The summer movie season kicks off with a bang in May with Avengers: Age of Ultron and doesn’t stop there. Hot off of Tribeca, Maggie will also be released along with Mad Max: Fury Road, Hot Pursuit and others in the merry month of May. Not to be forgotten, it’s time as well for the freeways to be a little less congested as execs fly to France for Cannes. But that’s not all as SSN has compiled a list of events for you including film releases, TV premieres, events around LA and NYC and film festivals around the world and much more.
May Events Calendar
Friday, May 1 Happy Birthday Tim McGraw FILM RELEASES – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ride, Hyena, Cas & Dylan, Any Day, Far from the Madding Crowd, Welcome to Me, Any Day, Marie Heutin TV – Psychic Matchmaker on TLC (New), Beyond the Tank on ABC (New), Mysteries at the National Parks on Travel (New) Marvel Universe Live! at the Forum runs through May 3 Big Parade LA through May 3 Paris Photo Los Angeles at Paramount Studios through May 3 Hot Docs 2015 Market & Conference continues through May 1 58th San Francisco International Film Festival continues through May 7 Ambulante Film Festival in Mexico continues through May 3 Digital Content NewFronts continue in NYC through May 7 Arclight Culver City Opens Laughter Comedy Fest continues in LA through May 2
Saturday, May 2 Happy Birthday Dwayne Johnson, David Beckham, Lily Allen StreetFoodCinema begins in LA with The Breakfast Club
Sunday, May 3 Happy Birthday Frankie Valli, Dule Hill TV – Penny Dreadful on Showtime New York Film Festival Deadline: Regular Period Closes This Day in History - Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female prime minister, 1979
Monday, May 4 Happy Birthday Will Arnett, Randy Travis TV – The Hustlers on truTV (New) Paley Center LA - Family Night at the Paley Center: Austin & Ally Special Screening & Panel
Tuesday, May 5 Happy Cinco de Mayo Happy Birthday Adele, Henry Cavill TV – Inside Comedy on Showtime, The Willis Family on TLC (New) Internet & Cable Expo in Chicago runs through May 7 CeBIT Australia in Sydney runs through May 7 This American Life contributor David Sedaris at Royce Hall Moone Boy: The Blunder Years Book Signing with Chris O'Dowd at Barnes & Noble at the Grove
Wednesday, May 6 Happy Birthday George Clooney, Tony Blair FILM RELEASES – I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story TV – Murder in Successville on BBC (New) Fast Company begins their first FC/LA Creativity Counter-Conference that runs through May 7
Thursday, May 7 FILM RELEASES – The Seven Five TV – Lost in Transmission on History (New), Dead End Express on NatGeo (new) Abu Dhabi International Book Fair runs through May 13
Friday, May 8 Happy Birthday Enrique Iglesias, Stephen Amell FILM RELEASES – Maggie, Hot Pursuit, Saint Laurent, Skin Trade, Preggoland, Piku, The D Train, 5 Flights Up, Bravetown TV – Grace and Frankie on Netflix (New)
Saturday, May 9 Happy Birthday Billy Joel TV – Deion’s Family Playbook on OWN (New) Eat See Hear, presented by Showtime begins in LA with Pitch Perfect
Sunday, May 10 Happy Birthday Bono, Kenan Thompson TV – Wife Swap on ABC AWARDS – BAFTA TV Awards
Monday, May 11 TV – Girl Meets World on Disney Paley Center NYC - Fact Meets Fiction: A Conversation between Alex Gibney and Beau Willimon
Tuesday, May 12 Happy Birthday Tony Hawk
Wednesday, May 13 Happy Birthday Robert Pattinson, Stevie Wonder Cannes International Film Festival through May 24 Apps World North America in San Francisco runs through May 14
Thursday, May 14 Happy Birthday Miranda Cosgrove, Mark Zuckerberg, George Lucas TV – Maron on IFC, Wayward Pines on Fox (NEW), Gainesville on CMT (New) Seattle International Film Festival runs through June 7
Friday, May 15 Happy Birthday Emmitt Smith, Ray Lewis, Meg DeAngelis FILM RELEASES – Mad Max: Fury Road, Every Secret Thing, Area 51, Pitch Perfect 2, La French, Echoes of War, Good Kill, Pound of Flesh, Where Hope Grows Rooftop Films: Festival through August 15 United Nations Association Film Festival Regular Deadline
Saturday, May 16 Happy Birthday Megan Fox, Janet Jackson, Thomas Brodie Sangster Super Saturday LA at Barker Hangar hosted by Rachel Zoe and Molly Sims
Sunday, May 17 Happy Birthday Nikki Reed, Bob Saget, Derek Hough AWARDS – Billboard Music Awards This Day in History - The New York Stock Exchange established, 1792
Monday, May 18 Happy Birthday Jack Johnson, Tina Fey, George Strait TV – The Bachelorette on ABC Media-Tech Conference in Hamburg runs through May 19 Internet Week New York runs through May 24
Tuesday, May 19 Happy Birthday Sam Smith TV – The Fighting Season on DirecTV (New) Paley Center LA - An Evening with The Comeback Wednesday, May 20 Happy Birthday Cher, Busta Rhymes TV – MasterChef on FOX, 500 Questions on ABC (New) Austin Film Festival: Regular Deadline Paley Center NYC - Sports Television: Winning the Game of Disruption
Thursday, May 21 TV – Braxton Family Values on WE, Beauty and the Beast on CW, Between on Netflix (New)
Friday, May 22 Happy Birthday Ginnifer Goodwin FILM RELEASES – Poltergeist, Infinitely Polar Bear, Drunk Wedding, Tomorrowland, Aloft, When Marnie Was There, Sunshine Superman TV – American Diner Revival on Food (New) Omni Expo in Orlando through May 24 ComicPalooza in Houston through May 25
Saturday, May 23 Happy Birthday Drew Carey
Sunday, May 24 Happy Birthday Bob Dylan
Monday, May 25 Happy Birthday Mike Myers TV – American Ninja Warrior on G4, The Island on NBC (New)
Tuesday, May 26 Happy Birthday Helena Bonham Carter TV – Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader on FOX, Extreme Weight Loss on ABC, I Can Do That on NBC (New) Asia Media Summit in Kuala Lumpur runs through May 28
Wednesday, May 27 Happy Birthday Christopher Lee, Jamie Oliver TV – Bullseye on FOX (New) Book Expo America runs through May 29
Thursday, May 28 TV – Aquarius on NBC (New), Smile on Lifetime (New) Paley Center NYC - Docu-Jam 2015 Friday, May 29 Happy Birthday Daniel Tosh FILM RELEASES – Aloha, San Andreas, Survivor, Club Life, Gemma Bovery, Heaven Knows What, Results Brooklyn Film Festival through June 7 CIFF 2015 and Toronto International Film Festival Late Deadline
Saturday, May 30 Happy Birthday CeeLo Green, Idina Menzel PGA’s Produced By Conference at Paramount Pictures through May 31 Book Con in New York City runs through May 31 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga at Hollywood Bowl
Sunday, May 31 Happy Birthday Clint Eastwood TV – Halt & Catch Fire on AMC CicLAvia: Pasadena through August 9
- Note that events are subject to change. If you would like to add events to our monthly calendar, please email marketing@ssninsider.com with the details or you can sound off in the comments below.-