The Venice Film Festival is expertly poised for film awards season, as Variety's Elsa Keslassy and Nick Vivarelli explain on 'Daily Variety' podcast.

The Weeknd and Shakira are set to headline the 2025 Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park, with Hugh Jackman returning as host. Co-founder Hugh Evans joins Morning Joe to unveil the lineup and explain how fans can earn free tickets by taking action on global issues like clean energy,

NEW YORK (AP) — The Weeknd and Shakira — two of the world’s biggest touring artists — will headline this fall’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park, supporting campaigns to improve energy access across Africa and defend the Amazon against deforestation.

The Weeknd and Shakira will headline 2025 Global Citizen Festival in New York, with Tyla, Ayra Starr and Mariah the Scientist also performing.

Pitchfork once wrote that “these guys indulge in power-pop like true hedonists, their unmitigated passion for the music negating any shred of the hipness their influences imply,” rating their only LP,

Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park next week. The four-day festival runs from July 31 to August 3. Gates open at 11 a.m. each day. The main entrance is located at Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive, and the north entrance is at Monroe Street and Columbus Drive.

Grammy Award winning band Soul Asylum will perform at the Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival on September 20, 2025, with Leon & the Peoples opening for them.

LGBTQIA+ celebration includes a parade through downtown, entertainment, and an exclusive after-party at the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center.

Kick off festival season with a free XRoads41 music festival kickoff concert in Oshkosh Aug. 6 featuring Frank Ray.