Brendan Grace’s New Year Galway shows

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

BRENDAN GRACE makes a welcome return to Galway in January and will get 2015 off to a hilarious start when he plays The Salthill Hotel on Sunday January 4 and the Loughrea Hotel, Loughrea, on Thursday January 22.

Kevin Bridges - two Galway shows in July

Mon, Dec 01, 2014

KEVIN BRIDGES, the Scottish comedian described by fellow Scot Billy Connolly as “brilliant”, by The Guardian as a “comedy prodigy”, and by the Daily Mirror as “a MUST-SEE act” is coming to Galway next year to play two shows.

Festive comedy and song with The Gingerbeard Family

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

COMEDY AND music will collide happily and hilariously at The Gingerbeard Family’s A Christmas Special show in the Róisín Dubh on Friday December 5 at 9pm.

Get Un-Robed with Andrew Stanley

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

ANDREW STANLEY is a “comedy tsunami” according to The Scotsman, which also described him as having “astonishingly good observational material delivered and timed to perfection”.

The LipSinkers - biting satire in high heels

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

THE LIPSINKERS, described as “possibly the most ridiculous, fun night out ever” by The Times make their Galway debut at Electric Garden & Theatre this Saturday at 8.30pm.

Alan Carr - Chatty Man to Yap, Yap, Yap! in Galway

Mon, Nov 03, 2014

ALAN CARR, the British comedian and host of the brilliant Channel 4 chat show Chatty Man, is coming to Galway in 2015 to perform his new stand-up show Yap, Yap, Yap!.

Aindrias de Staic - The Man From Moogaga

Wed, Oct 15, 2014

THERE WAS The Man From UNCLE, the man from Del Monte, The Man From Laramie, and ‘The Man From God Knows Where’, but Aindrias de Staic is The Man From Moogaga.

Shappi Khorsandi - laughing at an unconventional life

Thu, Oct 09, 2014

THE DAUGHTER of an exiled writer and comic from Iran, Shappi Khorsandi’s upbringing was in no way conventional, but what a story, and what comedy, she makes from it all.

Acts announced for Comedy Club 4 Kids

Thu, Oct 09, 2014

WHY SHOULD adults have all the fun? Why can’t the children get in on the laughs as well? They can - as long as they are over the age of six - at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Tommy Tiernan Comedy Carnival tickets selling fast

Tue, Sep 23, 2014

TICKETS ARE selling fast for Tommy Tiernan’s new show, Out Of The Whirlwind, which he is performing at next month’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

October laughter and the magic of the Spiegeltent

Thu, Sep 18, 2014

SIMON AMSTELL, David Baddiel, 30 Rock’s Judah Friedlander, punk poet John Cooper Clarke, and The Faulty Towers Dining Experience are all on their way to Galway to make the end of October the funniest 12 days of the year.

Vodafone Comedy Carnival line–up to be announced next week

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

It was a festival but this year it is becoming a carnival, and one of America’s finest comedians, Rich Hall - reputed to be the inspiration for The Simpson’s Moe Szyslak - will help launch it.

Stand up for comedy and charity

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

AIDAN KILLIAN, the Irish comedian who recently performed his show Jesus v Buddha at the Edinburgh Fringe, is coming to Galway to give a comedy performance with a difference.

Break a leg...and have a laugh

Thu, Sep 04, 2014

GALWAY’S NEW improv comedy troupe, The Leg Breakers, will be performing in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday September 9 at 9pm.

Amazing Grace at the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

The genial and much-loved family comedian, Brendan Grace, celebrates 42 years in the comedy business with a special performance at the Town Hall Theatre.

Laughter and songs inside The Gingerbeard House

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

A CABARET of comedy and music comes to the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 21 at 9pm when The Gingerbeard House takes to the stage.

Hit the road with Lee Mack

Thu, Aug 07, 2014

LEE MACK, the British comedian and multi-award winning star of Not Going Out and Would I Lie To You? is set to make August the funniest month of the summer in Galway when he plays three shows in the city.