About
MEDIA MELTDOWN is a queer art and event production collective that celebrates cult media, weird pop culture, and childhood nostalgia. Hosted by San Francisco-based drag performers and “roommates” (in the Biblical sense) Kafka X & Piranha Psychotronica, we’re known for bringing you the themes no other drag show dares to tackle!

Piranha Psychotronica
Producer / Artistic Director
One of Media Meltdown's primary hosts, Piranha Psychotronica is the creative mastermind behind Media Meltdown's most ambitious productions, namely Select Thine Own Journey: An Interactive Fantasy Drag Show (SF Sketchfest 2023) and the original short films Evil In Residence (2023) and FrankenDivine (2022). Follow them on Instagram for updates on their future work as part of Media Meltdown and beyond.

Kafka X
Producer / Technical Director
Kafka X (formerly Franzia Kafka) is the technical lead and other primary host of Media Meltdown. For two years, they produced multiple weekly livestreams on Media Meltdown's Twitch channel, and have served as a technical jack-of-all-trades for Media Meltdown's film work and live shows. They also built this website. 🙂
Shows
November 16th & 17th: Select Thine Own Journey at Oasis!
A sold-out engagement at San Francisco Sketchfest January 2023! The Bay Area's funniest drag performers have gathered to save Queerternia, but they need a little help... from YOU! At pivotal moments the action stops and you, the audience, must choose from one of several branching paths. Will you support them in their quest, or sabotage them at every turn? You never know what fabulousness lurks around the corner in SELECT THINE OWN JOURNEY!
Tickets for Thursday
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Full Calendar
Past Shows
We've done a ton of stuff. Get a taste of what we do with the highlights below. Full show history coming soon!
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Select Thine Own Journey: An Interactive Fantasy Drag Show
A sold-out engagement at San Francisco Sketchfest January 2023. At pivotal moments the action stops and the audience must choose from one of several branching paths. Can the Bay Area's funniest drag performers roll with the literal punches? -
Nick @ Fright at Oasis
Media Meltdown’s first large-scale dance party featured immersive decor, drag performers & go-gos, a slimy photobooth and throwback visuals & music designed to take partiers back to a cartoon-fueled 90s Halloween. -
Pop-Up Drag Pumpkin Patch at Milk SF
Complete with pumpkins sourced from a trans-owned farm, drag hosts, performances every half hour, free candy, and a haunted walk-through attraction, this pumpkin patch was a highlight of the 2021 Halloween season. -
Wrestlemania: A Drag Show at The Make-Out Room
A highlight of Media Meltdown’s pre-pandemic parties, the Media Meltdown crew built a wrestling ring in the middle of San Francisco’s Makeout Room and had drag performers (including Nicki Jizz, Drag Queen of the Year 2023) literally duke it out while fans cheered on the lifts, drops, and wig snatches from the sidelines. -
Cult Movie Screenings at the Balboa & 4 Star Theaters
Our Cinema SF cult movie series beginning in September 2021 at San Francisco’s Balboa & 4 Star Theaters has featured special guests such as Sheryl Lee & Dana Ashbrook from Twin Peaks, Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Mercedes the Muse, and director Chris LaMartina (WNUF Halloween Special, Call Girl of Cthulhu).
Film Work
Evil in Residence (2023)
Upcoming screening at Dark Thoughts horror film festival, click here for tickets.
When a struggling artist is attacked, her career takes off in surprising and macabre directions.
Blue Moods (2023) [Commercial]
Media Meltdown was thrilled to work with San Francisco based queer artist Another Bard on this promotional music video for their recent EP, Blue Hour.
FrankenDivine (2022)
In this loving (if not lewd) send-up of gothic horror and cult filth, a mad scientist and his necrophiliac henchman resurrect their queer idol to reshape the world in their image, only to discover that she has plans of her own.
Contact
Want to plan an event? Need some drag hosts? Curious about past events or what we do? Shoot us a message and we'll get back to you ASAP!