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Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine, Nate Bargatze is a Grammy nominated stand-up comedian from Nashville, TN.

Widely known for his clean and relatable comedy for all age groups and for his Netflix specials “The Tennessee Kid”, “Greatest Average American” and “The Stand-ups”, his latest special “Hello, World” can be found on Amazon Prime Video. Currently touring and selling out shows all over the world with his new “The Be Funny” Tour, Nate is also an avid golfer and sports enthusiast – always supporting his local Vanderbilt Commodores.

When not on the road, Nate is also the creator and host of the weekly podcast “Nateland”, which can be found through AudioBoom, his Youtube channel or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

Nate has over 10 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, has performed for the troops in Kuwait and Iraq, with Chris Rock, and at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.

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Jimmy Fallon Returned to Stand-Up Comedy and "Killed It" as Nate Bargatze's Opener

The  Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon  Host performed a rare stand-up set on January 18 as part of Bargatze's  The Be Funny Tour.

On January 18,  Jimmy Fallon  got back to his comedy roots—as an opening act.

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The Host of  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon  popped up to perform a rare stand-up comedy set at New Jersey's Prudential Center. The headliner who found a slot for Fallon on the lineup? Fallon's friend Nate Bargatze , who is keeping his  Be Funny Tour  on the road through at least summer 2024. 

"There’s no place I’d rather be, on a Thursday, in the middle of January, than Newark, New Jersey," Fallon wrote in an Instagram caption thanking Bargatze and the other comedians on the bill for "letting me crash the tour last night."

Comedians and one magician, that is, as Nate Bargatze's professional illusionist father, Stephen Bargatze, is among the tour performers. Fallon's photos included two with Bargatze, one of Fallon onstage delivering jokes, and a group shot with the Bargatzes and comedians Julian McCullough, Mike James, Jonnie W., and Gary Vider. 

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"You killed it last night! Always welcome!!" Bargatze commented. The comedian, who hosted  Saturday Night Live   in October 2023, has appeared on  The Tonight Show  13 times in a mix of stand-up and interviews.

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Jimmy Fallon's stand-up comedy career predates his  SNL  days

Before taking command of the  Tonight Show  desk (after hosting  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon  from 2009-2014), Fallon was a cast member on  Saturday Night Live  from 1998-2004. But before that, he performed both sketch comedy and stand-up onstage. 

In fact, Fallon was just 17 years old when he began performing standup comedy. Footage of a baby-faced Fallon making an audience laugh in 1997 involves a mix of celebrity impressions, and guitar-driven parodies that shaped his Y2K-era "Weekend Update" appearances. Watch it here .

In October 2023, Fallon told  The Tonight Show  audience that he was even considering touring a stand-up comedy show of his own after performing a surprise set at New York City's Comedy Cellar. The spur-of-the-moment choice to get onstage came after a dinner with comedians Mike Birbiglia and Chris Rock, with Fallon later joining Rock to appear at the comedy club. 

“So Chris Rock gets up, surprises the audience and destroys. He’s unbelievable," Fallon recounted at the time, his excitement evident. "And so I went up to give him a bottle of water as a goof, and everybody started clapping, and he took the microphone and he [handed it out to me]."

It was Fallon's first stand-up set in 10 years (riffing on the spot, as they say in the biz) and it evidently inspired him to work on some new material. 

"I felt like the comedy gods were just telling me, you know, ‘Yeah, you should do stand-up again," he added. A stage, a subway platform Green Day concert —you truly never know where Jimmy Fallon will pop up next.

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Nate Bargatze: 'The Be Funny' Tour

Hailed this year as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine and a “Rising Star,” by CBS Morning , 2021 Grammy nominated comedian and podcaster Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across the world.

An Old Hickory, Tennessee native, Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a former clown turned world class magician, who’s influence is seen on his’s 2015 debut Comedy Central special, Full Time Magic and his debut album, Yelled at By a Clown , which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks.

Bargatze’s half-hour Netflix Special The Standups, premiered in 2017 and his first solo one-hour Netflix special, The Tennessee Kid, premiered globally with rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his highly anticipated second Netflix special, The Greatest Average American , which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album.

