The long-running festival is expanding its reach: Bonnaroo 2026 will be globally livestreamed via Disney+ and Hulu from The Farm (June 11–14), making postcard moments available to anyone with Wi‑Fi. [P]Country vet Clint Black will step in for Justin Moore on tour dates, and indie rock fans have a fall date as The Strokes announce a massive October 2 show at Flushing Meadows with Beach House and TV on the Radio (details). Meanwhile, designer Mark D. Sikes opens up a storied Virginia house, a reminder that arranging light and objects can be as performative as a stage set (tour).

Steven Spielberg returns to cosmic storytelling with Disclosure Day, a new film probing UAPs and extraterrestrial themes 50 years after Close Encounters (read), feeding today’s appetite for spectacle and mystery. [P]Museums are answering the call for cultural spectacle too: the Guggenheim launches Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now this summer (exhibition guide), and the Arlington Museum of Art opens a FIFA World Cup history show that ties sport to visual storytelling (coverage). On the interactive front, game auteur Fumito Ueda is pitching emotion-first sci‑fi in Gen Atlas, blurring lines between art, play, and memory — great inspiration for staging and mood in photographic work.