Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Twelve state attorneys general led by California's Rob Bonta, and separately the Writers Guild of America, get their day in court against Paramount Skydance's $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set 12 court days, and the merger is on hold behind the result.

The natural and organic industry's biggest trade show returns to the Anaheim Convention Center for four days.

The 2026 VMware Explore on Tour season closes in Sydney on 3-4 March 2027 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on Phillip Street.

The Amelia Concours d'Elegance returns to The Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island for four days in early March.

Seattle's spring pop culture convention fills the Seattle Convention Center for four days of comics, cosplay, gaming and panels.

The Thomas Crown Affair is an upcoming American action romantic heist film directed by Michael B. Jordan and written by Drew Pearce and Jason Hall.

Ten days of motorcycle racing, concerts and street festivals take over Daytona Beach in early March.

The 45th Seafood Expo North America, the continent's largest seafood trade show, runs for three days at Boston's Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center.

The ASICS Los Angeles Marathon's Stadium to the Stars course starts at Dodger Stadium and finishes on Santa Monica Boulevard at Avenue of the Stars.

The 71st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women runs from 8 to 19 March 2027 in New York, with the priority theme of speeding up gender equality under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

More than 1,000 seafood CEOs, investors and analysts gather in Bergen for three days at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum, the industry's largest top-executive conference.

Salesforce's developer conference for developers, admins, architects and IT leaders returns to San Francisco and Salesforce+ on 10-11 March 2027.

The Exorcist: Martyrs is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. It is the seventh film in The Exorcist franchise.

Bruno Mars brings The Romantic Tour to Auckland's Eden Park with Tyla, DJ Pee .Wee and a Silk Sonic set; the first two of three nights have sold out.

The season opens under the floodlights at Sakhir, and for the first time the opening round is a Sprint weekend.

The 99th Academy Awards air live from the Dolby Theatre on March 14, 2027, hosted by Conan O'Brien, and the ceremony's biggest prize is Best Picture. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi had The Odyssey at 52%, well ahead of The Black Ball at 16% and Dune: Part Three at 11%.

Swatch Group's investor calendar lists mid-March 2027, with the exact date still to be confirmed, for its Annual and Sustainability Report covering fiscal year 2026 - the group's next full results release after first-half 2026 sales growth.

WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization meets on 15-18 March 2027 at WHO headquarters in hybrid format, by invitation only.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its March 16-17 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 67%, Hike 25bps 27%, Cut 25bps 10%.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is an upcoming American action-adventure comedy film based on the Sonic video game series. It is directed by Jeff Fowler.

The Bassmaster Classic brings bass fishing's world championship and its $300,000 first prize to Greenville, South Carolina, on 19-21 March 2027, Lake Hartwell's record fifth Classic.

The $815 million AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion, a seven-storey 575,000-square-foot building north of 57th Street in Hyde Park, is Illinois' first freestanding cancer centre, with 80 inpatient beds, 90 outpatient exam rooms and dedicated imaging, infusion and clinical trial space. It pulls together cancer services currently spread across at least five buildings on the campus.

Round two runs at night along the Red Sea on the fastest street circuit Formula 1 uses.

Oracle's Java conference returns for three days of keynotes, sessions, hands-on labs and a hackathon, opening with a keynote on the morning of 23 March 2027.

The Padres open 2027 at home on Thursday 25 March with a four-game Opening Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, running through Easter Sunday.

Comic-Con International's Southern California convention brings comics, film, TV and cosplay to Anaheim for three days.

The New York International Auto Show opens to the public on 26 March for ten days, running through Easter.

The 32 km non-stop link will run every 15 minutes from 5am to midnight between Gare de l'Est and Charles de Gaulle Airport, a 20-minute trip, operated by Hello Paris, a Keolis and RATP Dev joint venture. The infrastructure company, owned in equal shares by Groupe ADP, SNCF Reseau and Banque des Territoires, says it financed the entire project without public subsidies, and CAF France of Alsace supplied the trainsets.

The FTC and state attorneys general take Amazon to a bench trial before Judge John Chun over claims it illegally keeps its online marketplace monopoly by overcharging sellers and punishing those who offer lower prices elsewhere. The trial has slipped twice from its original October 2026 date.

Related Midwest's 72-story North Tower, built inside the abandoned Chicago Spire foundation pit, is slated to open along the city's lakefront in 2027.

Twelve acres of fields, courts, a dog park and an arts plaza with an amphitheater beneath the Sixth Street Viaduct, on both banks of the LA River between Boyle Heights and the Arts District.