ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrated Black excellence through music, entrepreneurship, and community—while responding to ...

From the Superdome to the Convention Center, the stars aligned in the Crescent City for a weekend of unforgettable Black ...

While the event is technically called the Essence Festival of Culture, one of its biggest draws is the nightly concert ...

ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola®, ... Usher performs at the 2015 performs at the 2015 Essence Music Festival>> on July 4, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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 ...

As we approach ESSENCE Festival’s 30th anniversary, we reflect on the music that gave the beloved celebration its heartbeat.

The ESSENCE Festival of Culture has stood for decades as a juggernaut, becoming the nation’s largest festival by per day attendance. The now four-day event is a living, breathing canvas where ...

Every year, the ESSENCE Festival brings you a jam-packed weekend full of unforgettable experiences like no other and this year’s extravaganza is no exception. ESSENCE Festival 2017 ticket ...

The Essence Festival, known as “the party with a purpose”, is an annual music festival which started in 1995. It became the largest African-American culture and music event in the United ...

The ESSENCE Music Festival celebrates Black music in all its forms, and hip hop is no exception. Over the 15 years that EMF has annually celebrated the music culture we have headlined some of the ...

For anybody who didn’t make it to church on Sunday during the ESSENCE Music Festival, the church came to the Ernest Morial Convention Center! That’s where ESSENCE honored gospel greats CeCe ...