Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The IAA Mobility show returns to Messe München for six days, with a press day on 6 September.

DSEI, the UK's flagship defence and security exhibition, returns to ExCeL London from 7 to 10 September 2027, with land, air, naval and space zones and visiting warships in the venue's dockside setting.

The Cannes Yachting Festival returns to the Vieux Port and Port Canto in Cannes for six days in September.

The 21st World Athletics Championships are held at the Beijing National Stadium, the second time the city has hosted after 2015. Ten days of track and field in the stadium built for the 2008 Olympics.

The women's singles final fills Arthur Ashe Stadium on the tournament's second Saturday, closing the American hard-court season. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the US Open running 29 August to 12 September.

Oasis play Knebworth Park for the first time since their two historic nights there in August 1996, opening a run of six shows at the 125,000-capacity Hertfordshire site that closes the Live '27 tour.

The season's last major ends under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena in the world at roughly 23,000 seats. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the tournament running 29 August to 12 September, with the men's singles final on the closing Sunday.

The Spanish Grand Prix runs at Madrid's Madring, the part-street, part-permanent circuit around IFEMA that took the race off Barcelona.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its September 14-15 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%, Hike 25bps 20%, Cut 25bps 6%.

The 46th Ryder Cup is played at Adare Manor in County Limerick, the first held in Ireland since the K Club in 2006. The Irish government is expected to spend €58 million on the event, €22.5 million of it an event licence fee to the European Tour.

The 192nd Oktoberfest is due to run on Munich's Theresienwiese from Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October 2027, following the festival's rule of starting on the first Saturday after 15 September and ending on the first Sunday in October.

Salesforce has set Dreamforce 2027 for 21-23 September 2027 at San Francisco's Moscone Center and on Salesforce+, with registration opening in spring 2027.

The Monaco Yacht Show's 2027 edition fills Port Hercule with superyachts for four days in late September.

Baku pairs a two-kilometre straight along the Caspian with a climb through the medieval old city barely wide enough for one car.

The first section of Line 15, the 76km ring at the heart of the Grand Paris Express, has slipped repeatedly and is now expected to open between Pont de Sevres and Noisy-Champs in autumn 2027.

Globalinx's 24,000 sq ft, 5 MW-scalable cable landing station near Ocean City Municipal Airport, Maryland, is planned to be ready for service in Q3 2027 and is poised to host AWS's Fastnet transatlantic cable.

The 11th Rugby World Cup opens at Perth Stadium and runs to the final at Stadium Australia in Sydney on 13 November. It is the first tournament branded the Men's Rugby World Cup and the first contested by 24 teams, with South Africa defending the title and Hong Kong making their debut.

The United States federal fiscal year 2028 starts on 1 October 2027 - the date by which Congress must have funded the government or shut it down.

Pfizer's phase 3 trial of Ibuzatrelvir in covid-19 sars-cov-2 infection reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 2,330 participants. The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether ibuzatrelvir is effective and safe in adults and adolescents with COVID-19 who do not need to be in the hospital but who are at high risk for progression to severe disease. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned (by chance) to receive ibuzatrelvir or matching placebo orally for 5 days. Co-administration of locally available standard of care is allowed. The total duration of the study is around 6 months.

Turkiye returns to the calendar for the first time since 2021, bringing back Turn 8 - a four-apex left taken at close to 300 km/h.

The 14th Cricket World Cup is played across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the second time South Africa and Zimbabwe have co-hosted after 2003 and the first time Namibia has hosted. Cricket South Africa confirmed eight grounds including the Wanderers, Kingsmead and Newlands.

Formula 1's original night race runs under floodlights around Marina Bay, in humidity that costs drivers several kilos a race.

Microsoft's consumer Extended Security Updates programme for Windows 10 22H2 delivers its last security patches. A home Windows 10 PC keeps working after this date but gets no more security fixes, and 12 October 2027 is also the last day anyone can enrol.

Merck & Co.'s phase 3 trial of MK-8527 in human immunodeficiency virus reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 4,580 participants. Researchers are looking for new medicines to prevent HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1) infection.

WRC-27 runs 18 October to 12 November 2027 in Shanghai, where ITU member states will revise the Radio Regulations, including new mobile bands for 6G and allocations for satellite direct-to-device services.

