Long Beach showed off renderings for an LGBTQ+ Cultural District on Broadway — featuring a Pride Plaza, new lighting and $3.3M in seed funds for the first phase. Community feedback will shape the next steps.

The Napa Valley Opera House has been rebranded as Napa Music Hall, with a 160‑seat Club, a 650‑capacity Ballroom and plans for hundreds of shows downtown.

A century-old Uptown church now hosts concerts, but about 20 urns still sit in a columbarium. Volunteers are racing to find relatives and new resting places before the wall is removed.

The Menil Collection is transforming its Fresco Building into a dedicated venue for contemporary artist projects after recent renovations.

Satchmo SummerFest returns Aug. 1–2 with free music, lectures and a Satchmo Salute second-line; the Jazz Mass will be held again at St. Augustine Church's sanctuary.

A Country Music Hall of Fame retrospective traces Kenny Chesney's rise with guitars, handwritten lyrics and the 'Old Blue Chair' that inspired his song.

The New York Historical opens its $175M Tang Wing Thursday, adding galleries, classrooms, a Weitzman Shoe Museum and semiquincentennial programming.

The family behind the Strawberry Music Festival canceled its Oct. 15–18 fall gathering in Grass Valley while organizers regroup; tickets can be refunded or rolled into spring.

Walter Parazaider, founding saxophonist of Chicago, has died at 81. His woodwind work helped define the band's horn-driven sound.

Smithsonian’s Starstruck VR experience opens in Penn Quarter — a 40-minute, science-driven walk through a 3D universe built from real telescope data.

Flickr’s MODE festival will bring big-name music and a star-studded photography program to downtown Minneapolis September 18–20, 2026. Headliners include Vince Staples, Tycho and Cory Wong.

The Brooks Museum will reopen downtown on Dec. 6 as the Memphis Art Museum, offering permanent free admission for Shelby County residents and opening with a Hooks Brothers retrospective.

Sac State alum Jessilee Windhaus has opened Haus of Comedy at the Eagle Theatre on the Old Sacramento waterfront. The troupe plans weekend improv nights, classes and community programs.