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26th Aug 2016

The Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway line-up has been announced and it’s a belter

JOE

They’ll be rolling in the aisles out west!

The line-up for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway has just been announced and the week-long event is set to keep Galway roaring with laughter.

From home grown ringmaster Tommy Tiernan, to Edinburgh award nominee Al Porter, to Manchester megastar Jason Manford and the planet’s best one-liner man, Milton Jones – it’s a line-up full of laughs.

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For comedy fans who like some musical accompaniment with their humour, acts like David O’Doherty, The Dan Band from The Hangover and Old School movies, The Rubberbandits Halloween hullabaloo and the hip hop improv of Abandoman will provide a musical spectacle throughout the festival in the city of the tribes.

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The line-up also includes PJ Gallagher, Jason Byrne, Lords of Strut, Aisling Bea, Sofie Hagen, Joe Lycett, Andrew Maxwell, Joe DeRosa, Tom Stade, Glenn Wool, David McSavage, along with Jonathan Pie and the celebrated Shazia Mirza performing ‘the bravest piece of comedy you will ever see’.

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The Vodafone Comedy Carnival runs over 7 days from Tues Oct 25th to Mon Oct 31st and comedy fans can look forward to over sixty shows within the programme.

Tickets go on sale Monday Aug 29th at 9am through

www.vodafonecomedycarnival.com and via OMG, Shop Street, Galway.

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