Gorey’s

Yellowbelly

Comedy

Festival

2024

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September & October 2024:

4 Weekends, 4 Venues,

4 Nights of Unmissable Laughter!

THIS YEARS LINEUP

Now in its third year and again we have have the who’s who of Irish Comedy Lined up to give you some of the best nights out this September and October.

Eric Lalor

Three time ‘Irish Comedian of the Year’ and regular Joe.ie contributor, Eric Lalor is one of Ireland’s most reputable acts. To many he will always be the ‘Fair City’ bad boy, Cathal Spillane but to comedy lovers Eric is a regular act at the prestigious Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival, as well as Electric Picnic, Galway Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Portlaoise Halloween Howls and Iveagh Gardens Festivals as well as being invited to perform at the very first ever London Irish Comedy Festival in Oct 2012. He has also opened for some of the biggest names in Irish comedy including Tommy Tiernan, Des Bishop, Jason Byrne, PJ Gallagher, Andrew Maxwell, Colin Murphy and more.

Enya Martin

Enya Martin created a facebook page “Giz a laugh” making 2 minute comedy videos. Her hilarious videos featuring different characters and madcap scenarios generated thousands of followers and millions of views worldwide. Enya then took the plunge in to the live stand-up comedy circuit throughout Ireland where she has been very successful. She has performed at Electric Picnic, Paddy Power Comedy Festival at Iveagh Gardens and Kilkenny Cat Laughs. She has also performed at Galway Comedy Festival and All Together Now and she has sold-out her national tours “Would Ya Be Able” and “Ask Yer Ma”. Enya has performed on the same bills as Jason Byrne, Tommy Tiernan, Jimeoin, and Joel Dommett to name but a few.

Willa White

After a rapidly sold out debut 3 Olympia show last year, Willa White’ star continues to rise. Willa has established himself as a regular at comedy clubs and festivals nationwide. He has worked with names like, Jason Byrne, Tommy Tiernan, and Kevin Bridges to name but a few. His quickfire wit and engrossing stage presence have elevated him into one of today’s must-see comedians!

Willa is one of the major acts in the Laughter Lounge, he’s had a long career of appearances on RTE (Joy in the Hood, Love/Hate and The Savage Eye), has recently been heard on the Talking Bollix and the Two Norries podcast and just finished the country wide tour of his hit play, The Examination. Last month saw him launch the You Must Be Jokin’ podcast with fellow Dublin comedian Eric Lalor.

Adam Burke

Having built a reputation as one of the country’s finest comedy hosts, Adam has recently taken to the very biggest stages including 3 Arena, Live At The Marquee, Vicar Street, Liberty Hall, Cork Opera House and The INEC Arena and he continues to host comedy stages at top festivals that include Electric Picnic, Paddy Power Comedy Festival, All Together Now Festival, Galway Comedy Festival and many more.

And whilst perhaps best known for regularly fronting the global phenomenon Bingo Loco, Adam is a well established stand up act who has shared the stage with top Irish and international comedians like Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Deirdre O Kane, Jason Byrne, Joanne McNally, Enya Martin, The Rubberbandits and Reginald D Hunter, to name but a few.

Adam also had back to back sold out shows for his newest stand up special in Whelan’s, Dublin this March. ‘Lucky Man’ was presented in association with MCD Productions, and boasted brand new material, heavy hitters and plenty of the ‘off script, off the cuff’ mirth and mischief that has seen him quickly move up the ranks of Irish stand up comedy.

Joe Rooney – The Father Ted Show

Joe Rooney’s Celebrating Father Ted brings one of Father Ted’s most loved characters Father Damien Lennon (Father Damo) back for a one off live tour.
We watch the episode The Old Grey Whistle Theft followed by a quiz pitting one side of the audience against the other. Then Joe shares some behind the scenes revelations and parts of Father Ted you might have missed.
After a short break Joe performs his stand up and musical comedy with his guitar, interspersed with A Lovely Girls Competition with three volunteers from the audience. You don’t have to be a girl to enter. Participants will be asked to show their lovely walk, lovely laugh and sandwich making skills. The winner will receive a free whistle although it might have been stolen. The whole audience will compete in the Dancing Priests Competition and the evening will be wrapped up with a singa-long rendition of My Lovely Horse.
Afterwards there’ll be a chance to meet Joe Rooney and have a selfie taken. Joe is a renowned stand up comedian who has performed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as shows worldwide from Beijing to Moscow to San Francisco.

“The intensity he puts into his singing and character acting is on another level. His act rolls along smoothly and nothing felt forced….. an enjoyable romp with songs, great stand-up and excellent storytelling, full of gags.“- Chortle 2019
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Shane Clifford

After working in retail for 10 years Shane Clifford decided, on a whim, to upload some silly videos to the internet. The videos dealt with issues such as mental health and masculinity through an original, absurd and most of all funny lens and after accidentally attracting a small, but devoted, following he decided to give stand up a go.

In the 3 years since he nervously stepped on stage in a tiny room in Killarney and told jokes to 4 American tourists, he has risen quickly performing all over Ireland and appearing at major Irish comedy festivals including Castlepalooza, Cork Comedy Festival and the Vodafone Comedy Festival. In 2018 Shane was a finalist at the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny? final at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in October he performed his first solo hour, “Shane’s Brilliant Stand Up Show”, to a sold out audience in Whelans, Dublin.