In July 2020, the comedian teamed up with All Things Comedy to release his weekly podcast, Nateland. Nateland tackles the meaningless issues that we face day to day to give listeners a much-needed mental break from fighting the good fight. New episodes release Wednesdays, with video available on Nate’s YouTube channel and audio available everywhere you get podcasts.

Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his ten appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . He also appeared on Conan four times, was a recurring guest on @midnight , and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Bargatze was part of Jimmy Fallon's Clean-Cut Comedy Tour , and has performed live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait five times. In addition to touring the country as a headliner, Nate toured arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017 Total Blackout Tour . He regularly performs at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.

Nate was featured as one of Esquire's “Best New Comedians” by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron's “Comedians to Watch” in Rolling Stone, one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” for 2015, and as #1 on Vulture's ‘50 Comedians You Should Know’ in 2015.

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Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up” by The Atlantic Magazine and a “Rising Star” by “CBS Mornings,” 2021 Grammy-nominated comedian, podcaster, director and producer Nate Bargatze is selling out shows around the world.   A native of Old Hickory, Tenn., Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a clown turned world-class magician, whose influence is seen on his 2015 debut Comedy Central special, “Full Time Magic,” and his debut album, “Yelled at By a Clown,” which reached No. 1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s Top 10 Comedy Charts for weeks.   Bargatze’s half-hour Netflix special “The Standups” premiered in 2017, and his first solo one-hour Netflix special, “The Tennessee Kid,” premiered globally in 2019. In 2021, he released his critically acclaimed second Netflix special, “The Greatest Average American,” which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. Bargatze’s third one-hour special, “Nate Bargatze: Hello World,” released on Amazon Prime, holds the record as Amazon’s most-streamed original comedy special in its first 28 days of viewership.    Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his 13 appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” as well as on “Conan” and the late-night shows of Seth Meyers and James Corden.   He was a recurring guest on “@midnight” and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Bargatze was part of Jimmy Fallon's Clean-Cut Comedy Tour and has performed live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait.  In addition to touring the country as a headliner, he toured arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017 Total Blackout Tour and performed at SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival.   Bargatze was named one of Esquire’s “Best New Comedians” by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron’s “Comedians to Watch” in Rolling Stone, one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” for 2015, and as No. 1 on Vulture’s “50 Comedians You Should Know” in 2015. He also appeared on the cover of Variety’s annual comedy issue in 2022.

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Comedian NATE BARGATZE Announces 2023 Fall/Winter Dates For ‘The Be Funny Tour’

Following his sold-out headline show at Bridgestone Arena, Comedian Nate Bargatze has announced 28 new dates, scheduled for this fall and winter, on his 2023 THE BE FUNNY TOUR .

Hailing from Old Hickory, Tennessee, stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze has been recognized this year as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine and a “Rising Star,” by CBS Morning. The 2021 Grammy nominated comedian and podcaster Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across the world.

Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, which is evident in his ten appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon following four appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Both of Nate’s one-hour Netflix specials, The Tennessee Kid (2019) and The Greatest Average American (2021) premiered globally with rave reviews.

In July 2020, the comedian teamed up with All Things Comedy to release his new podcast, Nateland. The world is a crazy place and there’s plenty of podcasts out there tackling the tough issues. However, Nateland tackles the meaningless issues that we face day to day to give listeners a much-needed mental break from fighting the good fight. New episodes release Wednesdays, with video available on  Nate’s YouTube channel  and audio available everywhere you get podcasts.

Presale begins Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 10 a.m. local (code: GREATEST). Tickets go on sale Friday, April 21, 2023, at 10 a.m. local. For more information and tickets, visit  natebargatze.com . 

