Tue 30 December 2025 6:00pm

Peat & Diesel - The Night Afore Hoolie

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Edinburgh's Hogmanay has announced the first artists for 2025's celebrations with Scottish folk rock stars Peat and Diesel set to headline this year's Night Afore Hoolie on 30th December 2025 in West Princes Street Gardens, beneath Edinburgh Castle, joined by Scottish accordion sensation RuMac, offering locals and visitors alike the chance to start Hogmanay 2025 celebrations in style with an unmatched night of Scottish music.

Blending Scottish folk and Celtic punk, Peat and Diesel will perform a barnstorming set underneath the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, marking their debut at Edinburgh's Hogmanay with a 5,000 capacity headline show.

Peat & Diesel

Peat and Diesel, are a folk rock band from Stornoway and fronted by Calum ‘Boydie’ Macleod on guitar and vocals, with Uilleam Macleod on drums and Innes Scott on the box, have been something of a surprise success – not least to the band members themselves. Drummer Uilleam said: “We certainly didn’t expect it to take off the way it has, as we only started it for a wee bit of craic. It’s amazing the amount of people who have seen the video and have been in touch saying how bonkers we are and how much they love it.”

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RuMac

RuMac is a Scottish accordion player who started off playing traditional Scottish music and slowly drifted into a strange mix of genres. From traditional Gaelic Songs to Heavy metal rock there’s no telling what racket will come out of his mouth and box, but slowly the world is becoming aware of his anarchic unique performances and they can’t get enough of it.

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