According to billboard.com, Seth Rogan and his wife Lauren Miller Rogan, co-hosted their Hilarity for Charity 10th Birthday Extravaganza on Saturday, October first where John Mayer performed an acoustic set. According to Lauren herself, “We started this at a time where we felt very hopeless about the situation that my family was facing with my mom, 10 years later, I’m incredibly proud that we’ve improved people’s lives that are in the same situation like ours or worse. Making a difference in anyone’s life makes me feel hope about something that felt really hopeless for me then,” she stated. Seth also added that, “Someone once said that laughter is the best medicine, but it’s a good medicine. [Alzheimer’s is] already so depressing, so whatever you can do to offset that is good. That goes for any aspect of life.”
The birthday celebration had rides, amusement park games, food, treats, and drinks along with an acution and performances by comedians Nicole Byer and Ron Funches, magician Justin Willman and tap dance group Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies. The event raised over $860,000 with proceeds benefitting HFC’s care grant respite program, caregiver support groups, and brain health education initiatives for young people. The live auction and silent auctions included a cooking class with restaurateur David Chang, a private skateboarding lesson with Tony Hawk, a Steph Curry-signed jersey, Harry Styles concert tickets and a pottery class with Seth and Lauren, amongst many other things.
The silent auction included a guitar from John Mayer, however during the event, he jumped on stage to turn his item into a live one. Even offering a private virtual song of the winner’s choice. Later on, Mayer performed an acoustic set that included, “New Light,” “Neon,” “Gravity,” “Waiting on the World to Change,” “Free Fallin’” and “Who Says.”
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