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 ...

While the event is technically called the Essence Festival of Culture, one of its biggest draws is the nightly concert featuring some of the biggest names in Black music. But at the 2025 Essence Fest ...

The Essence Festival of Culture is starting to firm up the details of its music lineup for when it returns to New Orleans Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5. The annual celebration of Black women ...

Take a look through 30 years of Black Joy, celeb sightings, and celebration of our culture through music on the ESSENCE festival stage NEW ORLEANS – JULY 04: Singer Rihanna performs during day one of ...

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 ...

The Essence Festival Of Culture is gearing up to make New Orleans the place to be during this 4th Of July weekend: The 2025 edition of the festival is set to run from July 4 to 6 at Caesars Superdome, ...

Essence, nearing half a century as a premier African-American fashion and lifestyle magazine, will once again transform downtown New Orleans into a hotbed of R&B, hip-hop and funk over the Fourth of ...

Singer, songwriter, and ESSENCE Fest alum Ledisi feels she has “no choice but to breathe and love music.” In a recent interview with Hello Beautiful, Ledisi opened up about how she came to be the ...

TODAY. ALSO HAPPENING NOW, ESSENCE FEST IS IN FULL SWING WITH EVENTS HAPPENING REALLY ALL ACROSS THE CITY. WE’VE GOT SEMINARS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER OF COURSE, A CONCERT AT THE SUPERDOME. NOT TO ...

NEW ORLEANS — A legal dispute that caused the cancellation of a local bookstore’s event spotlighting Black authors during the Essence Music Festival of Culture held in New Orleans has been resolved.