Folkies' tuneful gathering

• Party involving folk music
• Folkies' do
• Folk music shindig
• Kids' mother follows nose, right away finding party
• Informal folk-singing performance

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hootenanny was an American musical variety television show broadcast on ABC from April 1963 to September 1964. The program was hosted by Jack Linkletter . It primarily featured pop-oriented folk music acts, including The Journeymen , The Limeliters , the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hootenanny \hoot"en*an*ny\ n. An informal social gathering or concert featuring mostly folk songs, sometimes dancing, and where the audience often participates in the singing. [PJC] Same as whatchamacallit ; a thingumbob. [Obsolescent, chiefly dial.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"informal session of folk musicians," 1940, American English, earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin, perhaps a nonsense word.\n\nAnother device used by the professional car thief, and one recently developed to perfection, according to a large Chicago ...