{"id":576699,"date":"2026-07-31T06:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576699\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:27:13","slug":"mark-knopfler-to-be-honoured-at-this-years-hoolie-in-the-hydro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576699\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Knopfler to be honoured at this year&#8217;s Hoolie in the Hydro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Also lined up for the 12 December event are long-standing trad act Blazin&#8217; Fiddles, while the finale will see a variety of performers take the stage, including Runrig founding member Donnie Munro, Caledonia singer Dougie MacLean and singers Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis and Ruairidh Gray.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This year will be the fifth Hoolie in the Hydro and previous editions have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m002np7c\/hoolie-2025-1-1-sir-billy-connolly-tribute\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">included a tribute to Sir Billy Connolly<\/a> and a celebration of the music of Runrig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was founded by Gary Innes, who also plays with M\u00e0nran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;The story of Local Hero is one of people, place and belonging and that couldn&#8217;t be more fitting for these celebrations \u2013 we&#8217;ll be channelling all of that nostalgia, pride and musical artistry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It will be a real privilege to recognise Mark Knopfler&#8217;s incredible contribution to Scottish music here in the city of his birth, as well as celebrating our own heroes of the trad scene who have done so much to share the music and inspire new generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Organisers said the event will also embark on a hunt for everyday heroes later in the year, with people encouraged to nominate those that make a difference in their community. The individuals will then be honoured on the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Also lined up for the 12 December event are long-standing trad act Blazin&#8217; Fiddles, while the finale will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-576699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}