Bert Kreischer Credit: Photo via BertKreischer/Facebook
Tampa’s Jesuit High School has had some significant alumni. None of them have headlined Amalie Arena.

Comedian Bert “The Machine” Kreischer (who graduated from the all-boys school in ’91), does just that as part of the “Tops Off World Tour,” which features devastating punchlines and more than an hour of new material about his family, Bud Lights, humility, and a throwback to some of his best jokes.

Tickets to see Bert Kreischer play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. are still available and start at $36.

Gen X Tavern—a ’90s-themed bar and restaurant just a short walk from the arena, and owned by Tampa Jesuit alum Dave Burton (’95)—is hosting a pre-show tailgate starting at 3 p.m.

This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2023.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...