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2026

February 5
Kevin & Cassie Hart and Friends
Private Holiday Event for Seniors

May 21, 6-9pm
Kevin Hart Trio
Baxter's American Grille, Champaign

June 2
Kevin & Cassie Hart and Friends
Private Holiday Event for Seniors

June 6, 11:30am-2:30pm
Kevin Hart Trio
Market Days at the Gables in Springfield
(outdoor shopping event)

June 6 (evening)
Kevin Hart Trio
Private Country Club Event

July 16, 6-9pm
Kevin Hart Trio
Baxter's American Grille, Bloomington

August 8, 7-10pm
Kevin Hart Trio
Crafted Coffee & Wine (patio), Bloomington

August 15, 6-7:30pm
Kevin Hart & the Vibe Tribe
Uptown Circle, Normal
FREE! Bring lawn chairs, blankets, and dinner!

August 18
Kevin Hart Group
Private Event for Seniors

August 29
Kevin Hart Trio
Private wedding event

September 4, 5:30-8:30pm
Kevin Hart Trio
Boone's in Springfield (patio)

December 12, 6-9pm
Kevin Hart Trio
Boone's in Springfield


Venues and events Kevin Hart and his various groups have performed at from 1993 to the present.

Bloomington-Normal
Baxter's American Grille
Uptown Circle in Normal
Connie Link Amphitheatre
Bloomington Public Library
Medici Craft Beer, Jazz and Street Fair
Bloomington Farmer's Market
WGLT Summer Concert
Miller Park Music Under the Stars Concert Series
GLT Night at Illinois Shakespeare Festival
ISU Concert on the Quad
Jazz UpFront
Tony Roma's
Castle Theater
Hot August Nights/Taste of Bloomington
Trailside Farmer's Market
Boo Boo's Dawghouse
Swinger's Grille
Central Station Cafe/Station 220
Avenue 9
Cosi (duo)
VIV
Fat Jack's
Bloomington Pub Crawl
Jumer's Sunday Jazz

Peoria
Central Illinois Jazz Society Concert
WTVP State and Water
Peoria RiverFront Museum
Betty Jayne Brimmer Center for the Performing Arts
CEFCU Stage Summer Concert Series
3300 Event Center in Peoria
The Waterhouse Broadway Lounge
The Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe
Panache
Contemporary Arts Center of Peoria
Country Club of Peoria
Shoppes of Grand Prairie
Rhapsody in Bloom
Peoria Jazz Heritage Festival
Universalist Unitarian Church
Taste of Peoria

Springfield
Boone's
Robbie's
The Gables of Springfield
Levitt AMP Springfield
Washington Street Jazz and Blues Fest
Lincoln Memorial Gardens Indian Summer Fest
First Night
Norb Andy's
Limestreet Cafe
Top of the Hilton

Champaign-Urbana
Baxter's American Grille
Houlihan's (patio)
Urbana Free Library
CU Jazz Festival (Plant Mode)
Giertz Gallery Lounge at Parkland College
Krannert Uncorked
Iron Post
Zorba's
Borders Book and Music
Pages for All Ages
Champaign Public Library
Sounds of Summer
Taste of Champaign
Krannert Summer Swing
Courtyard Cafe, UI
WEFT Fest
The Blind Pig
Jazz Cafe
Katsina's
The Clybourne
City of New Orleans
Joe's Brewery

Chicago Area
Pete Miller's Steakhouse
South Shore Jazz Fest
Viva Chicago (Quinteto Corazon)
Green Dolphin Street

Other
2011 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Lock Stock and Barrel in Decatur
Mahomet Public Library
Wine, Art, Jazz & Balloon Festival in Manito
Venue Art and Wine in Washington
Willet's Winery in Manito
Carl Sandburg Concert Series in Galesburg
Rootabega Jazz Festival in Galesburg