Galway Comedy Festival is bursting at the seams with comedy brilliance, all part of a 70-strong line-up of international stars, homegrown comedy greats, and emerging talent, playing 69 shows across 16 venues over 7 days and nights. You’d best start planning your week of ‘carefully curated craic’.

Eddie Mullarkey
Galway Comedy Festival is full of mirth and mischief, but we take supporting local talent very seriously. Galwegian Eddie Mullarkey is a rising name in Irish stand-up, thanks to his deft, top-notch crowd work and interaction as well as his engaging storytelling approach to observational stand-up. They say laughter is the best medicine, and if so, then Eddie’s cheeky and seductive wit will heal all your ailments.

Mark Nelson
Since winning the inaugural Scottish Comedian of the Year Award in 2006 – less than a year after his first ever open spot – Mark’s mix of dark humour, cutting observations, and superb one-liners has seen him firmly established as one of Britain’s comedy powerhouses, with “a talent that is simply obscene… a star in the making,” according to The List. He has supported Jim Jefferies, Jason Manford & Russell Kane.

Patrick McDonnell
He will forever be iconic for being Eoin McLove, the Daniel O’Donnell spoofing country singer on Father Ted (“I have no willy!”), but Patrick has enjoyed a long career in stand-up comedy that continues to this day and he has been a feature on other iconic comedy shows like Naked Camera, Chris O’Dowd’s Moone Boy, and David McSavage’s acclaimed The Savage Eye. He also is the co-host of the podcast, Talking Ted, from the HeadStuff Podcast Network.

Casey Gothard
Casey is a stand-up comedian from Brisbane, Australia, who has performed sold-out shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

DOORS: 20:30 | SHOW: 21:00 | Age 18+