Paddy Raff is a multi award-winning Irish stand-up comedian who burst onto the comedy scene in only 2018. Since his first appearance at an open-mic night, paddy’s career has gone from strength to strength; just two years later in 2020 he had a record breaking 5 night sell-out arena run. Paddy has now firmly cemented his name as one of the best up-and-coming comedians of our day and has become highly sought-after for events and engagements across the whole of the UK.
Late onto the comedy scene, Paddy led a diverse career as a call centre trainer for six years and then spent ten years as a full-time wedding musician. Although used to a crowd, Paddy had not been the main focus in his previous career but took to the stage like a duck to water as was evident from his first open-mic night. Paddy’s popularity soon grew and he quickly established himself as one of the biggest comedians in Northern Ireland. During the pandemic Paddy’s work became viral, between 2020 and 2022, he won two awards for his comedy sketch TV Series ‘The Paddy Raff Show’ and he was dubbed ‘the comedy star of the Coronavirus Lockdown’ by the Irish Times.
Now, Paddy has over 210k followers across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube with multiple videos gaining millions of views across his social media and has performed on stages such as Ulster Hall and the SSE Arena. The pilot episode of his sketch show, which was aired on July 2020, was nominated for an RTS NI award and won the Celtic Media Festival award for Scripted Comedy. With the first series being immensely successful, a second series was aired in 2022 and firmly cemented Paddy as a household name. All these feats accomplished after only four years since his very first stand-up show.
A best-selling act across the whole of the UK and Ireland, Paddy hosted BBC Three’s Stand-up for Live Comedy’s Irish leg and appeared on the ITV show ‘Secrets of the Comedy Circuit’. A true family comedian, Paddy will have your audience crying with laughter. If you are looking to book a comedian for your next event who is critically acclaimed and quickly becoming one of the biggest names in the business, look no further than Paddy Raff.
How to hire Paddy Raff
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Paddy Raff for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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Official Feedback from In-person & Virtual Events
"I can safely say that it was our best Awards ever and Paddy was central to its success. Nothing was too much trouble for him and his performance on the night was fantastic, and I think he really enjoyed the event himself. I was wondering if he may be interested in hosting again next year." - NI Travel
"Paddy was outstanding on Saturday and a massive hit with the crowd. So can’t thank you enough for enabling Paddy to be there. It’s looking like we have made around £20,000 for the Air Ambulance Northern Ireland Charity which is amazing." - Air Ambulance NI Charity Event
"I just wanted to send Paddy our major thanks for the awards last Thursday. Paddy was an absolutely brilliant host, we’ve had fantastic feedback from guests and I think it’s fair to say everyone is now a major fan. Lots of people saying they would book and see his show next time, which shows how well it all went. Please convey our appreciation to Paddy, we really can’t thank him enough." - NI Contact Centre Awards
"Paddy is great - love working with him. He's really chilled and is a complete pro. He'd be the first name I would suggest to any clients looking a comedian at the moment!" - Matthew, Lanyon Group
