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2023 Bob Childers Gypsy Café releases schedule of events for May 7^th

-How to hear 75 songwriters, see the presentation of the Restless Spirit Award and the Jimmy LaFave Song Contest winner -

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-70 songwriters, 5 stages, 1 magical day of music moves to a Sunday in Stillwater-

March 24, 2023—Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café, Oklahoma’s largest homegrown songwriter festival, announces new venues,

RED DIRT RELIEF FUND ANNOUNCES 2023 BOB CHILDERS GYPSY CAFÉ DATE;

JIMMY LAFAVE SONGWRITING CONTEST NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES

February 10, 2023—Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café, Oklahoma’s largest homegrown

Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café, Oklahoma’s largest homegrown songwriter festival, returns to Stillwater, Okla. in person on April 27 for the first time since the pandemic began. The festival will span three

Oklahoma’s Largest Roots Songwriter Fest will stream for free May 12 at 7pm

April 20, 2021—Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café, Oklahoma’s largest homegrown songwriter festival now in its tenth year, will be

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2021 JIMMY LAFAVE SONG CONTEST FINALISTS:

“THE SONGWRITER” BY ADAM MILLER

“HOPE & GASOLINE” BY AHNA JENNINGS

“LITTLE BOY BLUE & LITTLE BOY WONDER” BY TRAVIS KIDD

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Now in its fourth year, the Jimmy LaFave Songwriting Contest is open to unsigned and emerging Oklahoma songwriters. The contest is free with a grand prize of $500 and feature of the song at Bob

March 6, 2020—Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café, Oklahoma’s largest homegrown songwriter festival that has taken place in Stillwater, Okla. for the past eight years, will be “Reimagined” as a show that will

Four Unsigned Oklahoma Musicians Play for a Spot in Oklahoma’s Largest Songwriter Festival

(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / April 4, 2019) - “Abilities” by Dallas Parker, “Angels Lullaby” by Ashliann Rivera,