COMEDIAN NATE BARGATZE 2024 ON THE BE FUNNY TOUR
COMING TO THE BMO CENTER ON FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 AT 7:00PM
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024, AT 10:00AM LOCAL
ROCKFORD, IL (January 23, 2024) – Comedian Nate Bargatze has announced even more shows to extend THE BE FUNNY TOUR into the summer of 2024.
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, 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 #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.
On April 15th 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 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.
Artist pre-sale begins Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at 10:00AM local (code FUNNY) at natebargatze.com.
Venue pre-sale begins Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 10:00AM local until Friday, January 26, 2024 at 9:59AM. For venue details, visit thebmocenter.com/events/nate-bargatze.
Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, January 26, 2024 at 10:00AM local via natebargatze.com and Ticketmaster.com.
ABOUT THE BMO CENTER:
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ABOUT VENUE PARKING:
Parking fees are determined by the city of Rockford in conjunction with ABM Parking & Transportation Services. There is a parking garage directly across from the BMO Center, surface lots within walking distance, and limited free street parking on a first-come first-serve basis. Although pre-pay parking does not guarantee a reserved spot, patrons have a three-hour window before a show to arrive early and claim their spot. Early arrival is highly encouraged.
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