12 Days of GRiZmas carries on, virtually

The 12 Days of GRiZmas is another holiday tradition that isn’t going away but will be different this year.

The seventh annual version of the festival presented by Southfield native GRiZ (Grant Kwiecinski) is going online this week, starting Saturday, Dec. 12, with a “Killer Crafts & Cocktails” event and wrapping with a virtual GRiZmas Digital Charity Festival concert on Dec. 23 featuring eight hours of music and guests such as Destructo, AC Slater, J. Worra, Blunts & Blondes and more. All of the programs — including a yoga session and a cookiebaking evening with GRiZ’s mother — will stream via Twitch and Zoom.

GRiZmas 2020 will again raise money for the nonprofit arts program Seven Mile, for which the festival has raised more than $200,000 during the past two years.

GRiZmas’ other major musical moment is a

Global Mic Night on

Dec. 16. Musicians can submit videos via 12daysofgrizmas.com to be included in the streaming concert. More details and updates will be available at the website.

PHOTO BY JOSHUA TUFTS Southfield-born musician GRiZ will host his annual 12 Days of GRiZmas festival online this year, starting Saturday, Dec. 12.