Get those ribs primed for a tickling, the Vodafone Comedy Festival is back again this year and will once again see a wealth of the best homegrown and international talent taking to five different stages in the Iveagh Gardens over four days this July.

The Irish talent at the festival includes titans like Tommy Tiernan, David O’Doherty, Al Porter, Panti, Deirdre O’Kane, Maeve Higgins, PJ Gallagher, Bernard O’Shea, Jason Byrne and Neil Delamere as well as newer acts Foil Arms & Hog, Eleanor Tiernan, Chris Kent, Alison Spittle and Joanne McNally.

Flying in from the UK are 8 out of 10 Cats team captain Jon Richardson, one-liner king Tim Vine, ventriloquist Nina Conti, The Improv Allstars with Phill Jupitus, Adam Buxton, Zoe Lyons, Lolly Adefope, Chris Ramsey, Rosin Conaty and Nick Helm, while 8 acts are jetting in from the US, including Reginald D Hunter, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Michelle Wolf, Aparna Nancherla, Joe List, Seaton Smith and The Pajama Men.

The 2015 Vodafone Comedy Festival will take place in the Iveagh Gardens in the heart of Dublin, from July 23rd to July 26th. Tickets for the festival go on sale this Monday 15th June and are sold on a show-by-show basis, while the festival is a strictly over 18s event.

For full details of the Vodafone Comedy Festival Line-up and programme information visit vodafonecomedy.com