While musicians like Jill Scott, Maxwell, Master P and GloRilla rock the Caesars Superdome each night during the Essence ...

The festival will be held on July 3 through July 6 and will include many musical performances, including Boys II Men, Master P, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Maxwell, Babyface and more.

The Essence Festival of Culture will keep attendees busy, but people still need to eat. Here are 20 Black-owned New Orleans ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 06: (L-R) Bettina Fisher, Janet Hubert and Taylor K. Shaw speak onstage for the “Animating ...

ESSENCE Fest solo? Not only is it possible—it’s a power move. You call the shots, move on your own terms, and make the ...

Essence Fest closed out its 30th year in New Orleans Sunday night, and officials say the two entities "ain't breaking up.". Why it matters: Essence expected to bring about 500,000 people to town with ...

NEW ORLEANS — In years before, Kanye West started his evening at Essence Festival on a scissor-lift in the middle of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and Beyoncé rolled out an ambitious, state-of ...

Essence Fest closed out its 30th year in New Orleans Sunday night, and officials say the two entities "ain't breaking up." Why it matters: Essence expected to bring about 500,000 people to town ...

The Essence Music Festival has since morphed into the Essence Festival of Culture, which, in its 29th year, kicks off Thursday and goes through July 3 across various venues in downtown New Orleans.

New Orleans has a plethora of good restaurants. If the Essence Festival does attract a record number of attendees this year, you'll need a long list of restaurants to try because the lines at all ...