Concert Programs

Musical Variety Show

Over 17 Weird and Wacky Instruments!

Hoot n Annie perform a Musical Variety Show featuring over 17 of America’s weirdest and wackiest instruments—many played at the same time—dazzling audiences of all ages!

Hoot is a one-of-a-kind one-man-band and musical juggler, a natural joke-teller and a virtuosic instrumentalist who plays a uniquely designed vintage calfskin parade drum with a 1920’s clanger and cymbals with his feet while playing accordion or banjo and singing or playing a genuine nose flute strapped to his nose.

Watch the reaction when he plays the beautiful bass recorder—or pulls out a spooky-sounding musical saw. Or, the absolute audience favorite—a Jaw Harp that gets gasps from the first boing boing.

Red-hot Fiddlin’ Annie is a singer, violin virtuoso and expert dance leader who gets the whole audience going!

Watch her play something you’ve never seen before—a homemade washtub cello bass that’s as big as she is— and see how she gets the whole audience up singing and dancing to some of the craziest songs that always sound best when you sing at the top of your lungs!

With lots of humor, and tons of audience participation – both young and old—Hoot n Annie get everyone singing, clapping, dancing and generally hootin and hollerin to Great American Folk Songs and dances from all around the country.

With Hoot ‘n Annie–there’s something new every minute!

Our always-interactive programs of the best American folks songs and music– played with the wackiest American instruments have delighted families all over the country. Sing along with the musical saw, clap with the shtumphfiddle, dance with the limberjack and enjoy the sounds of an Old-Time, front-porch family gathering—music, laughs and the most wonderful kind of sharing.

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“I am so impressed with you guys! You received a tremendous ovation at our Saturday night concert, you did an amazing family program in the park and you got our entire workshop dancing! I can’t wait to work with you again!” Margo Blevin, Director, Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, West Virginia

In all my 38 years, I don’t think I’ve seen a program as great as this one—wonderfully entertaining but also extremely educational.” David Feller, Superintendent, Merrick School District, New York

“It is a pleasure to work with artists who are exceptionally professional in their talents and who share so much of themselves with the audience” Jim Packard, Theatre Coordinator, Long Island Children’s Museum, New York

I love these guys! They’re only two people and they sound like a whole orchestra!” Kathy O’Connell, WXPN Radio, Philadelphia

Ask about our AmeriKazoo program for preschoolers and our AmeriCabaret for seniors!

Hoot 'n Annie have delighted audiences around the world with their mix of traditional American music, folk songs and humor. They are multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, and between them play the banjo, fiddle, accordion, clarinet, ukulele, cello, drums, washboard, nose flute, slide-whistle, washtub bass, jaw harp, and musical saw. Most times they play a few instruments at once. With various parts of their bodies. While telling jokes. Or doing magic tricks. Or getting you up dancing-- til you need to be hosed down.

They have appeared in various guises on PBS-TV, on National Public Radio, at the renowned Augusta Heritage Festival, and other famous festivals from Canada to Poland, and in prestigious venues like the New Jersey Performing Art Center, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, NYC, and at museums, libraries, community centers and schools in over a dozen states from coast to coast.