Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The 2027 International Architecture Exhibition runs 8 May to 21 November in Venice, curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu under the theme 'Do Architecture'.

Metallica open a 12-stadium North American run of the M72 World Tour at Vancouver's BC Place, with Limp Bizkit and Avatar in support, following their Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere.

The Cannes Film Festival runs 11-22 May 2027 at the Palais des Festivals, its 80th edition.

Around two million pilgrims perform the Hajj at Mecca in mid-May 2027, with the Day of Arafah on 15 May and Eid al-Adha on 16 May.

Electric Daisy Carnival becomes 'Dusk Till Dawn': EDC Dusk on 14-16 May and EDC Dawn on 21-23 May 2027 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, at a lower capacity than before.

Bulgaria hosts the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time, with two semi-finals on 11 and 13 May and the grand final on 15 May 2027 at Arena Burgas.

San Francisco's costumed 12K, run since 1912, crosses the city from Howard and Fremont streets to the Great Highway on Sunday, May 16, 2027.

The Academy of Country Music Awards hold their 62nd show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, 16 May 2027, a year after Ella Langley won a record seven ACMs and Cody Johnson Entertainer of the Year there.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals's phase 3 trial of REGN7508 in symptomatic venous thromboembolism reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 2,000 participants. This study is researching an experimental drug called REGN7508 (called "study drug") and how it compares against another treatment called Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA). The study is focused on adults undergoing elective, unilateral (one side) total knee replacement surgery. The aim of the study is to see how effective the study drug is at preventing Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) and other related diseases after total knee replacement surgery compared to acetylsalicylic acid. The study is looking at several other research questions, including: * What side effects may happen from taking the study drug * How much study drug is in the blood at different times * Whether the body makes antibodies against the study drug (which could make the study drug less effective or could lead to side effects)

Salesforce's marketing conference, where marketers see its agentic marketing tools, comes back to Chicago and Salesforce+ on 19-20 May 2027.

Oasis begin their 42-show Live '27 stadium tour with the first of five nights at Celtic Park in Glasgow, with Richard Ashcroft opening, in the band's follow-up to their 41-date 2025 reunion tour.

Every Spanish municipality votes on 23 May 2027, alongside regional elections in twelve autonomous communities on the same day.

Montreal's island circuit is a run of long straights and chicanes that ends at the Wall of Champions.

The Europa League is decided at Eintracht Frankfurt's stadium, the ground that watched its own club win the competition in 2022. The final comes ten days before the Champions League decides Europe's top tier.

Star Wars: Starfighter is an upcoming American space opera film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Jonathan Tropper. Produced by Lucasfilm and 21 Laps Entertainment, and set to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be an installment in the Star Wars franchise and set five years after the events of the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

Celine Dion closes CELINE DION PARIS 2026-2027 at Plenitude Arena on the last of 10 May 2027 nights added for fans shut out of the sold-out 2026 shows, the 26th concert of her comeback run.

Bruno Mars closes The Romantic Tour with the last of six nights at Goyang Stadium, billed as Seoul, his first Korean concerts since 2023, with Anderson .Paak guesting as DJ Pee .Wee.

At 3.6 GW, the largest offshore wind farm in the world, sited over a shallow sandbank 130 km off the Yorkshire coast. Estimated date.

The National Hurricane Center's official Atlantic season runs from 1 June to 30 November, the six months in which almost all basin activity falls. An average season brings 14 named storms.

Europe's third club competition ends at Besiktas' stadium on the Bosphorus, a ground rebuilt on the site where the club has played since 1947. It is Istanbul's first UEFA club final since the 2023 Champions League final at the Ataturk.

The 2026-27 NBA season ends with the Finals in June 2027. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's futures board was a two-horse race: Oklahoma City and San Antonio were both priced around 21%, more than double Philadelphia at 9% and New York at 8%. The league has confirmed only the month, with Game 1 widely reported for 3 June.

Primavera Sound's next Barcelona edition runs from 3 to 5 June 2027 at the seafront Parc del Fòrum, after two straight sell-outs, with its Primavera Pro industry conference from 2 June.

