The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2026

About the show

Ireland’s longest running and best-loved comedy festival, The Cat Laughs is returning to Waterfront Hall in Belfast 25 - 26 September 2026!

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 again!

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.