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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

(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / April 3, 2018) - Jason Scott’s “She Good to Me,” Sophia Babb’s “If I Were a Ghost,” Emily Faith’s “Silver Bullets,” and Ken Pomeroy’s “The Sidewalk Song” were selected from

(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / March 23, 2018) - Oklahoma’s largest songwriter festival announces more than 50 artists to play in Stillwater on May 2, 2018 from 4:30pm - 11:45pm.

Now in its seventh year,

(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / April 17, 2017) - In addition to 70 Oklahoma songwriters previously announced, Jimmy LaFave, Stoney LaRue and John Fullbright will join the sixth annual Bob Childers’ Gypsy

(STILLWATER, Oklahoma / March 20, 2017) - Cody Canada joins Kaitlin Butts and Mike Hosty as stage hosts for this year’s Gypsy Café on Wednesday, April 26^th, 2017. Jason Boland, who met fellow

(STILLWATER, Oklahoma - Jan. 31, 2017) Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café returns to Stillwater for its sixth year on April 26, 2017. This storied Red Dirt music festival will bring more songwriters than ever

FANS WILL BE HOPPING AT 2016 BOB CHILDERS’ GYPSY CAFÉ

-65+ Oklahoma Songwriters perform across Three Venues in One Night -

WHO: Sixty-nine Oklahoma songwriters will play acoustic sets, swapping songs

2016 Festival Hosts Announced & Open Call for Musicians Begins

January 19, 2016—Stillwater, OK— On April 27th, 2016, 50 musicians from varying Oklahoma genres and geographies will gather in Stillwater