Hey, Steph here. The Indie Alley is supported not by myself alone, but by a collective of local people who I call friends. The Indie Alley has become a space where we can work away from home and coffee shops, take the classes we actually want to take and not cross a bridge to make that happen. We can get together over board games or cocktails. We are here when you need a break from everything that demands your constant attention. 

We arrived here, in Fairfax, and at The Indie Alley, from very different places. Some of us are from the creative industries, music, the arts, and publishing, and some of us are way more comfortable and productive no where near anything that remotely looks like an office. I am a straight-talking east coaster, with a touch of California hippie. I call this part of the world home, and I want to give back to this, our dear community - Fairfax. 

There's some bio stuff below if you are interested, but really what we'd love is that you just drop by and say 'hi'. We welcome everyone, where ever you are in your work or your life. Just be you. See you soon.

STEPH HARTY

Founder and owner of The Indie Alley. Steph’s a professional in the music industry who’s worked for the Walt Disney Company, Sony Music and Universal Music Group. In 2011, realizing the corporate culture wasn’t for her, Steph started her own music promotion shop called Mad Hank Music. She’s worked with today’s most successful pop and rock bands and develops new talent. 

Jersey. New York. DC. LA. Chicago. Fairfax. Steph’s career has taken her cross country. But she found home when she landed here in Fairfax. As an entrepreneur and a mom to two kids, Adrian and Hank, Steph knows how to do the working mom shuffle. Surrounded by other entrepreneurial men and women, and wanting to find a place to work outside the home, Steph saw a need for a place for us to be together.

 So begins the story of The Indie Alley. It’s a place to work, a place to collaborate, a place to boost one another in this thing called life.