Berlin's Pergamonmuseum comes back in stages, and the first of them lands on 4 June 2027: the North Wing and the northern central building reopen, putting the Pergamon Altar back on public view and giving the Museum für Islamische Kunst two full floors. The museum has been under renovation since 2013 as part of the Museumsinsel master plan, and the South Wing stays shut after this - it is not expected back until around 2037.

New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.

Europe's club season ends in Madrid. The Estadio Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid's home since 2017, hosts the Champions League final for the second time after 2019, when Liverpool beat Tottenham there.

The women's singles final is played on Court Philippe-Chatrier on the tournament's second Saturday, for the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen. It is the last clay-court title of the season's European spring.

The clay-court major ends on Court Philippe-Chatrier, where the men's singles final is played for the Coupe des Mousquetaires. Chatrier has had a retractable roof since 2020, but the surface still decides the tennis: the slowest, longest matches of the year are played here.

Cisco's flagship customer and partner conference is set for 6-10 June 2027 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center; the 2026 edition in the same city drew more than 20,000 people.

Sanofi's phase 3 trial of PCV21 Vaccine in pneumococcal immunization reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 2,195 participants. This is a phase 3 randomized, modified double-blind study whose purpose is to measure whether 3 lots of the investigational pneumococcal vaccine PCV21 can help the body to develop germ-fighting agents called "antibodies" (immunogenicity) in a similar way (ie, same immune response) when they are given to infants aged from approximately 2 months (42 to 89 days) and are safe compared to a licensed 20-valent pneumococcal vaccine (20vPCV) (Prevnar 20™). The study duration per participant will be up to approximately 17 months. The study vaccines (either PCV21 or 20vPCV) will be administered at approximately 2, 4, 6 and 12 months of age.

Employers in the EU with 150 or more workers must file their first gender pay gap reports, covering 2026, by 7 June 2027 under the Pay Transparency Directive; those with 250 or more workers must then report every year.

PLDT's 2027 annual meeting falls on the second Tuesday of June under its by-laws, where shareholders will elect the board and approve the 2026 financial statements.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its June 8-9 2027 meeting. The meeting is one of the four in 2027 that comes with a Summary of Economic Projections - the "dot plot" - and a press conference. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 59%, Cut >25bps 28%, Hike 25bps 20%.

开到荼蘼 (Kai Dao Tu Mi) is Tencent Video's 16-episode revenge thriller from Yi Shu's 1987 novel, starring Bai Lu as Wang Yunna, a woman who returns seven years after a betrayal and a prison term, with Gao Haining, Chang Huasen and Peng Guanying. Directed by Li Muge (Rattan), it began filming in Foshan on 24 July 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is an upcoming American fantasy adventure film and a live-action remake of the 2014 animated film by DreamWorks Animation, itself loosely based on Cressida Cowell's book series. It will be the second installment of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon film series following How to Train Your Dragon (2025), and the fifth film overall in the franchise.

The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament's 2027 week, with its lady-angler and main blue marlin tournaments, runs 11-20 June 2027 in Morehead City, a year after a record 919.9-pound blue won $6.5 million.

The largest aerospace exhibition in the world, held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget since 1953 and first staged in 1909, runs 14 to 20 June 2027 – four days for professionals, then three open to the public.

Member states must write Directive (EU) 2024/1385, the EU's first law on violence against women, into national law by 14 June 2027, including new crimes of female genital mutilation, forced marriage, cyber stalking and sharing intimate images without consent.

Mongolia holds its ninth presidential election since democratisation in the first half of June 2027. Incumbent Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh cannot stand again.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is an upcoming American animated superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, it is the direct sequel to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and the final installment in the Spider-Verse trilogy.

The 36th Africa Cup of Nations is hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, the first edition staged by three countries. Host cities include Nairobi, Eldoret, Kampala and Dar es Salaam.

Formula 1 returns to Portugal for the first time since 2021, on Portimao's roller-coaster of blind crests and steep drops.

Meta's $1,299.99 VR headset in the shape of glasses, about 100 grams on the face with a tethered compute puck and a 5K micro-OLED display, goes on sale in Spring 2027. It was code-named Project Phoenix and unveiled at Meta Connect 2026.