Having achieved so much in such a short period it is clear that Shane has become one of the most original and exciting new acts in Irish comedy.

Deirdre O’Kane

The last few years have been something of a whirlwind for Deirdre O’Kane. She recently appeared on Amazon Prime’s Last One Laughing Ireland, fronted her own talk show – Deirdre O’Kane Talks Funny – in the primetime Saturday night slot on RTÉ One, and debuted a brand new standup comedy series, The Deirdre O’Kane Show, with Sky Comedy. Deirdre also appeared as a judge alongside Boy George, Aston Merrygold and Vogue Williams on the new Fox-developed talent show, The Big Deal, for Virgin Media Television.

A co-founder of Comic Relief in Ireland, Deirdre presented the critically acclaimed RTÉ Does Comic Relief which raised more than 6 million euros to help those most in need as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and reached in excess of 1.4 million viewers across Ireland. In recent years she has hosted the prestigious IFTA Film & Drama Awards (for both RTÉ and Virgin Media), and reached the finals of the national broadcaster’s top-rated entertainment show, Dancing with the Stars. Deirdre is also known as the voice of smash-hit perennial, Gogglebox (Virgin Media).

One of Ireland’s favourite comedians, Deirdre never strays too far from her live stand-up roots; her new show, O’Kaning It, a box-fresh hour of side splitting laughs, is currently touring Ireland and the UK.

Fred Cooke

In 2011, Cooke began touring regularly with his stand-up playing the Irish comedy circuit including the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. That same year he made his debut at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his show, ‘Comfort in Chaos’ for which Chortle named him “Ireland’s Most Unique Stand-Up.”

Between 2009 and 2016, Cooke appeared in various sketches on the RTÉ comedy show, Republic of Telly. In 2012, Cooke played various roles in David McSavage’s comedy sketch show The Savage Eye. He also had a guest role in the BBC comedy series, Vexed.

Throughout 2014 and 2015, Cooke was one of the lead pranksters on RTÉ’s hidden camera show, The Fear. In 2015, Cooke wrote and starred in his own comedic documentary, Operation Transportation: Highway to Kells for RTÉ2 which followed him learning to drive at the age of 35.

As of 2017, Cooke has been the announcer on The Tommy Tiernan Show. That same year he had a guest role in the RTÉ comedy series, Bridget & Eamon.

Neil Delamere

Award-winning comedian Neil Delamere is one of the top acts working in the Irish comedy scene today, well known to audiences for his regular television appearances on RTE and the BBC as well as his hilarious sell-out stand up tours.

With stellar reviews as well as a number of platinum-selling DVDs under his belt, Neil has turned his attention to comedy documentaries, writing and presenting IFTA Award- and Celtic Media Award-winning TV programmes on the Vikings and St. Patrick. His four part series on heroes from Ireland’s past, Holding out for a Hero, was recently broadcast as part of RTE 2’s autumn schedule.

Never one to sit around, Neil is also back in the hot seat with The Blame Game, the perennially popular BBC panel show, back for its 14th season in 2018. He is a regular panellist on BBC 5 Live’s Fighting Talk and recently appeared on BBC 4’s The News Quiz.

Neil continues to tour extensively at home and internationally, with appearances at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival (from which he presented the RTE television series covering the event) to name just a few. His shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival have garnered rave reviews, including a coveted five stars from The Scotsman, the premier broadsheet reviewer at the event.

Enjoy untold nights of comedy with your favourite comedians this Autumn in Gorey

October 2022 saw the inaugural Gorey Yellowbelly Comedy Festival take place in North Wexford and what a reaction it got!

Gorey has a strong history of comedy and the committee felt that 2022 was the ideal time to revive the comedy culture in Gorey and so began Gorey Yellowbelly Comedy Festival!

Organised in conjunction with Love Gorey, the festival ran every Thursday night in Gorey in venues such as The 64, The Ashdown Park and The Loch Garman Arms.

The events drew great crowds and there were plenty of laughs and interaction with the audience with each of the comedians, and most importantly it was great to see everyone back out enjoying a night out with friends!

The first event, which took place in The 64, was headlined by Kevin McGahern and supported by Shane Clifford with Fiona Frawley. The second night saw Des Bishop enterain a huge crowd in the Ashtown Park Hotel. On the third night it was back to the ’64’ for Emma Doran, supported by Ed Sammon. The Last of the 4 Thursdays was in the Louch Garman Arms with Aidan Greene warming up for the hilarious John Lynn.

2023 saw an array of new faces come to Gorey, new venues and a move to weekend nights too!

2024 is looking to be even better and we hope you get an opportunity to enjoy one or many of the nights of comedy we have organised for you!

Let us know how we can help grow this festival in Gorey!

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2022 The Begining

GOREYS YELLOW BELLY COMEDY FESTIVAL

Loved seeing comedy return to Gorey! We attended 3 of the nights in 2022 and wish the new comedy festival all the best in the future!

PAUL

GOREYS YELLOW BELLY COMEDY FESTIVAL

We had a great night out as part of the Gorey Yellow Belly Festival – great to see some of Ireland’s best comedians visit the town and great also be out and enjoy something different!

CHRIS

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