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2022 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of transgender and queer performance (online!)

Dates/Times:

June 16-26, 2022

June 16-19: 5 All-New Streaming Programs

June 20-26: On-Demand Programs

All 5 programs above become available to view on-demand!

Tickets:

FREE (requires pre-registration)


TWO WEEKS of online performances featuring over 40 ARTISTS and offering WORLD PREMIERES commissioned for our 21st annual festival!

Folklórico, hip-hop, modern dance, vogue, contemporary R&B, tap dance, Son Jarocho, comedy, storytelling, disabled dance pioneers, ballroom and MORE!

The wildly-popular FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of trans & queer performance is expanding to an online TWO WEEK FESTIVAL – and all tickets are FREE!  All programs will be Closed Captioned for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing audiences.

The 2022 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL features some of the Bay Area and the nation’s most innovative transgender, gender-nonconforming and queer artists, with performances by: 

Alex “Glamputee” Locust, amara tabor-smith, Angelica & Jahaira, Angie & Audrey, B Noel Thomas, Ballet 22, Cindy Emch, Cuauhtémoc Peranda, DANDY, dani tirrell + J Mase III + Randy Ford, David Slaney, Dear Queer Dancer, Detour Dance, Felipe & Tiago, Folclórico Colibrí, JanpiStar, LAFEMMEBEAR, Landa Lakes, Lottie Riot, Luna Ninja, NAKA Dance Theater, Marcus Zebra Smith, NEVE, Omar and Milton, Pioneer Winter Collective, Sean Dorsey Dance, Shawna Virago, Shrouk El-Attar, Silk Worm, Sir JoQ, Tajah J, Tina Cavvichio, Tosha Jorden, Toby MacNutt, Truc Nguyen, UNA aka EXhotIC OTHER, and Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla, and many more.

Thursday-Sunday June 16-19:
5 ALL-NEW STREAMING PROGRAMS!

PROGRAM 1
Thurs June 16
@ 7pm

Sir JoQ
(a FRESH WORKS! world premiere)

B Noel Thomas

Secret Emchy Society

DANDY

LaFemmeBear and Jade Phoenix

NAKA Dance Theater

NEVE

Truc Nguyen

Not available for live viewing?
Pre-register for on-demand tickets
(June 20-26)

PROGRAM 2
Fri June 17
@ 7pm

Landa Lakes
(a FRESH WORKS! world premiere)

amara tabor-smith

Detour Dance

Ensamble Folclórico Colibrí

Sean Dorsey Dance

Silk Worm

Tajah J

Toby MacNutt

Not available for live viewing?
Pre-register for on-demand tickets
(June 20-26)

PROGRAM 3
Sat June 18
@ 2pm

THE LATE/EARLY CRIP TIME SHOW

with

Glamputee and

LOTUS BOY

(a FRESH WORKS! world premiere)

Not available for live viewing?
Pre-register for on-demand tickets
(June 20-26)

PROGRAM 4
Sat June 18
@ 7pm

JanpiStar
(a FRESH WORKS! world premiere)

Cuauhtémoc Peranda

dani tirrell & J Mase III & Randy Ford

Lottie Riot

Omar & Milton

Pioneer Winter Collective

Shawna Virago

La Mezcla

Not available for live viewing?
Pre-register for on-demand tickets
(June 20-26)

PROGRAM 5
Sun June 19
@ 7pm

DEAR QUEER DANCER SHOWCASE

featuring:

Marcus Zebra Smith

UNA aka EXhotIC OTHER

David Slaney

Angelica & Jahaira

Ballet 22

Tosha Jorden

JanpiStar

Sean Dorsey Dance

Tina Cavvichio

Omar & Milton

Angie & Audrey

Felipe & Tiago

Sir JoQ

Shrouk El-Attar

Luna Ninja

Not available for live viewing?
Pre-register for on-demand tickets
(June 20-26)

Monday June 20 – Sunday June 26:
ALL 5 PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND!

Click on any Program above to pre-register for ON-DEMAND links!

Special thanks to our community partners:

AXIS Dance CompanyCenter of Excellence for Transgender Health at UCSF, CUAV, Dance Place, Dear Queer DancerEl/La Para Trans LatinasLarkin Street Youth ServicesLavender Rights ProjectLyon-Martin Community HealthLYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth, OpenhouseQueering Dance Festival, St. James InfirmarySan Francisco AIDS FoundationSF LGBT CenterSan Francisco Transgender Film Festival, San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR)Shanti Project, Sins Invalid, TAJA’s Coalition, The Transgender District,
TRANS:THRIVE and Z Space.