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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

(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