While the event is technically called the Essence Festival of Culture, one of its biggest draws is the nightly concert featuring some of the biggest names in Black music. But at the 2025 Essence Fest ...

The Essence Festival Of Culture is gearing up to make New Orleans the place to be during this 4th Of July weekend: The 2025 edition of the festival is set to run from July 4 to 6 at Caesars Superdome, ...

The Essence Festival of Culture has announced its first wave of musical performers for the 2025 evening concert series, which will run from Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6. Actor and comedian ...

Public Enemy will perform a career-spanning set at the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in New Orleans, marking over four decades of influential hip-hop. The group, led by Chuck D and Flava Flav, has ...

CALL 911. WELL, HERE’S A LIVE LOOK FOR YOU. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW THIS TO YOU AT THE CAESARS SUPERDOME, WHERE THE LAST PERFORMANCES OF THIS YEAR’S ESSENCE FEST ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND ONE NEW ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. When ESSENCE magazine’s inaugural issue was released in May of 1970, it stood alone in ...

*The Essence Festival of Culture is known for celebrating Black excellence, music, empowerment, and entrepreneurship. But in 2025, the beloved New Orleans event found itself at the center of a ...