PICTURES: Highlights from the Red Hot Highland Fling 2022 at Northern Meeting Park

Published: 18:00, 01 January 2023

| Updated: 15:24, 02 January 2023

A crowd of 5000 people attended the event. Picture: Callum Mackay.

A NIGHT of live music, dancing and cheer warmed up the crowd that got together at Northern Meeting Park in Inverness to welcome the New Year.

The Red Hot Highland fling welcomed more than 5000 people of all ages with a great live lineup featuring Tweed, Manran and Torridon.

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Manran taking on stage at the Red Hot Highland Fling. Picture: Callum Mackay.

Comedian Fred MacAulay was the compere on the night and brought his humour on stage tying together the live music acts.

The event was free to attend however it was limited to 5000 tickets which were distributed online on a first-come first-served basis and which were fully booked in only a few hours from being released.

Fred MacAulay was compere at the event. Picture: Callum Mackay.

The first public celebration of Hogmanay since 2019, the Red Hot Highland Fling saw people from all over the world celebrating the New Year together with fireworks and a crowd singing along to Auld Lang Syne in the end.

People were excited to greet 2023 with a great party. Picture: Callum MAckay.

Torridon were the closing act of the night. Picture: Callum Mackay.

Dancing in towards 2023. Picture: Callum Mackay.

With tickets limited to 5000, this was a family -friendly event. Picture: Callum MAckay.

Ewen Henderson from Manran. Picture: Callum MAckay.

A great crowd gathered at the event in Inverness this year. Picture: Callum MAckay.

Tweed were the opening act for the night. Picture: Callum MAckay.

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