Dave Chapelle Has Surprise Performance at Oddball Festival

Empty Lighthouse is a reader-supported site. This article may contain affiliate links to Amazon and other sites. We earn a commission on purchases made through these links.

Dave Chapelle made headlines a year ago when he visited Connecticut. He was performaing and was met with heckles and boos, to which he responded by sitting in silence on the stage.

That bizarre event long behind him, he shocked the crowd at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford last night by doing a non-scheduled performance.

The comedian ended up doing a set more than 15 minutes long and the capital city of Hartford ate it up.

As reported by The Hartford Courant, Chapelle reffered to the incident a year ago by saying the following:

"Right after I left, I'm sorry I did this, I made T-shirts that said [expletive] Hartford. I'm sorry I did that.

And I hate to tell you that they were very good sellers. I got a lot of Internet orders, from Hartford, that was a surprise."

Dave Chapelle fans went on to rave about the surprise: