“Fresh Meat Fest chops it up with fierce bomba, deaf drag, queer taiko
San Francisco’s Fresh Meat Festival shows no signs of expiring after 23 years. If anything, this year’s edition is dripping with new blood, a healthy number of new premieres, and the choicest cuts around. Hitting Mission District’s Z Space for three nights (Fri/21-Sun/23), the festival celebrating prime trans and queer performance returns with a whole charcuterie platter of voguing superstars, deaf theater visionaries (Iman), queer Salsa champions, Trans-Americana musicians (Shawna Virago), taiko drummers (Queer Taiko), hip-hop luminaries (LBXX), comedians, South Asian contemporary dancers, bomba musicians (Batey Tambó), and more.”