Owen Colgan's Woke Tour comes to Galway

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

OWEN COLGAN, Irish cult comedy hero, sex symbol, and Hardy Bucks star, is about to hit the road for his biggest tour yet, with that tour hitting Galway in April.

Sean Hegarty - hit them with those one liners

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

ARMED WITH a tiny keyboard and a seemingly endless supply of one-liners - mostly hilarious, others very deliberately, knowingly, groan inducing - Sean Hegarty is coming back to the Róisín Dubh.

Gearóid Farrelly set to tell some Home Truths

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

GEARÓID FARRELLY is a comedian praised by Chortle.co.uk for his "expressive storytelling and shrewd social commentary” and by The Irish Times for his "intelligent, reflective comedy”.

Show Me The Funny grand final 2019

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

AFTER FIVE competitive heats over the last few weeks, the grand final of Show Me The Funny takes place on Monday, February 19, at The King's Head Bar on High Street.

Tedfest Table Quiz

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

TEDFEST, THE annual celebration of all things Father Ted is back, which means aficionados of the classic sit-com will get put through their paces at the Tedfest Table Quiz.

Foil Arms & Hog get Craicling

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

CRACKLING IS fried or roasted in pork fat, or the rind on a roasted pork joint. Combine that word with the Irish term for fun and mischief, 'craic' and you get Craicling.

Edwin Sammon headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

EDWIN SAMMON, best known for his role as Fr Gabriel in the award winning sitcom Bridget and Eamon, and as co-presenter on Republic Of Telly, will headline the next Comedy KARLnival.

Joe Rooney to play Show Me The Funny

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

THE LAST two places for the 'Show Me The Funny' grand final will be up for grabs when the fifth heat takes place this Monday, February 11, at The King's Head, High Street.

Danny O'Brien - Lock-In at the Róisín

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

AT FIRST glance, you might think this is a show about after-hours drinking. It is not. Danny O'Brien's Lock-In is about the time - or rather times, three to be exact - that the comedian was in prison.

Steve Bennett headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

STEVE BENNETT, the bearded wonder, the ukulele wielding comic, and the first winner of the Irish Comedian of the Year award, headlines the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Show Me The Funny penultimate heat

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

THE PENULTIMATE heat of Show Me The Funny, the competition for new and emerging comics, takes place this coming Monday [February 4] at The King's Head Bar, High Street.

Bernard Casey - online comic on stage at the Róisín

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

BERNARD CASEY has been described as "a wonderfully well crafted performer with a great old school style of storytelling," by no less a comedian than Tommy Tiernan.

Tony Law - surreal, absurd, shouty

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

SURREAL, ABSURD, shouty, yet powerful nonsense, that is also not without meaning, will be the order of the day when Tony Law, "the King of post-modern nonsense", according to The Daily Telegraph, returns to Galway.

Steve Bennett @ Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

IRELAND'S LONGEST running and most wide reaching comedy competition, Show Me The Funny, continues with heat three at The King's Head Bar, High Street, where the special guest is Steve Bennett.

Ivan Brackenbury at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

IF YOU watch 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, you have seen Ivan Brackenbury, the hapless hospital DJ with the unwitting knack of playing the most inappropriate songs for the patients.

Alison Spittle - making a show of herself

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

ALISON SPITTLE, the star and writer of RTÉ's Nowhere Fast and Culchie Club, and the Tatler Comedian Of The Year, is bringing her new show, Makes A Show Of Herself, to Galway this month.

Looking Up with Chris Kent

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

CHRIS KENT has spent the past year balancing his comedy career with being a stay at home dad, trying to grow a beard, and removing the word 'mate' from his vocabulary, as "it takes too much effort to say in an Irish accent".

Show Me The Funny - Round Two

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

FOLLOWING THE return of Show Me The Funny at The King's Head last week, the second instalment of the competition to find Ireland's newest comedy star, takes place on Monday January 21.

Who is coming to the Róisín Dubh Comedy in 2019?

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

IF COMEDY was a religion, Róisín Dubh would be Mecca, the Vatican, or Jerusalem. OK, maybe it is more like Knock, but one thing for sure, it is arguably the home of comedy in the west of Ireland.

Show Me The Funny returns for 2019

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

SHOW ME The Funny, Ireland's longest running and most wide reaching comedy talent competition, returns for its 12th season at The King's Head this month.

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