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April 27, 2023 — Muncie, IN — Emens Auditorium

April 28, 2023 — Kalamazoo, M — Kalamazoo State Theatre

April 29, 2023 — Milwaukee, WI — Riverside Theater

April 30, 2023 — Detroit, MI — Fox Theatre

May 4, 2023 — Williamsport, PA — Community Arts Center

May 5, 2023 — Hershey, PA — Giant Center

May 7, 2023 — Norfolk, VA — Chrysler Hall

May 12, 2023 — Jacksonville, FL — Moran Theater

May 13, 2023 — Greenville, SC — Bon Secours Wellness Arena

May 14, 2023 — Richmond, VA — Altria Theater

May 20, 2023 — Charleston, SC — North Charleston Performing Arts Center

June 1, 2023 — Springfield, IL — UIS Performing Arts Center

June 2, 2023 — Dayton, OH — Mead Theatre

June 3, 2023 — Evansville, IN — Old National Events Plaza

June 4, 2023 — Bowling Green, KY — SKyPAC

June 15, 2023 — Sioux City, IA — Orpheum Theatre

June 16, 2023 — Saint Paul, MN — Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

*Sept. 7, 2023 — Tucson, AZ — Tucson Music Hall

*Sept. 8, 2023 — San Diego, CA — San Diego Civic Theatre

*Sept. 9, 2023 — Los Angeles, CA — The Greek Theatre

*Sept. 21, 2023 — Wheeling, WV — The Capitol Theatre

*Sept. 23, 2023 — Baltimore, MD — The Lyric

*Sept. 30, 2023 — Salt Lake City, UT — Delta Center

*Oct. 1, 2023 — Idaho Falls, ID — Hero Arena

*Oct. 5, 2023 — Portland, ME — Merrill Auditorium

*Oct. 6, 2023 — Rochester, NY — Kodak Center

*Oct. 7, 2023 — New York, NY — Radio City Music Hall

*Oct. 14, 2023 — Seattle, WA — Paramount Theatre

*Oct. 19, 2023 — Park City, KS — Harman Arena

*Oct. 20, 2023 — Tulsa, OK — BOK Center

*Oct. 21, 2023 — Fort Worth, TX — Dickies Arena

*Oct. 22, 2023 — Oklahoma City, OK — Paycom Center

*Oct. 26, 2023 — Ottumwa, IA — Bridge View Center

*Oct. 27, 2023 — St. Louis, MO — Fabulous Fox Theatre

*Oct. 28, 2023 — Indianapolis, IN — Gainbridge Fieldhouse

*Oct. 29, 2023 — Davenport, IA — Adler Theatre

*Nov. 2, 2023 — Peoria, IL — Peoria Civic Center

*Nov. 4, 2023 — Chicago, IL — The Chicago Theatre

*Nov. 18, 2023 — Cleveland, OH — KeyBank State Theatre

*Nov. 19, 2023 — Erie, PA — Warner Theatre

*Nov. 30, 2023 — Savannah, GA — Johnny Mercer Theatre

*Dec. 1, 2023 — Knoxville, TN — Knoxville Civic Coliseum

*Dec. 7, 2023 — Evans, GA — Columbia County Performing Arts Center

*Dec. 8, 2023 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena

*Dec. 9, 2023 — Tampa, FL — Amalie Arena

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A 5th performance has been added: Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 3:00pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 15 at 10am.

Hailed this year as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine and a “Rising Star,” by CBS Morning, 2021 Grammy nominated comedian and podcaster Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across the world. 

An Old Hickory, Tennessee native, Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a former clown turned world class magician, who’s influence is seen on his’s 2015 debut Comedy Central special, Full Time Magic and his debut album, Yelled at By a Clown , which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks.

Bargatze’s half-hour Netflix Special The Standups , premiered in 2017 and his first solo one-hour Netflix special, The Tennessee Kid , premiered globally with rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his highly anticipated second Netflix special, The Greatest Average American , which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. 

In July 2020, the comedian teamed up with All Things Comedy to release his weekly podcast, Nateland . Nateland tackles the meaningless issues that we face day to day to give listeners a much-needed mental break from fighting the good fight. New episodes release Wednesdays, with video available on Nate’s YouTube channel and audio available everywhere you get podcasts.

Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his ten appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . He also appeared on Conan four times, was a recurring guest on @midnight , and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Bargatze was part of Jimmy Fallon's Clean-Cut Comedy Tour , and has performed live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait five times.  In addition to touring the country as a headliner, Nate toured arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017 Total Blackout Tour . He regularly performs at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.

