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We are just four weekends away from the start of the 2018 Electric Picnic, and having recently announce more impressive acts they have just also announced some world famous comedians too.
The comedy tent is always one of the highlights of the three day festival, with some of the best comedians around being ever present at the festival, and 2018 will be no different.
Some of the big names added are Russell Howard, David O’Doherty, Jason Byrne, Milton Jones and Alison Spittle.
Russell Howard, who makes his Electric Picnic debut, is one of the UK’s most successful comedians, and has a various number of TV shows on the go. Energetic, cynical and most importantly very funny, Howard is stand-up natural and is sure to be a big hit.
David O’Doherty is another big name on the comedy scene, not just in Ireland but in the UK.
He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a record 18 years in a row and is also a regular on ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown‘, ‘QI’ and ‘Would I Lie To You’ amongst others.
The star of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’, Jason Byrne is one of the most exciting live comedy performers in the world. His legendary shows become a secret shared experience among his audience. Full on, doubled-up, gasping for oxygen hilarious, Byrne is consistently brilliant.
Fast, absurd and funny, the wild haired Milton Jones has raised word play to the level of fine art.
He performed to over 100,000 people on his most recent tour and is a regular on ‘Mock The Week’ and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
Alison Spittle is another Irish comic making a long overdue return to Electric Picnic.
Her series ‘Nowhere Fast‘ which she co-wrote and stars in, recently aired on RTÉ Two to great critical acclaim. Highly entertaining, Alison’s tales of rural life and small town eccentrics are sure to strike a chord with anyone who grew up outside the Pale.
Leading the weekend’s proceedings will be the well-known funny man, Karl Spain, who has featured at the picnic a number of times, and he will keep the show going with his witty rural Ireland outtake on life.
These announcements follow the addition of fresh acts to the list for Ireland’s biggest musical festival, as bands such as The Prodigy, Picture This, The Coronas, Walking on Cars, and Hudson Taylor are now set to play over the course of the three days.
Check out the full comedy line-up below.
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