Z Space

2024 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL

Of Transgender and Queer Performance

June 21 - 23, 2024
on Z Space’s Steindler Stage

The wildly-popular FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL of Trans & Queer Performance is back with edgy, exquisite, extraordinary dance, theater and live music … and is brimming with world premieres! 

Voguing superstars, Deaf theater visionaries, queer Salsa champions, Trans-americana music, taiko, hip-hop, comedy, South Asian contemporary dance, Bomba music and dance, and much MORE! 

The 23rd annual FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL is thrilled to premiere new works commissioned especially for the festival by our 2024 FRESH WORKS! Commissioned artists: LBXX, Christopher Smith, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and Mark Travis Rivera. 

The festival lineup also features: Batey Tambó, DJ ONYX MOSCHINO ESCADA, Iman, Ishami Dance Company, Lottie Riot, The Monarchs, Queer Taiko, Sean Dorsey Dance, Shawna Virago, femme-cee Churro Nomi and more!

KN95 masks will be provided and required. ASL Interpretation will be provided at all performances. Z Space theater is wheelchair accessible and has all-gender bathrooms.

Schedule

PROGRAM A
June 21 @ 8pm
June 22 @ 2pm

PROGRAM B
June 22 @ 8pm
June 23 @ 2pm

All performances will have ASL Interpretation

All-new this year: Community Classes!

To kick off the 2024 Festival, Fresh Meat is excited to announce a new series of classes on Thursday June 13 at the nearby Joe Goode Annex, featuring:

• 4:30-5:30 pm - Seated dance class/party for all ages with Kim Ip

• 6:00-7:00 pm - Sound bath offering from B Dukes

• 7:30-9:00 pm - All-levels movement class for trans/nb movers with Becca Dean

For more information & registration, visit freshmeatproductions.org.

Access Notes

• Z Space’s entrance, lobby, bathrooms and audience seating areas are wheelchair accessible.

• The front row of theater seats are at floor level; all other rows of seating are on risers and require climbing stairs. The front row will be reserved for accessible seating, wheelchair users, mobility-device users, and people who would like to use extra-wide, armless chairs.

• The front row of seating features armless chairs; all other chairs in the theater have non-moveable arms.

• If you need to reserve accessible seating, please email us at boxoffice@zspace.org. Please specify your access need (eg. if you’re a wheelchair user coming with one companion; if you need an extra-wide, armless chair; if you need to be seated in the ASL seating area).

• Z Space’s bathrooms are all-gender.

• Identification (ID) is not required to purchase or pick up tickets.

• Each program will feature ASL Interpretation: please let us know when you’re coming (email melissa@freshmeatproductions.org)

• Audience is required to be KN95 masked for the entirety of their time inside the building. Fresh Meat Festival staff will provide KN95 masks to everyone before they enter the building (unless someone’s disability, chronic illness or health condition means they cannot wear a mask).

• By attending the Fresh Meat Festival, you agree to the following:

• You do not have any signs of contagious illness (COVID or otherwise), including pink eye, that aren’t fully explained by a non-contagious health condition that you have.

• If you have had COVID, it’s been at least 10 days since your first symptoms or positive test if you were asymptomatic.