Argentines choose a president and renew Congress on 24 October 2027, the first presidential election since Javier Milei's 2023 win.

Austin's purpose-built circuit opens with a blind 40-metre climb into a hairpin, and borrows corners from Silverstone, Istanbul and Hockenheim.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its October 26-27 2027 meeting. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 54%, Hike 25bps 46%, Cut 25bps 7%.

A five-kilometre SkyTrain extension meant to unlock a taller, denser Broadway Corridor in Vancouver has slipped from its original early-2026 target to autumn 2027.

At 2,200 metres above sea level the air is thin enough to change how the cars cool, brake and make power, and the lap ends through a baseball stadium.

The Bureau of Meteorology's official tropical cyclone season for the Australian region runs from 1 November to 30 April. An average season brings 10 cyclones, three or four of which cross the coast.

All 13 Boston City Council seats, nine district and four at-large, are up for their regular two-year election, the first test of the council after Wu's re-election.

AstraZeneca's phase 3 trial of Tozorakimab in viral lung infection and acute respiratory failure reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 3,527 participants. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of tozorakimab, as an add-on to SoC in patients with viral lung infection requiring supplemental oxygen, on the prevention of death or progression to IMV/ECMO.

Interlagos runs anticlockwise over a hillside, is short enough to bunch the field, and has decided more championships late than anywhere else.

The Dubai Airshow, the Middle East's largest air show, returns to its site at Dubai World Central from 15 to 19 November 2027, after a 2025 edition with 1,500+ exhibitors and 490 military and civil delegations.

The only race Formula 1 runs on a Saturday night, straight down the Strip past the casinos at close to 350 km/h.

Frozen 3 is an upcoming American animated musical fantasy film written and directed by Jennifer Lee. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, it is the third feature film in the Frozen franchise, following Frozen II.

Microsoft's next Xbox, Project Helix, uses a custom AMD chip with Zen 6 cores and RDNA 5 graphics; Microsoft has given no release date, with reports pointing to late 2027 and developer alpha hardware in 2027.

The 32nd UN climate conference is held in Addis Ababa in November 2027, the first COP in sub-Saharan Africa in sixteen years, with the African Group holding the presidency.

A new COASTER commuter-rail platform on Harbor Drive between 1st and 5th Streets, by the Gaslamp Quarter, the convention centre and Petco Park, with San Diego Trolley connections either side. The $33 million project also adds a pocket track so trains can run more often.

Line 19 will run 46.2 km with 34 stations from Baoshan Railway Station to Hongjian Road through six districts, built to ease traffic on Pudong South Road and crowding on the southern end of line 8 and the northern ends of lines 1 and 3. The northern section from Baoshan Railway Station to Yierba Jinian Road comes first; the southern section follows in 2029 and the middle section in 2031.

AstraZeneca's phase 3 trial of BGF MDI 320/14.4/9.6 μG in copd reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 5,000 participants. This study will evaluate the effect of triple ICS/LAMA/LABA therapy with BGF MDI 320/14.4/9.6 μg on cardiopulmonary outcomes relative to LAMA/LABA therapy with GFF MDI 14.4/9.6 μg in a population with COPD and elevated cardiopulmonary risk.

The penultimate round runs at night at Lusail, a fast, flowing circuit built for MotoGP and hard on tyres.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its December 7-8 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 73%, Cut 25bps 13%, Hike 25bps 6%.

Every obligation the Cyber Resilience Act carries comes into force: products with digital elements may only be placed on the EU market if they meet the Act's essential cybersecurity requirements, carry a conformity assessment and are supported with security updates for their declared support period.

The season ends at Yas Marina as the sun sets, and for the first time the finale is a Sprint weekend too.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is an upcoming fantasy film directed by Andy Serkis, written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Phoebe Gittins, and Arty Papageorgiou, and based on characters created by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are American superhero films based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. They are respectively the fifth and sixth installments in the Avengers film series following Avengers: Endgame (2019), and the 39th and 40th films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

The 24-month reinforced health monitoring the Gard prefect imposed on Perrier's Romaine VI and VII boreholes runs out, and Nestlé must then show the spring's original purity and stable mineral content to keep its natural mineral water status.