Festival organizers also say they will bring back a new kind of Superlounge experience for 2026. Last summer, the ...

New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, has a longstanding relationship with music—music contributes to the city’s sense of history as well as the present-day atmosphere of the region. And with the ...

When ESSENCE Festival kicked off in 1995, featuring main stage performances from artists like Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, and Frankie Beverly & Maze, several of our headliners were just children.

The Essence Festival of Culture has announced its first wave of musical performers for the 2025 evening concert series, which will run from Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6. Actor and comedian ...

Let’s get the formalities out of the way. Monica opened the main stage at the Louisiana Superdome with a show full of her hits, showing why, at one point in her career, she was vying for the R&B crown ...

On Sunday night of the ESSENCE Festival of Culture, audiences were able to experience 30 years of this iconic event, a star studded lineup of artists, and Frankie Beverly’s farewell to the live stage.

(The Root) — It’s that time again! This past weekend, the Essence Music Festival came to New Orleans, and with headlining performances from Beyoncé, Solange, Maxwell, New Edition and Jill Scott, it ...

On Sunday, when she makes her first-ever appearance at the Essence Music Festival, the country’s biggest yearly African-American music festival, it will be only the beginning of a whirlwind couple of ...

The Essence Festival of Culture will honor several major milestones when it returns to New Orleans Thursday, July 4, through Sunday, July 7. The annual celebration of Black women, Black music and ...

For 30 years, the Essence Festival of Culture has brought together people from all walks of life and from around the world to connect through conversation, shared experiences and, of course, music.

The 2012 ESSENCE Music Festival is only a week away and we just can’t wait to see all of the amazing performers, hang out with family and friends and eat some mouthwatering New Orleans cuisine. Since ...

As the Essence Festival of Culture prepares to celebrate its 30th birthday in New Orleans this weekend, we look back on the history of the event which for three decades has brought some of the biggest ...