.Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith will play with the UMN Marching Band at halftime of Minnesota’s Homecoming game on Oct. 11! He'll also participate in a luncheon on Saturday that will benefit the newly announced Chad Smith Foundation! DETAILS: z.umn.edu/ChadSmith

So fired up about our special edition of the Golden Gopher Podcast this week! Thrilled that Chad Smith Chad Smith could join me to talk about his new foundation Chad Smith Foundation and his Homecoming halftime performance coming up with UMN Marching Band!

Chad will be rocking this custom kit as he performs with the Minnesota Marching Band on Saturday to celebrate our new CSF Scholarship. After the show, Chad’s kit and outfit will be auctioned off online, with all proceeds supporting the scholarship. Stay tuned for details!

.Chad Smith brought the JUICE when he met with the team! Tomorrow’s halftime show with UMN Marching Band is celebrating the launch of the Chad Smith Foundation Curtis & Joan Smith Scholarship for University of Minnesota music students 🥁 #RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers

An INCREDIBLE halftime show from the Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith and UMN Marching Band! 🥁 University of Minnesota | #SkiUMah

Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, son of two University of Minnesota Alumni Association, joins UMN Marching Band for a Homecoming halftime performance 🤘

Tonight’s halftime show was RED HOT thanks to Chad Smith 🔥🌶️🥁

Hey oh — listen what we played oh 🎶 Thanks to Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers for rocking the field with us for halftime! We’re so honored to celebrate the new scholarship he created in honor of his parents and his lifelong Minnesota connection 🐿️🥁

In honor of @rhcpchad's birthday today, here's a clip of him jamming at Drum Channel from our Chad Smith Foundation filming earlier this year! 🤩 #ChadSmith #RedHotChiliPeppers #RHCP #ChadSmithFoundation #Neumann

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith announced a partnership between the Chad Smith Foundation and @UmichSMTD at U-M's Band-O-Rama on Nov. 2, marking the launch of the Curtis & Joan Smith Scholarship to provide support for an incoming music student. myumi.ch/g3wWD

We are excited to announce our second University Partner, the University of Michigan! Growing up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Chad has always been a proud Michigander and lifelong Wolverine fan. Partnering with the university he grew up idolizing is a dream come true! Go Blue!

Since you loved the last clip so much – here is another one! ☝️ Chad Smith jamming at Drum Channel from our Chad Smith Foundation filming earlier this year! 😎 #ChadSmith #RedHotChiliPeppers #RHCP #ChadSmithFoundation #Neumann

Still thinking about that Red Hot Chili Peppers halftime show with drummer Chad Smith ? Same 🤩 Celebrate the moment and support the Chad Smith Foundation with a limited-edition shirt from the UMN Bookstore 🥁 bookstores.umn.edu/product/appare…