Nate was featured as one of Esquire's “Best New Comedians” by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron's “Comedians to Watch” in Rolling Stone, one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” for 2015, and as #1 on Vulture's ‘50 Comedians You Should Know’ in 2015. 

If you purchased tickets to Nate Bargatze’s originally-scheduled performances in October 2023, they will be honored on the following dates in June:

The Tuesday, October 24, 2023 show has been rescheduled to:  Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 7pm

The Wednesday, October 25, 2023 show has been rescheduled to: Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7pm

The Friday, October 27, 2023 show has been rescheduled to: Friday, June 21, 2024 at 7pm

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Comedian Nate Bargatze's 'The Be Funny Tour' takes on Houston with 3 shows

N ate Bargatze, a Nashville native known for his clean stand-up comedy, is coming to Houston for "The Be Funny Tour" at Houston’s NRG Arena this weekend.

The Grammy-nominated comedian — dubbed the “Nicest Man in Stand-Up” by the Atlantic Magazine — is traveling to multiple cities across North America to present his show featuring some new material.

"I'm on the Be Funny Tour right now, we're coming to your town in 2024 check it out," he said in a January TikTok video . 

Bargatze’s jokes focus on relatable life experiences, not making fun of people, he told KUTV "Fresh Living" in an interview. He said audience members can expect fun and friendly shows for everyone to enjoy.

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His shows’ clean comedy style is meant to be appropriate for families to attend together, according to a 2023 TODAY interview .

Bargatze’s performances have brought audiences from different walks of life together as he talks about his college life, adult life, experiences at his old jobs, sports, DNA and evolution. He has performed his stand-up in front of more than 19,000 people at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and hosted "Saturday Night Live" in October 2023.

Bargatze launched his career in the early 2000s after quitting his job at the West Wilson Utility District with co-worker Michael Clay. They both moved from Nashville and headed to Chicago, according to the Tennessean.

Bargatze posted a photo in 2019 on social media of himself and Clay at his first stand-up set in Chicago. "Time flies," the post said. And it has. 

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The comedian went on to tour and sell out shows globally. He has been on "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" and performed for troops in Kuwait and Iraq, and at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest and JFL Montreal Comedy Festival.

He also has Netflix specials, including "The Tennessee Kid," "Greatest Average American" and "The Stand-ups." He currently has a special called "Hello, World" on Amazon Prime Video. 

When not on tour, fans can catch Bargatze hosting the weekly podcast "Nateland," with other comedians such as Brian Bates, Aaron Weber and Dusty Slay. They discuss a range of topics, from pop culture and current events to their personal lives and experiences, according to the Nateland Entertainment website . 

The comedian is scheduled to perform in Houston at the NRG Arena on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m . and 7 p.m.  

For more information about the tour and buying tickets, visit  natebargatze.com . 

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Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by  The Atlantic Magazine  and a “Rising Star,” by  CBS Morning , 2021 Grammy nominated comedian, podcaster, director and producer Nate Bargatze is selling out shows around the world.

An Old Hickory, Tennessee native, Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a former clown turned world class magician, who’s influence is seen on his’s 2015 debut Comedy Central special,  Full Time Magic  and his debut album,  Yelled at By a Clown , which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks.

Bargatze’s half-hour Netflix Special  The Standups,  premiered in 2017 and his first solo one-hour Netflix special,  The Tennessee Kid,  premiered globally with rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his critically acclaimed second Netflix special,  The Greatest Average American , which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. On January 31 st , Nate released his latest and third one-hour special,  Nate Bargatze: Hello World , on Amazon Prime which now holds the record as Amazon’s most-streamed original comedy special in its first 28 days of viewership.

On April 15 th  2023, Bargatze broke the attendance record at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville with 19,365 tickets sold. This month, he also broke the record for tickets sold at The Delta Center in Salt Lake City with 32,638 fans attending – the highest amount ever sold by a comedian at the venue.

He was also recently signed to Universal Music Group Nashville as their flagship comedian under their new Capitol Comedy label.

Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his 13 appearances on  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . He also appeared on  Conan  four times and has appeared on Seth Meyers and James Corden respective late night shows.

