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Watch Oklahoma State University football coach Mike Gundy introduce Cross Canadian Ragweed during Night 1 of “The Boys from Oklahoma” stadium shows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/story-highlights> A year ago, an estimated 200,000 music lovers<\/a>\u00a0flocked to Stillwater to be part of the first full concerts together in a decade and a half \u2014 and the first stadium shows ever \u2014 for\u00a0Cross Canadian Ragweed<\/a>,\u00a0after the beloved Red Dirt band set off a frenzy by announcing its reunion nearly 15 years after\u00a0splitting in 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n This year, “The Boys from Oklahoma”<\/a> are heading back to Stillwater, and the birthplace of Red Dirt music<\/a> is STOKd enough to celebrate with 10 days packed with concerts.<\/p>\n “The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2,” which will again feature reunited Red Dirt standard-bearers Cross Canadian Ragweed<\/a> and co-headliners and fellow Oklahoma Music Hall of Famers Turnpike Troubadours<\/a>, is set for April 11 at Oklahoma State University’s Boone Pickens Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ahead of the sequel to last year’s historic “The Boys from Oklahoma”<\/a> stadium shows, the Stillwater community this year is launching STOKd,<\/a> a weeklong celebration of Red Dirt music. STOKd \u2014 an acronym for Stillwater, Oklahoma \u2014 is also known as Red Dirt Music Week<\/a>, a new celebration decreed by Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce in 2025 following the mindboggling ticket sales for the original shows.<\/p>\n \u201cStillwater is proud to welcome fans across the country again this year for ‘The Boys From Oklahoma’ <\/a>concert in April. This event is more than a great night of music, it\u2019s an opportunity to showcase our community,” Joyce said in an email.<\/p>\n Oklahoma Music Hall of Famers The Great Divide<\/a> also will return for Round 2<\/a>, with rising Red Dirt star and Stillwater native Wyatt Flores<\/a> and Austin, Texas-based band Shane Smith and the Saints<\/a> joining the lineup for this year’s one-day-only stadium show. Gates open at 3:30 p.m. April 11 at the home of OSU football.<\/p>\n Billed as a premier live music event uniting the Stillwater and OSU communities to celebrate the Payne County seat’s Red Dirt roots<\/a>, STOKd will start off with acclaimed Oklahoma singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Travis Linville<\/a> performing live at 7 p.m. Friday, April 3 at Stonecloud Stillwater Patio & Taproom<\/a>.<\/p>\n Leading up to “The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2”<\/a> on April 11, the festivities will continue with multiple concerts at Stillwater venues like Eskimo Joe’s,<\/a> The Salty Bronc Saloon, The Twelves Agritourism & Event Center,<\/a> The Dirty Rooster, Block 34<\/a> and the recently revived Wormy Dog Saloon<\/a>.<\/p>\n The celebration will be capped April 12 with the 15th annual Bob Childers\u2019 Gypsy Caf\u00e9<\/a>, the state’s biggest homegrown songwriter festival and the largest annual fundraiser for the nonprofit Red Dirt Relief Fund<\/a>. Spread across five Stillwater stages \u2014 outdoors at Eskimo Joe\u2019s as well as inside The Dirty Rooster<\/a>, Wormy Dog Saloon, The Salty Bronc Saloon<\/a> and George’s Stables<\/a> \u2014 the Gypsy Caf\u00e9’s 2026 date was shifted from early May to mid-April specifically to follow “The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2.”<\/p>\n “The phenomenal success of ‘Boys from Oklahoma’ is a testament to the power of Red Dirt music and the impact Red Dirt artists make in Oklahoma,” said Red Dirt Relief Fund Executive Director Katie Dale<\/a> in an email.<\/p>\n “They literally helped start this nonprofit that has since delivered over $1 million in emergency financial <\/a>assistance to their fellow Oklahoma music creators, and last year ‘Boys from Oklahoma’<\/a> drew 200,000 fans from all 50 states to Stillwater. We are so excited to be part of the celebration of this full-circle moment.”<\/p>\n Due to overwhelming demand<\/a>, the original “Boys from Oklahoma”<\/a> concert series in Stillwater turned into four consecutive shows April 10-13, 2025, that sold out after just two presales and drew a total of about 180,000 fervent fans to Boone Pickens Stadium.<\/p>\n Featuring a lineup of five beloved homegrown Red Dirt acts \u2014 Ragweed, co-headliners the Turnpike Troubadours,\u00a0Jason Boland & The Stragglers<\/a>, Stoney LaRue and\u00a0The Great Divide<\/a> \u2014 the initial “Boys from Oklahoma” stadium shows in Stillwater became what’s believed to be the biggest concert event in state history<\/a>.<\/p>\n When OSU Athletics staffers crunched the numbers, they found “The Boys from Oklahoma” had attracted concertgoers from all 50 U.S. states<\/a> and five Canadian provinces, plus two ticketholders from Israel and one from Argentina.<\/p>\n Stillwater saw a marked increase in visitor spending<\/a>, hotel and short-term rental occupancy and sales tax and visitor tax receipts over the four-day concert series, which spun off several additional live-music showcases across Stillwater<\/a>. The stadium event generated an estimated $100 million and created about 875 jobs.<\/p>\n For more information on the 2026 “Boys from Oklahoma” show, go to theboysfromoklahoma.com<\/a>. For more information on the STOKd Red Dirt music celebration, go to https:\/\/www.visitstillwater.org\/stokd<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
Which Stillwater venues are planning concerts around ‘The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2’ stadium show?<\/h2>\n
What was the impact of the 2025 ‘Boys from Oklahoma’ OSU stadium shows?<\/h2>\n
Which acts are playing shows for STOKd week in Stillwater?<\/h2>\n
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