Vodafone Comedy Festival

The Vodafone Comedy Festival 2019 will feature an impressive line-up of international and Irish comedians who will feature at the four day event in the unique and stunning surroundings of Iveagh Gardens, in the heart of Dublin. As well as enjoying the world class comedy in five magnificent, fully seated in-door venues, festival-goers can soak up the playground atmosphere in the beautiful walled gardens and enjoy the colourful array of street performers, live music and gourmet food and drinks. Check out the programme to plan the weekend.

This year's festival is full to the brim with home-grown talent, from household names such as Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Deirdre O'Kane, David O'Doherty, Foil, Arms & Hog, Alison Spittle, Neil Delamare, Jason Byrne to emerging acts like author, comedian and illustrator Aoife Dooley and online stars Enya Martin, Tony Cantwell & The 2 Johnnies. As podcasts continue to explode in popularity, the festival will feature the best of Irish talent including Blindboy and Lindsey & Jenny from the It Galz Podcast as well as stand up from Deborah Frances-White, host of the international smash hit podcast The Guilty Feminist.

We have another outstanding line up of American stars including Jim Gaffigan, Michelle Wolf, Des Bishop, Jena Friedman, Josh Wolf, Cameron Esposito, Dan Soder, Liza Treyger, Tone Bell, Langston Kerman and Catherine Cohen. They will be joined by amazing UK acts including Sindhu Vee & London Hughes, rising Australian comic Laura Davis plus Loyiso Gola from South Africa & Danish comedian, author and podcaster Sofie Hagen. The Vodafone Comedy Festival is a strictly over 18's event.