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IF Christmas is the season to be jolly, you won’t be disappointed with a line-up of local comedy talent performing at a special stand-up night later this month. A host of budding comedians will take the stage at the Greyhound Bar on Saturday, December 28 at 8pm. Some of the […]

ENGLISH comedian, Bill Bailey, is coming to Kerry during the Christmas season to have a lark. Bailey is a multi-award-winning British comedian, songwriter, musician, actor, presenter and animal welfare campaigner and for the fist time ever he brings his ‘Larks in Transit’ Show to the Gleneagle INEC Arena on December […]

BERNARD Casey has become a quite the phenomenon in his home county over the past couple of years. Following the success of two sold out shows in the Acoustic Club, the man from Portage announced a gig earlier this year for the INEC Killarney on November 30th and it sold […]

AFTER two hit comedy dramas in the past couple of years, the trilogy will be complete later this month when ‘One Ordination and a Donation’ will be performed at Na Gaeil GAA clubhouse. The play will be stage on Wednesday, February 27, Thursday, February 28 and Saturday, March 2, and […]

CORK comic, Chris Kent, got the Blasket Comedy Club off to a great start for 2019, as he performed his stand-up last night. With material involving fatherhood, being snitched on to the dole officer, the philosophy of Will Smith, healthy eating and much more, Chris showed he’s a very, very […]

FOR many, the first pay cheque of the year comes tomorrow, so why not stay in a good mood by enjoying a night out and some great comedy. The Blasket Comedy Club returns on Friday night with the first of three gigs taking place over the coming month in the […]

TOP comedy acts are returning to Tralee over the next month with three shows on the way in The Blasket Bar on Castle Street. Having hosted such well known acts as Karl Spain and Bernard O’Shea late last year, acclaimed comedians Chris Kent, Shane Clifford and Eleanor Tiernan will perform […]

HERE’S something different to go to on a Friday night…and it’s free. ‘The Freedom Machine’ by Elaine Gallagher is a hilarious audio-visual stand up show, which celebrates 100 years of women’s suffrage by exploring the revolutionary bicycle. This is a free event (limited spaces) and will take place at O’Donnells, Mounthawk, […]

A TRALEE comedian who posted a video of why he hates rugby has received a mixed response to say the least…but he has got over 31,000 views so far for it! Shane Clifford has been posting up some very funny stuff over the past few years and his latest, in […]

IT’S a busy day for gig announcements in the INEC. This morning The Coronas revealed they are coming in December and now Mario Rosenstock is set to take in a date in the Killarney venue for his one-man stage show ‘In Your Face’ on May 4, 2018. The brand new […]

TODAY FM duo, Dermot & Dave will come to Kerry next year as part of a nationwide comedy tour. The lunchtime presenters Dermot Whelan and Dave Moore will hit the stage at the INEC Killarney on March 16, 2017. Continued below… Entitled the ‘Ah Sure Lookit’ tour, the two lads debuted their comedy show at the first Cork […]

IT’S November, so it’s ok to talk about it now. Christmas party season is not too far away and venues all over town are pulling out all the stops to attract businesses, clubs and groups of friends to their establishments. One restaurant which decided to do something very different this […]

A STAR of the ‘Republic of Telly’ and ‘Bridget and Eamonn’ shows is bringing his stand up show to Il Forno Restaurant on Courthouse Lane on this Saturday night at 8pm. Edwin Sammon plays Father Gabriel in the Republic of Telly spin-off, Bridget and Eamonn, which has recently shot a second […]

A NIGHT of comedy and tapas was held for charity on Thursday at a newly opened upstairs venue at Il Forno Restaurant. It was the first time the upstairs space was used and a good crowd of people enjoyed the entertainment and great food. Seamus Kelly was the entertaining MC for […]

THERE’S something new on the way for diners in Tralee this summer, as a restaurant hatches plans to combine culture and cuisine in a new upstairs venue. Il Forno Wood Fired Pizza and Italian Restaurant at Courthouse Lane hosted the first of many planned events with a night of comedy and […]

A TRALEE standup will perform his first hour long show in the renowned Whelans venue in Dublin next month. It’s a big stepping stone for Oakpark man Ronan Grace, who has been honing his craft in the capital for the past eight years. Clocking up on average 100 shows a year, his comedy […]

A TRALEE IT student’s sometimes dark and often peculiar brand of humour has been gaining momentum online and from famous comedians (see videos below). On Facebook, Shane Clifford’s, short comedy videos on his site ‘Shanes Brilliant Page‘ have been watched a combined 359,953 times. The sketches have even earned the attention […]

A FORMER Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí student is the director of a new comedy series which is featuring on RTE 2 on Monday nights. Shaun O’Connor is the director of Sketch! – a (you guessed it) comedy sketch show filmed in Cork city. The latest episode screened on Monday night featured RTE personality, John Creedon, […]

  THE stage times have been announced for the ‘Killarney Festival of Music and Food’ at the end of June which promises to be a fantastic weekend. The family-friendly boutique festival will be taking place at the picturesque Killarney House Demesne on the weekend of June 27 and 28. The […]

A STAND-UP comedian, born and raised in Ard Na Lí Oakpark, is beginning to make waves on the Irish comedy scene. Ronan Grace along with his writing partner, Trevor Browne, have written and performed several comedy sketches that will feature on RTE’s ‘Comedy Bites’, comedy shorts series on RTE Player. Each […]

THE first night of Kerry’s newest and only comedy club, The KY Comedy Alternative, took place in the Abbey last Thursday night. The night saw sets from ten comedians, some from Kerry, some from Limerick and one from Mayo. Despite some issues with sound, the night was a roaring success and €221.49 […]

  BUZZ, Salmon and The Viper of ‘Hardy Bucks’ fame will be appearing in The Ballyroe Hotel on Tuesday, March 31 for a night of laughs. Hardy Bucks Live, by AKE Promotions, promises to leave the crowd skitting. There’ll even be a chance to meet and greet the trio after. Hardy […]

EARLIER this month, we told you about the upcoming Kerry Comedy Alternative Club night which takes place in The Abbey Inn on April 16 (click here for story). Now the girls at ‘Social Box TV’ have interviewed the man behind the night, Seamus Kelly (aka Frank Hicks) and some of the stand-ups who […]

  IT has been announced that one of Ireland’s top comedians David O’Doherty will be playing a show in Siamsa Tire on Saturday, March 21. The Dubliner billed as the “the forgotten Sugababe” and “the bad boy of Zumba” will bring his peculiar world whimsy to a Tralee audience with a new hour […]

FRESH from helping Gary Keane to the Electric Picnic, we’re now looking for your help to get a hometown comedian a Stellar Award. Carol Tobin, originally from Oakpark, but now living in Dublin, has been nominated in the Best Comedian category. The comedian/writer/actress/blogger is well-known for her appearances in many […]