Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

After three years in New Orleans, North America's International Championships run 18-20 June 2027 at McCormick Place, Chicago, with TCG, video game and Pokémon GO play.

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.

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.

Metallica close the M72 World Tour, begun in Amsterdam in April 2023 in support of 72 Seasons, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, the last of 12 North American stadium dates in 2027.

Major construction begins on the Hillcrest Medical Center Renewal Project, replacing the hospital built as the county hospital in 1963 with about 800,000 square feet holding roughly 300 licensed beds and a Level One trauma centre. The wider Hillcrest redevelopment is a ten-year, $2.5-3 billion programme finishing in 2033.

Glastonbury comes back to Worthy Farm on 23-27 June 2027 after its 2026 fallow year, with general admission at GBP 408 for over 4,000 performances on more than 100 stages and five nights' camping.

球状闪电 (Ball Lightning) is iQIYI's 30-episode adaptation of Liu Cixin's science-fiction novel, produced by Chen Sicheng and directed by Dai Mo, starring Wang Anyu (王安宇) as Chen Guang, who chases ball lightning after it kills his parents, with Tong Yao (童瑶), Zhou Yiwei and Yang Lixin. Shot in 2022 and licensed in 2025, it released its first trailer in September 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The 10th FIFA Women's World Cup is the first held in South America, played across eight stadiums in eight Brazilian cities including the Maracanã. Spain are the defending champions, and it is the last edition contested by 32 teams before the expansion to 48 in 2031.

The tabletop-focused PAX takes over the George R. Brown Convention Center for a weekend in June.

San Francisco Pride returns June 26-27, 2027 for its 57th annual celebration at Civic Center and parade down Market Street, one of the largest LGBTQ+ gatherings in the world.

NVIDIA expects to complete its roughly $11.9 billion purchase of Hugging Face in the first half of 2027, once regulators approve the deal.

AST SpaceMobile now expects about 45 satellites in orbit in early 2027, with beta offerings before the end of 2026 and commercial direct-to-device service in the first half of 2027, after launch delays pushed back a late-2026 target.

The second fab on TSMC's north Phoenix campus, whose structure was finished in 2025, is due to begin high-volume manufacturing in the second half of 2027 - a year earlier than the schedule the company had previously given. Chairman C.C. Wei gave the pulled-forward date on 15 January 2026; the campus is the centrepiece of a $165 billion Arizona investment.

Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedics business is due to leave the group as DePuy Synthes - by tax-free spinoff or by sale, with Apollo in talks at about $20 billion - and J&J says it is on track for a mid-2027 separation.

North America's largest anime convention returns to downtown LA over the Fourth of July weekend, 2 to 5 July 2027.

The British Grand Prix returns to the old RAF airfield that held the first World Championship race in 1950.

Man of Tomorrow is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the DC Comics characters Superman and Lex Luthor. Written and directed by James Gunn, it will be the fourth film in the DC Universe (DCU) and a follow-up to Superman (2025).

Silo depicts a ruined and toxic future, when thousands of people live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo. Season 4 starts on Apple TV.

The ladies' singles final is played on Centre Court on the second Saturday of the Championships, for the Venus Rosewater Dish. The All England Club has the 2027 fortnight running 28 June to 11 July.

The oldest title in tennis is decided on Centre Court on the second Sunday. The All England Club has published its 2027 dates: the Championships run 28 June to 11 July, and the gentlemen's singles final closes them.

The shortest lap of the season runs up and down a Styrian hillside in barely over a minute.

Four days of modern and historic racing machinery on the hillclimb at Goodwood, West Sussex.

The second film of ufotable's Infinity Castle trilogy is expected in Japanese theaters around July 2027, two years after Part 1; no date has been announced.

San Diego Comic-Con runs 22-25 July 2027 at the San Diego Convention Center, with Preview Night on Wednesday 21 July.

The 2027 Pan American Games, officially the XX Pan American Games and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. It will be held from 23 July to 8 August in Lima, the capital of Peru, eight years after the city hosted the 2019 Pan American Games. The pin sits at National Stadium of Peru.

雾里青 (Wu Li Qing, "A Touch of Green") is iQIYI's modern romance starring Li Xian (李现) as the tech founder Meng Fuyuan, who has secretly loved his younger brother's childhood sweetheart for years, and Zhang Jingyi (张婧仪) as that sweetheart, the ceramic artist Chen Qingwu. Qu Youning, who directed Li Xian in Go Go Squid, filmed this adaptation of 明开夜合's novel in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and Jingdezhen from May to August 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

Spa is the longest circuit in Formula 1 at just over seven kilometres, and it makes its own weather across the Ardennes.

The Specialty Food Association's show, at its 71st edition, brings thousands of specialty food makers and buyers to Manhattan for three days.

The annual air show and gathering of aviation enthusiasts returns to Wittman Regional Airport for a week in late July.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its July 27-28 2027 meeting. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 76%, Hike 25bps 17%, Hike >25bps 10%.

Informa's new Sydney show opens in July 2027 at Darling Harbour, with indoor exhibition space at ICC Sydney and an on-water display.

A Quiet Place Part III is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by John Krasinski. The fourth installment in the A Quiet Place film series, the film is the sequel to A Quiet Place Part II (2020), serving as the third and final film in a trilogy that began with A Quiet Place (2018).

Shanghai's second-largest station after Hongqiao is being built in the bonded area beside Pudong International Airport, its high-speed station building given 15 platforms and 30 tracks. Passengers will walk roughly 250 metres between the trains and the airport.