GRiZ Celebrates a Merry 'GRiZMas' with a Funky Special Guest in Detroit

 

 

 

 

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The human spirit was thriving last night! Thank you Detroit! Thank you to everyone in the band! You funk my world up -- (photos: @samdeenmedina)

A post shared by GRiZ (@griz) on Dec 15, 2018 at 10:22am PST

Friday's show was one of a handful this year to feature the 15-piece GRiZ Live Band, which features three additional brass players and five vocalists, as well as rapper ProbCause on two songs. Saturday's show (Dec. 15) at the same venue, which is also sold-out, will be a more straightforward EDM set during which he'll premiere some more of the new material he's been working on during 2018 and plans to release next year, GRiZ tells Billboard.

The fifth annual GRiZmas celebration has included yoga sessions, bowling and roller skating parties, an educational seminar, late-night parties and other events, raising money for music education for Detroit public school students.

The four previous GRiZmas events have raised more than $80,000, and this year has introduced a new beneficiary: Seven Mile Music, an after-school program that provides music lessons and opportunities for more than 200 students per week.