The stage became a sanctuary for truth-telling and storytelling during the “Songs in the Key of Life: Navigating Identity and Dreams in Modern Fiction” panel at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in ...

The nightly concerts at ESSENCE Fest are certainly not to be missed, but there’s also a whole world of free Festival activities happening during the day that celebrate all things Black Girl Magic and ...

Fans at ESSENCE Festival got exclusive previews of Tyler Perry’s next chapter with Netflix—including drama, romance, and of course, Madea in the Bahamas. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 04: (L-R) Tyler ...

In case you missed it, H&M was one of the esteemed partners of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture. They teamed up with us to be part of their festival style destination hub, as the fashion brand ...

New Orleans is one of the country’s most food-centric cities, that’s why a panel featuring social media’s preeminent food critic Keith Lee, 28, made perfect sense. The former MMA fighter loves New ...

This recap was featured in the 2025 Fall/Winter issue of ESSENCE. At the heart of this year’s activation at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture were the New Voices Village™, New Voices Entrepreneur ...

Rum lovers represent! If you’ve been to New Orleans, you know Hurricanes – the cocktail – are ubiquitous. Frozen, on the rocks, with fruit, or with extra rum floaters, there are infinite varieties of ...

Sunday was the final day of this year’s ESSENCE Festival of Culture. This year’s festivities were plentiful. Let’s be clear, the style reigned supreme all day long. Over in the Convention Center, ...

When we asked Kelly Price to relive her favorite moment from ESSENCE Festival she couldn’t narrow it down to just one. And since her moments are so monumental we gave her an open forum to talk about ...

The vibes at ESSENCE’s Festival of Culture never miss. At the second evening of our concert series at the Caesars Superdome, quite a few musical titans arrived in stylish ensembles that pushed them ...