Winter Hootenanny!

all ages
Kids Welcome
Food, Music, Drinks and Good Ole' Fashion Folksy Fun!!
5425 Dunmoyle St. (in Squirrel Hill)
Sliding Scale $5-$20


All proceeds from this event go to sustain the work of Landslide Community Farm. Landslide is a Hill District based farm dedicated to providing a free source of healthy food to the community. We are committed to sustainability and are working with the concepts of permaculture. We hope to be a neighborhood run project that focuses on education and mutual aid.


What's a Hootenanny?

Main Entry: hoo·te·nan·ny
Pronunciation: \ˈhü-tə-ˌna-nē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural hoo·te·nan·nies
Etymology: origin unknown

1 chiefly dialect : gadget
2 : a gathering at which folksingers entertain often with the audience joining in

A hootenanny is gathering of folk musicians wherein each person gets an allotted amount of time in which to share a song or song(s) they wrote. As with most things having to do with American folk music, the hootenanny has arguable origins. They became most popular during the folk music revival of the 1960s, when artists would gather in the West Village of New York city to share their songs with one another. This mostly arose from a new crop of folk singers who were beginning to write their own material, as opposed to singing the traditional songs. These days, most hootenannies are referred to as open mic nights, bluegrass jams, song swaps or song circles.