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’.

Sophia Wren
Sophia Wren has taken the Irish comedy scene by storm in just a couple of years. In 2024 she won ‘Show Me The Funny’, and was a finalist in Bray Comedy Festival’s ‘Best New Act’ competition, and the prestigious ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ competition in Edinburgh.

Bernard Casey
Since his first live comedy gig at UCC RAG Week in 2011, the Kerry native has sold out shows at the INEC, Vicar Street, and The Everyman in Cork along with venues in London, New York, and Boston. His online comedy videos have +15 million views and garnered him +130,000 social media followers. His passion for comedy and acting also led to the creation of his hugely popular Drama Workshop for secondary schools students in Ireland.

Jess Collins
Jess Collins describes herself as a “6ft, politically incorrect, opinionated, sometimes sexy bird, who enjoys the laughter”. In recent years she has gone from seeing her favourite Irish comics to sharing the stage with them and achieving a number of her comedy goals, such as being a Show Me The Funny finalist, playing Electric Picnic and Galway Comedy Festival – and Jess loves Galway: “What I’ve always said about Galway is the gigs lend themselves to having some of the most wonderful people in their audiences.” We couldn’t agree more.

Adam Burke
Adam is a regular host of Bingo Loco and The Laughter Lounge, who has performed at All Together Now Festival, Electric Picnic, and last year’s Galway Comedy Festival, while 2025 has already seen him support Jarlath Regan, Dylan Moran, Des Bishop, Andrew Maxwell, and Willa White. No wonder The Sunday Independent says he’s “teetering on the edge of the mainstream”.

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