Matt Fraser, the television psychic medium who built a national following reading strangers' deceased relatives on stage, is expanding his live tour into California with three stops next month. The shows land in Tracy, Thousand Oaks and Anaheim between November 13 and 15, before Fraser returns to the region again in early 2027.
According to NBC Palm Springs, Fraser is billed as America's top medium and is expanding his West Coast tour after years of fan requests, joining the outlet's Desert Living section to discuss the swing through Southern California. Per MeetMattFraser.com, his itinerary includes the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy on November 13, the Fred Kavli Theatre in Thousand Oaks on November 14, and the DigAlert Grove of Anaheim on November 15, covering both Northern and Southern California before he circles back to the region early next year.
From EMT to Stage Medium
Fraser's path to the stage started far from spirituality. Before working full-time as a psychic medium, he trained as a paramedic and worked as an emergency medical technician for the World Trade Center's Security Operations Department, per Wikipedia's entry on the performer. He has described his medical work as part of what pushed him toward emotional healing instead.
Fraser frames his gift as something passed down rather than learned. He is, by his own account, a third-generation medium who received his abilities from his mother and grandmother, according to UInterview's profile of the performer.
Fraser also appeared on E!'s reality series Meet the Frasers.
Books, Tickets and What Happens in the Room
Fraser has also built a publishing career alongside the TV and touring work. He is a New York Times bestselling author. Fraser directs fans to tour dates, books and online readings through MeetMattFraser.com.
His live shows feature unscripted readings. According to NBC Palm Springs, the messages he delivers vary from one audience to another, and he has said that attendees often arrive anxious or skeptical, especially if they have never been to a medium's event before.
Fraser describes his work as helping people connect with deceased loved ones, and he believes the messages delivered during a show can offer comfort and reassurance, per the same NBC Palm Springs report. He has said he believes the experience can help audience members feel a continued connection with people they've lost, and the outlet notes that people often associate signs from deceased loved ones with butterflies, dragonflies, repeating numbers and dreams.
Why So Many People Buy a Ticket
The appetite for that kind of experience shows up in national survey data. A Pew Research Center survey conducted in March and April 2023 found that 53% of U.S. adults report being visited by a deceased family member in a dream or other form, while 44% reported a personal interaction with a dead relative in the past year. A separate December 2023 Pew study found that 83% of U.S. adults believe people possess a soul or spirit beyond the physical body, and 81% believe in a spiritual realm beyond the physical world.
Not everyone buys what's happening on stage, however. Skeptics and scientific investigators contend that Fraser uses classic cold-reading techniques — reading nonverbal body language and asking broad, high-probability questions — and Wikipedia's entry notes he was targeted in a 2019 sting operation reported by The New York Times.
California's legal landscape has long accommodated performers like Fraser. The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 1985 in Spiritual Psychic Science Church v. City of Azusa that local bans on fortune-telling violate free speech protections under the California Constitution, per the Los Angeles Times, which means municipalities can require business licensing and anti-fraud provisions but cannot ban mediums outright.
Fraser's California swing arrives amid a broader wave of touring television mediums working similar circuits. Hoodline previously reported that fellow TV medium Theresa Caputo brought her own live show to El Paso's Plaza Theatre, while Fraser himself stopped in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of a venue's Halloween event series.
