Foil, Arms & Hog - get ready to go Oink

Thu, Mar 01, 2018

FORMER CHILDREN and regular eaters, Foil, Arms & Hog return to Galway this month with Oink, their new, fast paced, sketch show featuring songs for the elderly, a baggage handler’s interpretive dance, and a shop which only sells balaclavas.

The Nualas - a Glam-Slam for May

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

BAM! POW! Biff! Shazam! The Nualas are getting ready to hit Galway with a Glam-Slam - their new show which they bring to the city in May.

Show Me The Funny grand final 2018

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

AFTER FIVE exciting heats, the grand final of Show Me The Funny takes place this Monday, February 26, at The King's Head, High Street, with 12 finalists battling it out.

Three Tuesdays with Karl Spain

Mon, Feb 19, 2018

AS ANYONE who has attended the Late Night KARLnivals at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway can attest, Karl Spain is without doubt, the finest, funniest, and most irreverent MC in the business - and you can see him thrice on upcoming Tuesdays.

Comedy night for Galway Autism Partnership

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

FRED COOKE, best known for his roles in Republic Of Telly and The Savage Eye, and for being the MC on The Tommy Tiernan Show, headlines a comedy night to raise funds for Galway Autism Partnership.

Show Me The Funny - final heat

Thu, Feb 15, 2018

THE FIFTH and final heat of Show Me The Funny, the popular competition for new comedians, takes place at The King's Head Bar, next week.

Mario Rosenstock's charity show for Croí

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

MARIO ROSENSTOCK will be in Galway next month, to present his A Night With Mario show, which will raise funds for Galway's heart and stroke charity Croí.

Show Me The Funny #4

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

THE PENULTIMATE heat of Show Me The Funny takes place this Monday, February 12, at The King's Head with eight more contestants pitting their comedy chops against the judges and audience.

Stephen Frost Improv Allstars @ the Róisín Dubh

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

BIG, BALD, bushy browed, and an improv maestro - Stephen Frost is something of a comedy legend and he will be leading his Improv Allstars into action at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Glenn Wool - 'jaw-hurtingly funny'

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

GLENN WOOL, the comedian described as "side-splittingly, jaw-hurtingly funny” by Time Out, Sydney and as “one of the best comics in the business," by Chortle.co.uk, who also advised, "go and see him now!”, returns to Galway.

Show Me The Funny #3

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

KEVIN MCGAHERN, the former presenter of Republic Of Telly will be the special guest at heat three of Show Me The Funny in The King's Head on Monday February 5 at 8pm.

Alison Spittle - Worrier Princess

Thu, Jan 25, 2018

ALISON SPITTLE, one of the most popular of a new generation of Irish comedians is, as well as being very funny, also a terrible worrier. She worries so much she's decided to do a show about it. Now she's worried about making it a good show.

PJ Gallagher - talking about D**kheads

Thu, Jan 25, 2018

"THAT GUY cracked me up for an entire afternoon that I forgot to meet my wife for lunch. It’s classic comedy but with a twist." So said one of America's leading talk show hosts, Conan O’Brien, about Irish comic PJ Gallagher.

Show Me The Funny #2

Thu, Jan 25, 2018

THE SECOND heat of the annual Show Me The Funny competition returns to The Kings Head next Monday, with the Fred Cooke as special guest, and Gerry Mallon as MC.

Let's go crazy with Terry Alderton

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

BACK IN 1972 Slade told Mama "weer all crazee now!". In 2018 Terry Alderton isn't just telling it to Mama, he's telling everyone - and he's made both a radio show and a new stand-up comedy show about it.

Show Me The Funny 2018

Thu, Jan 18, 2018

IT'S BACK! Show Me The Funny, one of Ireland's major comedy competitions, returns to The King's Head this month, with emerging comedians fighting it out over the coming weeks, for the right to play Electric Picnic.

The diverse diversity of NUIG Comedy Soc 2018

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

FOR MOST of us, January 2018 is the start of a new year, the beginning of a new cycle of 12 months, but for university students, about to begin a new semester, this is actually the half-way mark in the college calendar.

Danny O' Brien - RaconTour

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

AFTER INHERITING a broken-down, unreliable, older-than-he-is motorcycle, award winning Irish comedian Danny O'Brien decided to take to the road on a comedic expedition.

Neil Delamare - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Pensioner

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

ONE DAY Neil Delamere's father asked him to help deliver the Meals on Wheels. He agreed, little knowing their lives would never be the same again - except for the bits of their lives that did not change.

Hardy Bucks @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jan 11, 2018

HARDY BUCKS, best known for their mockumentary style video series on RTÉ and online, following the fictional exploits of a group of fellahs living in small-town Ireland, are coming to Galway.

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