FRESH is coming to a loving close.
This year will be our year of transition.
We are putting FRESH to rest through a festival we are calling ROT.
ROT is a death, a rebirth, a community conversation about what happens next.
featuring artists:
gizeh muñiz vengel
Sara Shelton Mann
Sherwood Chen
Crip Ecstasy
Kevin Lo
Juliet Paramor
ainsley e. tharp
Clarissa Rivera Dyas
jose e. abad
Abby Crain
José Ome Navarrete Mazatl
Sunday—Saturday
16—22 February 2025
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San Francisco—CA
Joe Goode Annex
—CounterPulse—The Stud
Why the name ROT?
Well for starters, we have been wrestling with what to call this transition for months.
We have spent so much time finding a name that is visceral, representative, a part of the FRESH lineage, yet something else entirely.
We settled on ROT.
ROT: the process of decay.
There is so much movement in the decay.
There is transformation in the compost.
There is new life and beginnings after ROT.
ROT is the name of this moment, with a new name coming circa 2026, that we hope to communally source during this next 2025 festival.
ROT is a death, a rebirth, and a community conversation about what happens next.
Save the dates: FEBRUARY 16–22, 2025.
What will ROT look like?
ROT will resemble FRESH in its most recent iterations.
We will have a death ritual, two classes a day, one performance night, one epic party, a community dialogue about what should happen next, a night of drag, and so much more!!!!!
This year, we will prioritize presenting local artists from around the Bay Area. We will be hosting this year’s festival at Joe Goode Annex, CounterPulse, and The STUD
