Russell Howard, Katherine Ryan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Deirdre O’Kane and Emma Doran are among the acts appearing at this year's Comedy Arena at Electric Picnic.
It will also see Iain Stirling, Maisie Adam, Jarlath Regan, Garron Noone, Enya Martin, Diona O'Doherty, and Paddy McDonnell take to the stage, with the laughs MCed by Karl Spain.
Comedy fans the length and breadth of the country will be well up-to-speed on the bona fides of stalwarts like Eric Lalor, Bernard Casey, Kevin McGahern, Patrick McDonnell, Fred Cooke, Shane Clifford, John Colleary, Paul Marsh, Fred Cooke, Damian Clark, Anna Clifford and the outrageous Joe Dowlin.
The Comedy Stage at Electric Picnic has a long and storied tradition of breaking new and exciting talent from the circuit and those making their EP debut after careful and considered curation are Sofia Wren, Michael Sable, Stephen Ryan, Sharon Mannion, Aoife Dunne, John Doran, Ali Fox and social media sensation Peter McGann.
The Comedy Stage opens at 1.30pm on Saturday, 17 August and Sunday, 18 August at the sold-out weekend festival in Stradbally, Co Laois. It runs until 9pm each day.
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