{"id":196277,"date":"2026-03-18T12:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196277\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:25:06","slug":"benchmark-to-welcome-katt-williams-diversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/196277\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchmark to welcome Katt Williams | Diversions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 Critically acclaimed comedian Katt Williams will take the stage on Friday, March 27, 8 p.m., at Benchmark International Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $81.40. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following successful sold-out performances in 2025, Williams is now on the road for \u201cThe Golden Age Tour.\u201d Featuring all-new material, this arena tour will bring Williams to more than 25 cities across North America, including Benchmark International Arena in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>With a career spanning over 20 years, Williams has earned a worldwide reputation as one of today&#8217;s top entertainers, having developed a career seeded with thousands of sold-out arenas, an expansive list of starring roles on the small screen and memorable performances in major box office hits. Since performing his first stand-up show as a teenager, Williams took the comedy world by storm. He quickly developed a unique style of stand-up that combines articulate and sharp dialogue rooted in conversations reflecting the American political landscape. By 1999, he had cultivated a loyal fan base and was performing on some of the most notable comedy stages across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, Williams made his onscreen debut as a guest star on &#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221; and subsequently landed his first feature film role as Money Mike in &#8220;Friday After Next.&#8221; His extensive filmography includes notable roles in &#8220;Father Figures,&#8221; &#8220;Norbit,&#8221; &#8220;Scary Movie V,&#8221; &#8220;Epic Movie,&#8221; &#8220;Bastards,&#8221; &#8220;The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2,&#8221; &#8220;Cats &amp; Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,&#8221; &#8220;The Boondocks,&#8221; &#8220;Wild &#8216;n Out&#8221; and a guest role in the critically acclaimed series &#8220;Atlanta,&#8221; which earned him a Primetime Emmy\u00ae Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Celebrated for his brilliance and ingenuity on stage, Williams is also known for his critically acclaimed stand-up specials, including \u201cThe Pimp Chronicles,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Pimpin\u2019 Pimpin\u2019,\u201d \u201cKatt Williams: Pimpadelic,\u201d \u201cAmerican Hustle,\u201d \u201cPriceless: Afterlife,\u201d \u201cKattpacalypse,\u201d \u201cKatt Williams: Great America\u201d and \u201cKatt Williams: World War III.\u201d His latest special, \u201cKatt Williams: Woke Foke,\u201d debuted live as part of Netflix Is A Joke Fest, becoming the most-watched Netflix comedy special of 2024, with over 13.1 million views to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 Critically acclaimed comedian Katt Williams will take the stage on Friday, March 27, 8 p.m., at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13426,8973,276,9267,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-196277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-comedian","tag-comedy","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-katt-williams","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}