The Fillmore Jazz Festival returns July 4–5 after a near‑cancellation last year, saved again by Avenue Greenlight and community sponsors. Free performances stretch down Fillmore Street.

Fat Cat, the Downtown Grand jazz-and-blues room, has closed after three years. Owners say live music will move to Grey Witch and Red Dwarf.

The MLK Jr. Birth Home on Auburn Avenue reopens this Saturday after preservation work. Ranger-led presentations and limited in-person tours will return.

About 5,000 barbershop singers are in downtown St. Louis this week for competitions, workshops and pop‑up concerts. The week mixes elite contests with free public performances.

A $1.75 million Mellon Foundation gift has revived the long-stalled restoration of Pittsburgh’s National Negro Opera House, pushing work on the historic Homewood site forward. Local leaders say the money will go toward permanent exterior repairs and help attract more funding.

The MFA’s reinstalled 18th‑century galleries pair beloved portraiture with objects and new Indigenous work that foreground slavery and transatlantic trade. The museum also declined a roughly $400,000 federal grant amid policy uncertainty.

Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away will play a limited run at Downtown L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre in September–October 2027. The original Japanese production features towering puppets and a live orchestra.

The inaugural Portland Arts Week turns the Cultural Corridor into a sports‑themed art festival July 9–12, pairing a PAM symposium with gallery walks and pop‑ups.

Alto Gallery is relocating to 3773 Walnut St. in RiNo, pausing programming for a July buildout and reopening Aug. 7 with the duo show "Light Wait".

A three-story Giannis mural on the 600 EAST building was spray-painted Wednesday, leaving a downtown landmark marred and prompting online reaction. City partners will weigh restoration options.

Timbers from an 18th‑century gunboat unearthed beneath Lower Manhattan were conserved and are being reassembled on a museum floor, offering a rare window into the Revolutionary era.

Victor Willis, founding lead singer of the Village People and co‑writer of "Y.M.C.A.", has died at 74 after a brief illness. The band and family have requested privacy.

Grammy winners Tank and the Bangas will headline Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival on July 4, bringing songs from The Last Balloon and a firm stance against AI in music.