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Trace is a brewery, taproom, cafe and event space. We celebrate diverse voices in our neighborhood by hosting a high frequency of events that showcase and celebrate performing artists primarily in the queer, gay and BIPOC communities. Our monthly, outdoor Disco Sunday Disco series occurs one Sunday per month and - in 2024, via resident DJ Jarrett Tebbets - raised a total of $3860 for various nonprofit beneficiaries following the 'party for a purpose' mantra. Our monthly Drag Brunch series with S&S Productions is the only recurring *ticketed* event at Trace to ensure the drag performers' livelihood by funneling ALL ticket sales revenue directly to them. During S&S Productions' entity formation phase in 2021, Trace was the first-ever Pittsburgh-area brewery to host the group for a live performance. Trace is also a recurring stop on the Slappers N Bangers tour - an outdoor, hip hop festival that draws between 4,500 and 6,000 people to each party. Other benefit events hosted at Trace have raised hundreds of dollars for organizations including Just Harvest PA, Planned Parenthood of Western PA, Global Links, Western PA Fund for Choice and several other impact-driven groups. Our focus on inclusion extends into our hiring practices; we employ a diverse staff AND the graduates of our six-month paid vocational training program have landed jobs in beer production both in Pittsburgh, and outside our area in cities like Chicago and Lancaster, PA. By elevating underrepresented groups working in beer, the goal of our vocational program was to give entry-level brewers the skills and networks needed to become leading candidates for opportunities at breweries, further diversifying our industry. Trace was awarded a 2023 Brewbound Rising Star Award. Additionally, we were named 2023 Brewery of the Year by Inside Hook magazine.