JUICY RIOT A high-femme variety riot that closed Pride Fest with heart, voice and full-throttle joy as a closing night, it could not have been better chosen ...
Opera Parallèle and the San Francisco Transgender District will present the 5th annual EXPANSIVE concert at A.C.T.'s Strand Theatre, featuring opera singers Katherine Goforth, Nina Jones, and RuPaul's Drag Race runner-up Sapphira Cristál....
Tenderloin Museum will present special performances of THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT this August, honoring the 60th anniversary of the 1966 uprising and California Transgender History Month, with guest appearances by local activists and drag legend Peaches Christ....
Riot Fest has unveiled the official by-day lineups for its 2026 return to Douglass Park, taking place September 18 - 20. This year’s festival brings together over 100 artists spanning generations, with daily headliners including Twenty One Pilots (Friday), Tool (Saturday), and Pierce The Veil and ...
Joy Nesbitt's multi-award-nominated play JULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW will make its UK premiere at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre during Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring identity and representation through a darkly comic Shakespeare audition set against the 2023 Dublin riot....
The Riot Stage, a teen-founded Shakespeare theater and film company led by 15-year-old Samantha Leeds, will present its second season at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in West Los Angeles, blending live performance with filmed sequences....
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will perform the Emmy-winning score of Netflix's ARCANE live at Heinz Hall, led by series composer Andrew Kierszenbaum, who will also perform original piano arrangements....
Tenderloin Museum has announced that THE COMPTON’S CAFETERIA RIOT will extend its run through June 30, 2026, continuing performances at its dedicated venue at 835 Larkin Street in San Francisco. ...
DaDa, a key player in disability and Deaf arts, has appointed Ben Haslam as CEO and Faye Christiansen as Operations Manager. These appointments aim to enhance DaDa's leadership and support its future growth....
As the Trump administration works to erase trans people from public life (literally removing the 'T' from LGBT on the government's website about the Stonewall Uprising, a movement to which trans people were central), it becomes urgent to understand that these events don't happen in a vacuum. They ar...
Steve Aoki has announced additional dates of the Dim Mak 30th Anniversary Tour, extending the 2026 North American celebration of his independent label and creative universe, Dim Mak. ...
Fuse Theatre Ensemble will present Mikki Gillette's Riot Queens. The play dramatizes the Compton's Cafeteria Riots, a trans woman-led, anti-police uprising in San Francisco that predates Stonewall by three years....
“Audition Sides” At Riot Productions understands a specific kind of theatrical purgatory: the audition room, and then raises the stakes even more in this one act....
Everyman Theatre, in collaboration with Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT), is proud to announce a special one-night-only performance of Riot: The Beat of Freddie Gray on Monday, February 9, 2026, at 7pm. ...
The Tenderloin Museum will resume performances of The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, an immersive theatrical production exploring a landmark moment in LGBTQ+ history. ...
Interview with playwright, performer, and Riot Productions co-founder Sarah Alida LeClair to talk about 'Audition Sides,” a razor-sharp short play about two actors trapped together in an uncomfortably romantic callback that refuses to end....
A new play titled The Big Bad has been announced from Divine Riot and Healing TREE. The production is being produced by Cassidy Layton and Marissa Ghavami, with Ren Dara Santiago writing and co-producing....
Darby James and Quiet RIOT will present LITTLE SQUIRT at Underbelly Boulevard Soho on September 5. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to the performance here! ...
Escape Psycho Circus 2025 returns Halloween Weekend with performances by Marshmello B2B DJ Snake, deadmau5, Amelie Lens, and more. The two-day festival takes place October 31–November 1 at the NOS Events Center. Tickets go on sale August 7 at EscapeHalloween.com....
FRIGID New York's wildest late-night variety show returns this month with a theme that promises to crank the theatricality to eleven: 'Being Dramatic.' On Friday, July 25 at 10:30 PM, Under St. Marks transforms into a late-night playground for the bold, the unhinged, and the gloriously extra....
THISISPOPBABY will bring their OG smash-hit variety theatre sensation RIOT, back home to Vicar Street, Dublin for four nights only this July. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...
Jack White has shared a music video for breakout No Name single “Archbishop Harold Holmes,” starring Broadway alum John C. Reilly in a ferocious, electric take on the song’s titular impassioned, self-aggrandizing religious figure. Watch it now!...
Rico Nasty has announced a Fall North American headline tour in support of her new album LETHAL. The tour kicks off on Sept 19th at Chicago’s Riot Fest and ends Nov 4th in Los Angeles at The Fonda....
After a successful series of workshop productions in 2023-2024, Clowns Reading Shakespeare is back for a full production with the support of Animating Toronto Parks 2025....
Riot Fest has unveiled the daily lineups for its 20th anniversary, and single-day tickets are now on sale. Fans can now pick the perfect day or days to catch Green Day, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and over 90 other artists performing September 19–21....
