{"id":22712,"date":"2021-01-14T13:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000018148"},"modified":"2021-01-14T13:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:57:05","slug":"black-forge-coffee-pop-up-tours-us-stopping-in-long-beach-to-support-our-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/black-forge-coffee-pop-up-tours-us-stopping-in-long-beach-to-support-our-stages","title":{"rendered":"Black Forge Coffee pop-up tours US, stopping in Long Beach to ‘Support our Stages’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley Corts is on a mission to help save independent music venues, one cup of coffee at a time.<\/p>\n

Owner of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based coffee roasters that doubles as an intimate music venue, Black Forge Coffee<\/a>, Corts has taken to the road, bags of coffee beans in tow, to travel around the country for the next year, selling her blends of ground-up jitters to the masses. By donating 20% of the profits from her coffee sales (bags and fresh brews) to local independent music venues, a campaign she’d dubbed “Support our Stages,” Corts is hoping to help ease the burden on shuttered venues.<\/p>\n

“The music industry made me who I am. Everything I do personally and with my business involves being an anchor for artist of all types,” Corts said. Before opening up her coffeehouse\/venue, Corts was a touring lighting designer for music venues and bands.<\/p>\n

“I just can\u2019t stand to see people around me close down their hopes and dreams because of this [pandemic] which is out of their control. So if I can raise even a couple bucks for a venue to help their employees buy a meal or put towards a bill that\u2019s been hanging over their heads\u2014 it\u2019s something\u2014and I can feel like I\u2019ve accomplished my mission,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Corts, owner of Black Forge Coffee. Image courtesy the owner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shadowing the Oddities & Curiosities Expo<\/a>\u2014a traveling exhibition of vendors showcasing gothic, macabre art and other wares for the lovers of all things strange\u2014in between stops, Black Forge Coffee will be setting-up shop at local, independently owned venues and businesses in various cities across the country, including Long Beach.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Jan. 18, from noon to 7 p.m. Black Forge Coffee will be in-front of horror-themed pizza bar, The 4th Horseman<\/a>. Profits from those sales will go toward a pooled fund that will benefit some 15 or so music venues based in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. that Corts has partnered with.<\/p>\n

The following day, Tuesday, Jan. 19, the pop-up will be stationed outside of Alex’s Bar<\/a> from noon to 5 p.m. Twenty-percent of those profits will go directly to Alex’s Bar, which has been shuttered since mid-March.<\/p>\n

Corts said she’s already sold 350 bags of the specialty “Support our Stages” blend, which is a medium roast blend with dark chocolate notes. From those sales, she said she’s raised $2,000, but hopes to raise more as she continues to travel around the country, with plans for another national tour in 2022. If you’re a local music venue or business interested in the partnership, you can reach out via Black Forge Coffee’s Instagram, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJmD109hcFB\/<\/p>\n

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