Ireland’s longest running and best-loved comedy festival, The Cat Laughs is coming to Ulster Hall in Belfast for the very first time 23 - 25 May 2025!
With a fantastic line-up of stand-up comics, Ireland’s longest running and best-loved comedy festival, The Cat Laughs is coming to Belfast for the very first time!
Belfast’s reputation as a comedy city has exploded over the last decade, with a new wave of local comics selling out huge venues, alongside a new & endless stream of international A list comics visiting the city, and hundreds of thousands of fans attending shows across the city each year.
“The best little Comedy Festival in the world” – The Guardian
Friday 23 May

MC: Colin Murphy, Paddy Raff, Mark McCarney, Deirdre O’Kane and David O’Doherty, Gearoid Farrelly, Emma Doran, Alison Spittle and Neil Delamere
Saturday 24 May

MC: Karl Spain, William Thompson, Susie McCabe, Mike Rice, Colin Geddis, Seann Walsh, Diona Doherty, Vlad Ilich
and Vittorio Angelone
Sunday 25 May

MC: Andrew Ryan, Chris Kent, Kyla Cobbler, Ray Bradshaw, Scott Bennett, Christopher Macarther-Boyd, Shane Todd, Rich Hall and Paddy McDonnell