The brilliant Vodafone Comedy Festival returns this summer with an amazing line up.

John Bishop, Lee Mack, Reggie Watts, Eugene Mirman, Luisa Omielan, Michael Che, Michael Mittermeier, Reginald D. Hunter and the Whose Line Is It Anyway? crew will all be plying their trade next month in Dublin's Iveagh Gardens.

Among the Irish comedy legends heading to the gardens are Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Jason Byrne, Ardal O'Hanlon, Neil Delamare and David O'Doherty.

The list of homegrown talent at this year's festival just keeps getting bigger with Maeve Higgins, PJ Gallagher, Fred Cooke, Bernard O'Shea, Sean Nolan and Eleanor Tiernan all set to grace the various stages.

The Vodafone Comedy Festival takes place July 25-28 with tickets on sale from Monday Juen 17 through [link]www.ticketmaster.ie[/link].