Come All Ye
Mike Willis at Henry Ward Hall
Gather Round the Piano is Mike Willis and Alex Bryson’s annual Christmas concert – part celebration, part reflection, and part joyful community sing-along. What begins as a simple piano-and-voice evening gradually blooms into a stage full of guest performers, familiar faces, and local collaborators joining together in festive harmony. It’s a chance to look back at everything this town has built and shared over the past year, and to close it together – side by side, singing the season in.
While the show features a wide swathe of Hastings’ talented performers and groups, it is anchored by singer-songwriter Mike Willis and jazz pianist Alex Bryson as the evening’s hosts. As friends and collaborators for a long time, they bring warmth, humour, and soul to the night, in equal parts storytelling, musicianship, and celebration of community talent. Their chemistry sets an informal, generous and welcoming tone.
Alex Bryson
Gather Round the Piano is on Saturday 20 December at Henry Ward Hall. Doors open 6 pm.
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