A St. Petersburg comedian is taking his show to an international audience this fall in Scotland.<\/p>\n
Jeff Klein<\/a> is known for his “Fatty Gay<\/a>” comedy special on Amazon and for his “Beer with a Queer<\/a>” bit on YouTube.<\/p>\n In August, he’ll host a live version of “Beer with a Queer” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival<\/a>, the world’s largest performing arts festival.<\/p>\n Klein is fundraising on GoFundMe<\/a> to afford the trip.<\/p>\n “It feels like a real kind of \u2018hometown support\u2019 that I hope people will get behind,\u201d said Klein, who just took his stand-up comedy full-time a little over a year ago.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing a full-time stand-up comic early in your career is not a lucrative business, and I don’t love asking people for help,” Klein continued. <\/p>\n Klein debuted \u201cBeer with a Queer\u201d in a live format at the Tampa International Fringe Festival<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n [I’m] bringing this concept of a term I’ve coined, of a beige gay, your everyday gay,putting your average gay person in the forefront, and bringing that to quite a big international audience.<\/p>\n Jeff Klein, St. Petersburg comedian behind “Beer with a Queer” series<\/p>\n The YouTube series videos<\/a> are under 10 minutes long, and he\u2019s done 185 episodes.<\/p>\n The live show is an hour broken down into segments that involve him cracking open a beer and trying it, inviting the audience to ask questions, and bringing someone watching the show up to the stage to be interviewed.<\/p>\n Klein said the LGBTQ+ community is often represented by rainbow-draped Pride events and drag queens, which he loves. But he says he’s not that sparkly or exciting.<\/p>\n \u201cBe it the media or the community or bookers, tend to ignore the less flamboyant, less exciting, less sparkly gay people. [I\u2019m] bringing this concept of a term I’ve coined, of a beige gay, your everyday gay, putting your average gay person in the forefront, and bringing that to quite a big international audience,” Klein said. <\/p>\n ALSO READ: Pride of Tampa will host festival in March after Tampa Pride canceled parade<\/a><\/p>\n Klein said performing at the world’s largest performing arts festival in Scotland feels like coming full circle. Not only did he attend the Edinburgh Fringe as a teenager, but he also grew up in Dunedin \u2014 a Pinellas County town known for Scottish cultural events like the Dunedin Highland Games & Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n Edinburgh Fringe sold more than 2.6 million tickets last year, and hundreds of thousands more attended free shows. \u00a0The festival ran for 25 days and featured more than 50,00 performances across more than 300 venues, with participants from nearly 70 countries.<\/p>\n It started about 80 years ago to support art that is outside of the mainstream.<\/p>\n Until his international debut, you can find Jeff Klein at events across the country and in the Tampa Bay region.<\/p>\n Some of his upcoming performances include:<\/p>\n Fri, Mar 27 Sat, Mar 28 Wed, Apr 01 Sat, Apr 11 Thu, Apr 16 Sat, Apr 18 Fri, Apr 24
Bradenton, FL – Sun Labs Showcase<\/a><\/p>\n
Pride at Tampa<\/a><\/p>\n
Lake City, FL – Comedy Show<\/a><\/p>\n
Tampa, FL – Headline<\/a><\/p>\n
Inverness, FL – Showcase<\/a><\/p>\n
St Pete Beach, FL – Headline<\/a><\/p>\n
Miami, FL – Coconut Grove Comedy Festival<\/a><\/p>\n