"WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING" - MAY 2026

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Back to April					1 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details	2 Mary Finnigan birthdate CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details
3 Lindsay Kemp birthdate (born 1938-2018) Sterling Campbell birthdate (born 1964) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	4 Opening night of 'Growth Folk Club' set up by David Bowie, Mary Finnigan, Christina Ostrom and Barry Jackson at The Three Tuns pub, Beckenham, Kent in 1969, 57 years ago today	5 Masayoshi Sukita birthdate (born 1938) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	6 Zeit! 77-79 Box Set released 13 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	7 Carlos Alomar birthdate (born 1951) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	8 John 'Cambo' Cambridge birthdate (born 1949, Spring Bank, Hull) drummer with Junior's Eyes, Hype CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	9 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details
10 David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for 'Space Oddity' as Best Original Song on this day in 1970 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	11 Online launch of Alexandria Zahra Jones LLC company selling her artwork, ALXX signature clothing line and apparel, 3 years ago today	12 TV Eye 1977 Live album by Iggy Pop, featuring David Bowie was released 48 years ago today David Sanborn passed away on this day (born 1945-2024) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	13 Ricky Gardiner passed away on this day (born 1948-2022) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	14 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	15 Brian Eno birthdate (Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) (born 1948) DAVID BOWIE: FROM BERLIN WITH MODERN LOVE by LIAM COLNER, paperback, 144-pages More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details DAVID BOWIE, LINDSAY KEMP AND THE BIRTH OF ZIGGY STARDUST talk with NICHOLAS PEGG at Cranleigh Arts, 1 High Street, Cranleigh GU6 8AS, England at 7.30pm More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	16 Robert Fripp birthdate (born 1946) Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details Event: BOWIE.FEST.COV at Priory Visitor Centre, 6 Priory Row, Coventry CV1 5EX, England from 7pm until 11.30pm More details
17 Ken Fordham birthdate (born 1947) Trent Reznor birthdate (born 1965) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	18 The 'Folk Club' changes name to the Beckenham Arts Lab, set up by David Bowie, Mary Finnigan, Christina Ostrom and Barry Jackson at The Three Tuns pub in 1969 Rick Wakeman birthdate (born 1949) Page Hamilton birthdate (born 1960)	19 Herbie Flowers birthdate (born 1938-5th September 2024) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	20 CHANGESONEBOWIE 40th Anniversary reissue in clear and black vinyl released 10 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	21 Trevor Bolder passed away on this day 13 years ago today (born 1950-2013) BOWIE TAKES AMERICA: The Making of a Rock Icon by MICK WALL, hardcover, 304-pages More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	22 Tin Machine debut album released 37 years ago today Steven Morrissey birthdate (born 1959) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	23 Premiere of Moonage Daydream movie, directed by Brett Morgen at Cannes Film Festival 2022, France, 4 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details
24 Diamond Dogs 50th Anniversary Vinyl Limited Editions Half-Speed Master and Picture Disc LPs, released 2 years ago today Alan Yentob (born 1947-2025) passed away 1 year ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	25 Lodger album released 47 years ago today Simon House (born 1948-2025) passed away 1 year ago today	26 Mick Ronson birthdate (1946-29th April 1993) No Plan EP 12" white vinyl released 9 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	27 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	28 The Width Of A Circle, 2-CD and 4-track 10" vinyl single released 5 years ago today The Man Who Sold The World picture disc LP released 5 years ago today DAVID BOWIE: FOREVER AND EVER: An Illustrated Biography by CLAUDIO FABRETTI, hardcover, 208-pages More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	29 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	30 Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones 55th birthday (David's son born 1971) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details
31 Diamond Dogs album released 52 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	June

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