A two‑part Grateful Dead exhibition opens in San Francisco this summer, starting July 3 at the Haight and expanding to an immersive Hall of Flowers show on Sept. 5.

HBO’s four‑part series The Man Will Burn premieres July 9, tracing Burning Man’s jump from Baker Beach bonfires to an 80,000‑person desert city and the crises that have followed. The film probes tech money, influencers and the 2023 mud crisis.

California approved tax credits for 41 films — 35 indies and studio projects like Disney's Hexed — promising roughly $1.1 billion in production spending and thousands of jobs.