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GALWAY COMEDY Festival kicks off next Tuesday, and with shows right through to Monday October 25, excitement is mounting in the City of the Tribes. With 45 shows across seven days and fun-filled nights, Galway really is the place to be this October Bank Holiday weekend.

ASK TERRY Alderton about coming to Galway, and the last thing he will give you is the standard “Oh yeah Galway’s a great city, I really love it” most performers trot out. For Terry, coming to Galway is coming to a city where there is a “funky bohemian atmosphere you only get in the west of Ireland”.

TERRY ALDERTON is no stranger to Galway, having perfumed at the city's Vodafone Comedy Carnival on numerous occasions, and tomorrow Galwegians will see Terry perform his first online show.

LAUGHTER IS of utmost importance right now with everything so serious and scary, and we need some levity and perspective - even if only for a second, even if the laughs turn to tears because we just need some sort of release.

IT MAY be only two years on the go, but the Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh is arguably a Galway comedy institution which even the coronavirus cannot keep down.

THERE IS no such thing as 'easing into the New Year' for Karl Spain. Only three weeks into 2020 and the Limerick comedian has hit the ground running, with gigs in Dubai already under his belt.

THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival Galway - Ireland’s biggest comedy festival - brings hundred of comedians and thousands of comedy fans to the city every October, and next week sees a chance to relive a bit of that hilarity.

IT IS day three already of Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2019 and it has been an absolute belter so far with all signs pointing to this year’s event being the largest festival of fun to date. Sales are set to surpass last year’s record numbers with queues out the door for most shows.

Some 10,000 people are set to converge on Galway next week to attend the Vodafone Comedy Carnival, which is expected to generate at least €5 million for the local economy.

Bill Bailey, John Bishop, Ross Noble, Jason Byrne, Reginald D Hunter, Ardal O’Hanlon, Omid Djalili, Rich Hall, and Shappi Khorsandi are just some of the stand-up superstars heading to Galway for this year’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival. The 2019 programme for Ireland’s largest festival of laughter has just been announced and it is simply outstanding.