1. informal gatherings featuring folk music performances, often with audience participation
Usage: informal; plural of hootenanny

Examples

• The coffee shop hosts hootenannies every Friday night.
• Local musicians organized hootenannies to celebrate the harvest festival.
• She learned to play guitar by attending neighborhood hootenannies.
• The college campus was famous for its weekly hootenannies in the 1960s.
• Hootenannies often feature acoustic instruments and traditional songs.
• The community center’s hootenannies bring together singers of all ages.