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His older sister, Bernice, hosted the Ash Grove’s predecessors — the famed hootenannies — at her home in the early 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021

Sometimes, Mr. Jay said, his father had hosted hootenannies, cramming a dozen participants or more into the family’s living room.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2015

She was a fixture at the Cellar Door’s hootenannies, learned radio at the elbow of famed local folk figure Dick Cerri and performed around town in a duo called Chip and Mary.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2015

Dylan was especially fond of the afternoon hootenannies, calling the potpourri of performers an "extravaganza of patchwork."

From US News • Aug. 1, 2014

There are. in fact, so many active professional folk singers that hootenannies often turn into games of king-of-the-mountain. as eager youth, male and female, storms the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive