The Essence Festival of Culture is a four-day celebration of Black culture that combines live entertainment with education, ...

Essence Fest 2025 saw a decline in hotel and short-term rental bookings, which industry experts attribute to broader macroeconomic challenges beyond New Orleans. Held in New Orleans over the Fourth of ...

The 2026 Essence Festival of Culture runs Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, with evening concerts at the Superdome. This year's lineup includes Cardi B, Michelle Obama, Brandy & Monica, T.I.

After a rough go last year, the Essence Cultural Festival is back and facing questions about its future at a time the event is most needed.

ESSENCE Fest works for girls' trips, but going solo is my tradition now, and this year just gave me another reason to keep it.

If I’m an Essence producer, I’m sending flowers to Sade every week until she agrees to launch a comeback tour.

Throughout ESSENCE Festival, attendees transformed every hallway, escalator, and corner into their own personal catwalk, ...

The Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola, has revealed its full daytime programming lineup for 2026, and it is one of the most ambitious the festival has ever assembled. Taking place at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the first night of Essence Fest, Paper Machine, an artist space in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, came alive with creativity ...

ESSENCE Luxe brought luxury fashion to New Orleans in a way we don’t often get to experience outside of Fashion Week.

Essence Festival organizers have come to Lauryn Hill’s defense after a late-night performance, demanding “Put some respect on her name.” Lauryn Hill faced heated criticism after taking to the stage at ...

After three fun-packed days at the annual Essence Fest, visitors are heading home. But as the festival ended, contract negotiations resumed, as the festival's seven-year agreement with the city of New ...