Almost 19 years after Essence magazine launched its first festival in New Orleans to “party with a purpose” and celebrate black culture, music and people, the Associated Press reports that Essence ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

El DeBarge is ready to make his comeback at the ESSENCE Music Festival next week. This will be Debarge’s first concert since he suffered a drug relapse and returned to rehab this past February.

Aretha Franklin has released dozens of albums since she was first recorded, along with her preacher father, on a 1956 gospel record. Between those dozens of albums, there are hundreds of songs; a ...

Much like the women’s magazine it’s named after, the Essence Music Festival — from its musical acts to the panel topics at its empowerment series — directs everything toward the type of folk who are ...

The Essence Music Festival’s Marketplace and Art Expo this past weekend resembled a Monopoly board. Spaces around the perimeter of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s conference halls were bought ...