talkfest

From talk +‎ -fest.

talkfest (plural talkfests)

1. (informal) A session of enthusiastic discussion or gossip.
   • 2004 June 2, William Safire, “Abolish the Penny”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     What frazzled pollsters, surly op-ed pages, snarling cable talkfests and issue-starved candidates for office need is a fresh source of hot-eyed national polarization.

   • 2024 January 19, Larry Elliott, John Collingridge, “Casting their shadow: how Trump, Putin and AI dominated talk at Davos”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The regular January talkfest high in the Swiss Alps attracted an impressive list of world leaders of all political persuasions.