more on what they are about.  The fest is opened to ages twenty one and up, and admission is a ten dollar suggested donation.  Bands playing include: Texas Trucker Speed Fiends, Ghost Hollow Road, Black Queen, Josie Lowder, Grocery Store Ninjas, Chris Maxey, Hot Shot Sugar Force, and Ted Keylon. The bands start at noon.  For other upcoming shows going on in Springfield you can check out our shows page.

Website Updates

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Quick update!

As we are approaching fall at Black Sheep, plenty of new and exciting things are happening and we are also preparing for some new additions to the website.

First off a lot of you have been asking about Black Sheep shirts.  We sold out of the black shirts we had at the fest this year, but we would like to make new ones soon.  Right now we are working on an online web store where shirts and other items can eventually be purchased.

Some of you may have noticed with The Limiates‘ band page, we set up a new Black Sheep bandcamp.  A long term goal of this site is to add pages for most past and broken up bands in Springfield.  This may include uploading old releases onto bandcamp pages, which is where the Black Sheep bandcamp comes in.  We encourage you all to check out the blog “Some Things Can’t Be Ignored” as well, where a lot of old Springfield releases are featured.  And if you want to talk to us about getting your old band’s music on our bandcamp player and streaming on the site then email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

Lastly for the site, we plan on setting up a FAQ page for Black Sheep consisting of questions we are often asked about shows and the venue, as well as long and thorough answers to those questions.  If you have any ideas for any FAQs then feel free to email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.  Also if you have any other ideas on what we could add to the site then join in on discussion in our forum.  Speaking of our forum, there is a new thread for those of you interested in finding people to start bands with which you can find here.

Another reminder that we are having our first meet-n-greet flier-hang-up session tomorrow. We’re going to be talking about the street team basics, and the logistics behind it, then we will hit streets so to speak. We will be meeting at 1:30 pm outside of Prairie Archives and across from the old State Capitol. Fliers and tape will be provided.

Thanks again for all of your support!  And be on the lookout for more updates soon!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Astorian Stigmata, Nathan & The Sheep, Choke Up

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Tonight at Black Sheep we have another fun all ages show for you all to attend.  This time the “dark rock” band Astorian Stigmata is making a visit all the way from Pennsylvania.  We also have locals Nathan & The Sheep playing for the first time since Black Sheep fest.  And as a last minute addition this show marks the return of Choke Up on tour all the way from Boston.  The show starts at 7 pm and is five dollars.  A facebook event can be found here.  Also be sure to check out other upcoming shows on our shows page.