A system and method for conducting a media session includes a host station, a client station, and a playlist station networked together. Clients search for multimedia files (audio, video, karaoke, and/or images files) on the system and make media selections from touchscreen or other interactive displays or devices. The host station generates a rotating queue of the requested media selections and cycles through the media selections in the queue. Processed data of the media selections is sent to peripheral devices, such as an audio system and a monitor. The playlist station is communicatively connected to a monitor or other device for publicly displaying or otherwise conveying playlist information to clients at a venue. The system is at least partially operable in an automated fashion. For example, one or more of the acts of processing search queries and requests from the users, storing the requests in the rotating queue, and cycling through the requests in the rotating queue can be automated without requiring manual intervention by a DJ/KJ or other moderator.