The Team
Unlike other venues - all events at Bottlerocket are booked, produced, and promoted by a small in-house team and a select group of local promoters, not by mega-corporations or whoever pays us the venue rental fee for the night.
This ensures Quality & Consistency for everything we do, and a better Artist First environment. Meet the team who does it, and contact us!
Chris Copen - Owner
Chris handles most Comedy programming at Bottlerocket - and a lot of other boring stuff that you hopefully won't notice or think about. He opened this bar when he was 23 - now he's 25 and still trying.
Chris was named a Pittsburgh 30 under 30 in 2023 and is still being annoying about it.
Email for:
Media Inquiries, Complaints, anything not listed below.
DO NOT EMAIL CHRIS RE:BOOKING. FOR REAL. SERIOUSLY. OTHER CONTACTS BELOW HANDLE THAT!
Hannah Confer - General Manager
Hannah reads and replies to all of your emails, and is the general problem solver of Bottlerocket. She's in charge of our bar team & works with our vendors and partners to ensure smooth operations every day!
Hannah sent us an unsolicited powerpoint about why we should hire her, and has since worked her way up from Barback to GM.
Email for:
Memberships, Beer and Liquor Sales, Bar Inquiries
Mel Kleeburg - Rental Manager
Mel handles all private event inquires and customer concerns - along with other administrative work. If you want to throw a legendary Bottlerocket Party of your own - Mel is ready to assist you
Mel was the first employee hired at Bottlerocket and has thankfully been a part of every event we've ever held!
Email for:
Private Event Rentals
Brett Shumaker - Programming
Brett is our Music Programming Lead, focusing on bringing the best bands in the city & country to Bottlerocket and putting on the best shows in town.
Before Bottlerocket Brett was one of the most prolific DIY promoters in the country (Don't Let The Scene Go Down on Me, which he still runs!) and helped run Pittsburgh's iconic DIY venue the Mr. Roboto Project
Email for:
Live Music Booking, Co-Pro's
Grace Myers - Programming
Grace is our Programming Coordinator, helping bring our big themed dance parties and special events to life - as well as specializing in the curation of our Late Night Programming.
Grace runs the hilarious 90's country meme account Dwight Jokeam, over 70k followers strong!
Email for:
DJ Booking, Box Office/Ticket Questions, General Assistance
Gracie makes many of the lovely posters you see around the bar and our social media, and handles most general marketing for the bar.
Gracie is the only member of staff to still be around from our Dormont days. Her favorite poster is hers for Michael Cruz Kayne.
Email for:
Nothing! She still has a real job!
Gracie Dickinson - Marketing
