Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny 2025 - Meet the line-up and find out how to watch on TV and BBC iPlayer

As another year draws to an end, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra host an array of musical legends and brand new stars to take us into 2026.

What time is Jools' Annual Hootenanny on?

You can join Jools and his special guests from 11.30pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Wednesday 31 December 2025.

Who's in the Hootenanny 2025 line-up?

Joining Jools and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra are Ronnie Wood, Olivia Dean, Lulu, Jessie J, Craig David, Heather Small, The Kooks, Imelda May, Joe Webb, David Hermlin and Ruby Turner.

Legendary Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood recently celebrated his 60-year career in music. He joins Jools to perform songs from his recent anthology Fearless.

Olivia Dean has already had a stellar 2025 and has broken chart records with songs from her second album, The Art of Loving. She performs a couple of songs from it with her band and also joins Jools on a version of Natalie Cole's 1975 debut hit This Will Be (An Everlasting Love).

Scottish legend Lulu joins Jools and his band to revisit two songs from two different decades. She performs David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World, which she had a hit with in 1974, and Relight My Fire, which saw her hit the No 1 spot when she joined up with Take That almost 20 years later in 1993.

Essex-born singer and songwriter Jessie J returned in 2025 with her sixth studio album and first since 2018, Don't Tease Me with a Good Time. From it, she and Jools perform the Radio 2 favourite Living My Best Life and also take on a Frank Sinatra classic.

British R&B and garage superstar Craig David from Southampton first appeared on the Hootenanny in the year he released his multimillion-selling debut LP Born to Do It. He returns this year to celebrate its 25th anniversary along with his recent ninth album Commitment.

The voice of 90s soul and dance sensations M People, Heather Small, joins Jools and his band to perform two of their anthems, dance floor classic Moving On Up and the feel-good Search for the Hero.

From Brighton, The Kooks released their debut album Inside In/Inside Out in 2006, and its summery songs dominated the airwaves, leading to over two million copies sold. They perform a couple of songs from it on the eve of its 20th anniversary following a summer of big live shows, along with a track from their recent album Never/Know.

Completing the line-up are four artists joining Jools who have jazz, soul and boogie-woogie in their veins.

Irish jazz and blues singer-songwriter Imelda May joins Jools and his band for a couple of numbers, including their version of Billie Holiday's Now or Never. Welsh jazz pianist and recent Mercury Prize-shortlisted artist Joe Webb joins Jools at the piano for a unique duet. From Berlin, singer and drummer David Hermlin keeps the swing sound alive with his version of the Louis Armstrong standard Jeepers Creepers, and completing the line-up is the queen of boogie-woogie herself, Ruby Turner.

Also, Jools welcomes in the new year with the help of the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, and if you throw in a few celebrity faces of stage and screen in the audience to offer their predictions and resolutions, you've got the best New Year's Eve party in town!

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