Hoolie in the Hydro

GLASGOW. OVO Hydro.

THE STAGE IS SET FOR HOOLIE IN THE HYDRO AS SALES BREAK 10,000


Hoolie in the Hydro organiser and Runrig’s Iain Bayne talk about the Hoolie in the Hydro.

Watch Hoolie as Hydro organiser, musician and broadcaster Gary Innes, Scottish singing sensation Julie Fowlis and Runrig’s Iain Bayne and Brian Hurren perform aheafd of the upcoming event.
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The Hoolie in the Hydro is set to be Scotland’s single biggest night of traditional music to have ever taken place with over 10,000 tickets sold.

The inaugural event which took place last December was a watershed moment for the scene and saw huge demand and overwhelmingly positive feedback.

The Ovo Hydro in Glasgow will host this year’s Hoolie in the Hydro on Saturday 9th December 2023, with an all-star line-up featuring some of the top names on the Scottish music scene.

Organised by renowned musician and broadcaster Gary Innes and hosted by Julie Fowlis and Coinneach MacLeod aka The Hebridean Baker, the special night of Scottish music will include a special collaboration to celebrate 50 Years of Runrig, featuring an array of special guests.

Iconic Runrig drummer Iain Bayne and keyboard player Brian Hurren will lead the celebrations, with celebrated singer Julie Fowlis, Wolfstone founding member and fiddle player Duncan Chisholm, and Gary Innes, among those joining them on stage to celebrate Runrig’s incredible 50th anniversary milestone. The musicians were last on stage together with the band at Runrig’s Farewell Concert in Stirling in 2018. Gary also features on the cover of Runrig’s 2007 album Everything You See. Legendary founding members of Capercaillie Karen Matheson and Donald Shaw will also join the musical celebration.

The line-up for Hoolie in the Hydro 2023 also features Scottish supergroup Mànran, Celtic rockers Wolfstone, festival favourites Trail West, Skerryvore lead singer Alec Dalglish, Britain’s Got Talent sensation Cammy Barnes, social media singing sensation NATI. (FKA Nati Dreddd), and Irish musician Éamon Doorley.

Hot off the heels of their World Pipe Band Championships win, Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band will be entertaining the Hydro crowd and DJ Paddy Callaghan will be keeping the party going between acts with his infamous ‘Trad with Pad’ sets.