Califórnia da Canção Nativa
Califórnia da Canção Nativa (translated literally from Portuguese: California of the Native Song) is a yearly regional music festival in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil.
The event first took place in 1971 and continues to be very successful to this day. The main focus of this festival is the celebration of the nativist Gaucho culture, values, world outlook, and history by way of music and song. The highest prize is the Calhandra de Ouro (Golden Lark). Competition finals are always hosted by the city of Uruguaiana.
Given its three decades-long successful history, the festival has become very popular and has received many accolades, including the prestigious official recognition, classifying it as one of the great statewide cultural institutions.
== Winning compositions ==This list, up to and including the year of 1999, has been widely cited as to have appeared in an official festival publication called Livro de Poemas Oficial da XXX Califórnia da Canção Nativa.
== Presidents ==
Henrique Dias de Freitas Lima - 1971 a 1973
Colmar Pereira Duarte - 1974 a 1976
Mauro Dante Aymone Lopes - 1977 a 1979
Carlos Alberto da Rosa - 1980 a 1981
Ricardo Pereira Duarte - 1982 a 1984
Nelson José Pereira da Silva - 1985 a 1986
Lourival Araújo Gonçalves - 1987 a 1989
Mauro Dante Aymone Lopes - 1990
Carlos Alberto da Rosa - 1991
Luiz Machado Stabile - 1992
José Mário Rodrigues de Freitas - 1993 a 1995
José Antonio Marques Fagundes - 1996
José Mário Rodrigues de Freitas - 1997 a 1998
Lourival Araújo Gonçalves - 1999 a 2000
Maurício Castanho Vidal - 2013
Luiz Machado Stabile - 2014
Culture in Rio Grande do Sul
Erico Verissimo
Ragamuffin War
Jesuit Reductions
Muckers
Nheçu
Sepé Tiaraju
Guarani das Missões

== External links ==
Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira: Festival Califórnia da Canção
Califórnia da Canção Nativa 2020
Califórnia da Canção Nativa 2017