Hotel and short-term rental bookings during this year’s four-day Essence Festival of Culture, held over the July 4th weekend, ...

New Orleans was once again the epicenter of Black culture, creativity, and community during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® presented by Coca-Cola®. Over the Fourth of July weekend, stars ...

But those are minor quibbles, at least for me. While most folks probably don’t get to go to quite as many concerts as a music writer, I’d argue that the entire point of Essence Festival is not ...

Stephanie Mills slams 2025 Essence Festival for technical and logistical issues that negatively impacted her performance in ...

We all know the ESSENCE Festival Of Culture is where you go to have the time of your life (and if you didn’t know, now you know baby, baby *Biggie voice*). The music, the energy, and the culture ...

Both women emphasize perseverance as essential to their political journeys, especially as Black women facing double barriers in predominantly White and male spaces. “You learn at an early age how to ...

Hotel bookings declined during the 2025 Essence Festival, signaling potential challenges for New Orleans’ tourism economy.

On August 31, 2025, the nation’s capital will transform into the epicenter of global Black music culture when Afro+ Fest ...