He was a recurring guest on  @midnight  and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Bargatze was part of  Jimmy Fallon's Clean-Cut Comedy Tour , and has performed live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait five times.  In addition to touring the country as a headliner, Nate toured arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017  Total Blackout Tour . He has performed at SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.

Bargatze was featured as one of Esquire's “Best New Comedians” by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron's “Comedians to Watch” in Rolling Stone, one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” for 2015, and as #1 on Vulture's ‘50 Comedians You Should Know’ in 2015. He also appeared on the cover of Variety’s annual comedy issue in 2022.

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The Nashville-based comic sells out massive arenas while coming across as an everyday dad.

The Nashville-based comedian, Nathanael “Nate” Bargatze, is a contradiction: Selling out massive arenas while coming across as an everyday dad; unremarkable physically but slinging jokes that’d turn a boring PTA into a night at the Improv.

Mr. Bargatze, named “the Nicest Man in Stand-Up” by the Atlantic, lived up to that moniker at Newark during an early appearance in his “The Be Funny Tour” across North America. He needed none of George Carlin’s seven dirty words nor to take the name of God in vain.

Four other comics kicked off the night with material that was good, clean fun, too. Instead of choosing acts booked by his manager, Mr. Bargatze brought in old friends: Gary Vider, Jonathan “Jonnie W.” Wethington, Mike James, and Julian McCullough as emcee.

It was fun for the whole family in more ways than one with Mr. Bargatze’s father, Stephen, performing. The magician likened his family to a Rubik’s Cube he used for tricks: More compelling with the colors scrambled than when it’s solved. He choked up thanking the audience for what they meant to the family, drawing sustained applause.

The Rubik’s Cube was employed with help from a young man in the audience, enduring good-natured ribbing by the elder Mr. Bargatze. It was easy to see that the younger Mr. Bargatze learned timing, performance, and kindness at his father’s knee.

The elder Mr. Bargatze introduced the penultimate warmup as “Jimmy Fallon’s favorite comedian,” and it was “The Tonight Show” host himself . The surprise appearance electrified the crowd — like the magic, giving the feeling that anything might happen next.

By this point, the audience had been brought not to the edge of their seats but put off-balance in them. The combined effect of the opening performers was to shrink the 19,500-seat Prudential Center into a local bar back in Tennessee.

When Mr. Bargatze took the stage in the round, it felt less like the headliner arriving than your funniest friend showing up after being delayed by traffic. “I’ve been on all the exit ramps you can be on” in New Jersey, he said, rather than making those hosting him the butt of familiar cheap shots.

“Not being political,” a fellow comedian, Erica Rhodes, said on the Babylon Bee Interview Show, “is the new radical.” If that’s true, Mr. Bargatze is to comedy what the anarchist, Emma Goldman, was to politics a century ago.

In his memoir, “ Born Standing Up ,” Steve Martin describes brooming political material from his act in the 1970s after noticing peers were getting lazy laughs just by saying “Nixon.”

Mr. Bargatze’s material was likewise free of current politics. He could perform “The Be Funny Tour” 50 years ago or 50 years hence before an audience of any demographic and it would elicit laughter just the same.

With anecdotes about marriage and fatherhood, Mr. Bargatze breathed new life into topics that were already old when Henny Youngman declared, “Take my wife, please,” in the 1930s. 

“I am from 1979,” Mr. Bargatze said, not as if citing his year of birth but like he’d just stepped from H.G. Wells’ machine. Had he asked if the Beatles were reunited here in 2024, the impulse would’ve been to break the news about John Lennon and George Harrison gently.

“We’re in the future,” Mr. Bargatze said with his deadpan delivery, “and I think if you’re 1999, you might as well be 1905,” because you’ll someday sit next to someone born in 2000 who says of the 1900s, “Ew, gross.”

Stories about Y2K and the Taliban went over as if the punchlines were torn from today’s headlines. When he expressed an ignorance of history — as “surprised” by the attack in the movie “Pearl Harbor” as “they were” — he wasn’t playing the fool but inviting the audience to laugh at their own shortcomings.

“The Be Funny Tour” takes Mr. Bargatze to dozens of cities, with demand prompting him to add new shows often. Catch him if you can and experience the magic. You’ll enjoy it more than any PTA meeting — unless Mr. Bargatze is one of the dads.

