Happy hours at Hi Sign Brewing celebrate Austin Pride, benefit The Equality Alliance
Look at Hi Sign Brewery beers and its taproom in East Austin. (Photo courtesy Jane Yun.)
AUSTIN, Texas - Hi Sign Brewing is celebrating Pride Month in Austin with a series of happy hours.
Every Friday in August from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Hi Sign is hosting a happy featuring local LGBTQIA+ DJs at its new East Austin taproom located at 730 Shady Lane. The schedule is as follows:
- August 12 — IFEELUV
- August 19 — BoyFriendATX
- August, 26 — Winona Grindr
Proceeds from the events will be donated to The Equality Alliance, a local nonprofit working to generate financial support and visibility for grassroots LGBTQIA+ charities fighting for equity, justice, and human rights in Central Texas.
The Equality Alliance's four primary beneficiaries are:
- Out Youth - local nonprofit serving LGBTQIA+ youth and their families
- allgo - offers a variety of programs to support queer people of color via cultural arts, wellness, and social justice
- TENT - Transgender Education Netowrk of Texas, an organization dedicated to furthering gender-diverse equality in Texas
- Kind Clinic - offers free sexual health services regardless of race, creed, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation or ability to pay
Hi Sign also has new Pride tank tops and t-shirts available at the brewery for $25 each and a portion of the sales from those items will also benefit The Equality Alliance. Every shirt purchase includes a complimentary pint of Hi Sign's most popular beer: Violet, the Blueberry Blonde Ale.