Go inside ESSENCE's Black Women In Music celebration featuring Monica, Missy Elliott, Tamar Braxton, Dawn Richard, Teedra ...

Brandy, Missy Elliott, Kandi Burruss, and Mona Scott-Young will be honored at ESSENCE Black Women in Music in New Orleans.

Will less music be more at the 2026 Essence Festival of Culture? Last year, the Essence concerts at the Caesars Superdome ...

The 2026 Essence Festival of Culture runs Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, with evening concerts at the 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 ...

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.

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, ...

The Essence Festival is one of the biggest celebrations of African American music and culture, drawing crowds to the vibrant city of New Orleans every year. If you’re heading down to ‘NOLA’ for ...