Bob Childers' Gypsy Cafe
May 5, 2024

2024 Gypsy Cafe  tickets now on sale!

Join us in Stillwater on Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) for Bob Childers’ Gypsy Cafe, Oklahoma’s largest homegrown songwriter festival! With five venues, 70+ artists and Bob’s “Mexican Morning” Brunch, the 13th annual musical extravaganza benefitting Oklahoma music creators in need will be an experience you don’t want to miss. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more details and full lineup coming in April!

Gypsy Cafe Brunch 2024

Paying homage to a popular Bob Childers’ song with a nod to the festival’s date on Cinco de Mayo, Bob’s “Mexican Morning” Brunch will take place from 10am-12:30pm at Stonecloud Taproom and feature a lineup of Monica Taylor and friends including Red Dirt Rangers, Jared Tyler, Chuck Dunlap, Brad James, Gene Williams and more.

The set from these Red Dirt pioneers will include songs written by Childers, Jimmy LaFave and other forebearers of the genre.

Presented by The Collab Coffee, brunch includes a Mexican-inspired buffet from Good Little Eater, coffee from The Collab, two drink tickets from Stonecloud and general admission to the festival.

Limited tickets are available in advance and will not be available at the door.

Restless Spirit Award 2024: Monica Taylor

For more than three decades Monica Taylor has been writing songs from the heart and has recorded and performed with a litany of famed Red Dirt, country and bluegrass musicians including Childers, Jimmy LaFave, Tom Skinner, Greg Jacobs, John Fullbright, Jared Tyler and Robin Macy. Taylor earned the nickname “The Cimarron Songbird” from La Fave and Childers because of her unique singing style and her home near the Cimarron River.

In the 1990’s, Taylor lived and cowrote with Childers at the Farm, the storied birthplace of Red Dirt music on the west side of Stillwater. Taylor has curated the Cimarron Breeze Concert Series for 10 years bringing countless acclaimed touring and local artists to Perkins, and she recently finished a double vinyl “Red Dirt Ramble” which features 55 guest vocalists and musicians paying tribute to pioneers of Red Dirt music with 18 new recordings of songs written by Childers, LaFave, Morris, Skinner and more. Read more about Taylor’s career and contributions on her website

After performing at Brunch to kickoff the festival, Taylor will be presented the award at the Grand Casino Stage at Eskimo Joe’s at 5:30pm and perform in the following set. The Restless Spirit Award, named for Childers’ song with the same name, is given by Red Dirt Relief Fund in recognition of a musician who has impacted the Oklahoma music community in a spirit akin to Childers. Taylor joins a prestigious and beloved group of Restless Spirit Award honorees: Jimmy LaFave (2017), Brandon Jenkins (2018), Randy Crouch (2019), Steve Ripley (2020), Jim Paul Blair (2021), Chad Sullins (2022) and Jake Flint (2023).

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past Gypsy Cafe

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