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Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine, Nate Bargatze is a Grammy nominated stand-up comedian from Nashville, TN.

Widely known for his clean and relatable comedy for all age groups and for his Netflix specials “The Tennessee Kid”, “Greatest Average American” and “The Stand-ups”, his latest special “Hello, World” can be found on Amazon Prime Video. Currently touring and selling out shows all over the world with his new “The Be Funny” Tour, Nate is also an avid golfer and sports enthusiast – always supporting his local Vanderbilt Commodores.

When not on the road, Nate is also the creator and host of the weekly podcast “Nateland”, which can be found through AudioBoom, his Youtube channel or wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

Nate has over 10 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, has performed for the troops in Kuwait and Iraq, with Chris Rock, and at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he’s received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.

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Comedian Nate Bargatze Brings THE BE FUNNY TOUR To UBS Arena

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 15 at 10am local time with artist presale beginning Wednesday, March 13 at 10am.

Comedian Nate Bargatze has announced a new date for his 2023-2024 THE BE FUNNY TOUR at UBS Arena, located 30 minutes on June 9.  

Grammy nominated comedian, podcaster, director and producer Nate Bargatze is selling out shows around the world. Bargatze made his debut appearance hosting Saturday Night Live on October 28 on NBC/Peacock.

An Old Hickory, Tennessee native, Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a former clown turned world class magician, whose influence is seen on his's 2015 debut Comedy Central special, Full Time Magic and his debut album, Yelled at By a Clown, which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard's Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks.  

Bargatze's half-hour Netflix Special The Standups, premiered in 2017 and his first solo one-hour Netflix special, The Tennessee Kid, premiered globally with rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his critically acclaimed second Netflix special, The Greatest Average American, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. On January 31st, Nate released his latest and third one-hour special, Nate Bargatze: Hello World, on Amazon Prime which now holds the record as Amazon's most-streamed original comedy special in its first 28 days of viewership. He was also recently signed to Universal Music Group Nashville as their flagship comedian under their new Capitol Comedy label.   

Bargatze's comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his 13 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . He also appeared on Conan four times and has appeared on Seth Meyers and James Corden respective late night shows.    He was a recurring guest on @midnight and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Bargatze was part of  Jimmy Fallon 's Clean-Cut Comedy Tour, and has performed live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait five times.  In addition to touring the country as a headliner, Nate toured arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017 Total Blackout Tour. He has performed at SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he's received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.   Bargatze was featured as one of Esquire's “Best New Comedians” by Jim Gaffigan , one of Marc Maron's “Comedians to Watch” in Rolling Stone, one of Variety's “10 Comics to Watch” for 2015, and as #1 on Vulture's ‘50 Comedians You Should Know' in 2015. He also appeared on the cover of Variety's annual comedy issue in 2022.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 15 at 10am local time with artist presale beginning Wednesday, March 13 at 10am local time (code: FUNNY) at  natebargatze.com .  

Bargatze is currently on his The Be Funny Tour with all new material. For more information and tickets go to:  natebargatze.com .  

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UBS Arena  is made for music and built for hockey. New York's newest premier entertainment and sports venue and home of the New York Islanders is developed in partnership with Oak View Group, the New York Islanders, and Jeff Wilpon. The  state  of  the  art  arena opened in November 2021 and has welcomed numerous top artists including Harry Styles , Sebastian Maniscalco , Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, TWICE, Eagles, John Mayer , Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone. The venue delivers an unmatched live entertainment experience for guests including clear sightlines and premier acoustics.  

UBS Arena is at the forefront of sustainability, being awarded LEED Green Building Certification in January 2023. The venue also achieved carbon neutrality for operations in Fall 2022 which made it the first arena to do so on the eastern United States seaboard. For more information on the venue's sustainability efforts, please visit UBSArena.com/sustainability.  

Located on the historic grounds of Belmont Park, UBS Arena is located just 30 minutes by LIRR from Grand Central or Penn Station and is easily accessible from across the region via mass transit or car. To plan your trip, please visit UBSArena.com/plan-your-trip .

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