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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Verzuz reign continues and this summer, the Internet’s most-talked-about music experience is coming to the virtual 2021 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola.. Get your watch ...

Welcome the return of festival season - Coachella, Bonnaroo, Rolling Loud, Roots Picnic, The Governor's Ball, The 2022 ESSENCE Fest and more.

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 ...