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Ireland’s longest running comedy competition, Show Me The Funny, will return to the King’s Head Bar later this month to help banish those post-Christmas, January blues.

As the Town Hall Theatre enters its fourth decade, it is worth pausing to reflect on just how fortunate Galway is to have such a remarkable cultural home at the heart of the city. Few buildings anywhere can claim a history as layered, or a present as vibrant.

As the Town Hall Theatre enters its fourth decade, it is worth pausing to reflect on just how fortunate Galway is to have such a remarkable cultural home at the heart of the city. Few buildings anywhere can claim a history as layered, or a present as vibrant.

Since the 1820s it has been a court, a seat of city government, a cinema, a conference room, dance hall and even a stockade for internees, but next year the old Town Hall building on Court House Square will celebrate 30 years as a thoroughly successful theatre.

Along with much laughter, Galway Comedy Festival 2025 is set to provide a major economic boost to the city with a multi-million euro boost. In a world desperately in need of a laugh, funny business can also be serious business.

Mayor Mike Cubbard has welcomed the use of the city's idle Pálás Cinema for the annual Galway Comedy Festival later this month, which will include a strong Irish language element for its 2025 edition.

Some of the country's most prolific podcasts, like Keep It Tight, How To Gael, The Creep Dive and Eejits of the World, will record live in venues around the city during this year's Galway Comedy Festival.

The 2025 festival runs from Tuesday, October 21, to Monday, October 27, and features comedic heavyweights including Rhod Gilbert, Dylan Moran, Deirdre O’Kane, Jack Dee, and Omid Djalili.

Tickets are now available for this year’s Galway Comedy Festival, which runs from Ocober 21 to October 27, including the first time Paul Smith comes west.

In a post-apocalyptic world, there’s only one contraceptive pill left. Do you give it to your 20-year-old daughter, or keep it for yourself?