Festival organizers also say they will bring back a new kind of Superlounge experience for 2026. Last summer, the ...

Following the presidential debate, there has been much discussion on the importance of voter turnout in this election, specifically Black voter turnout. The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that ended ...

The Grammy winner is performing as part of ESSENCE's holiday special and dishes on what he loved about the experience and the holiday season at large.

Whether she’s belting out heart-shifting ballads or blessing the ‘Gram with her glowing skin and laid edges, Sullivan always understands the assignment. Ahead of her highly anticipated return to the ...

Day two of the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture‘s Beautycon stage picked up with a special beauty edition of Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix’s Lemme Say This podcast, bringing real and unfiltered ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. It began, as most sacred things do, in the quiet. Before the language was polished into ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. It was the height of the Black Power Movement and the Vietnam War. This was an era when ...

“You gotta move people before you move systems.” With that declaration, Kenya Parham, Chief Growth Officer of Spill, opened one of the most powerful conversations on the ESSENCE Festival of Culture ...

*New Orleans’ signature summer event, the Essence Festival of Culture, saw a noticeable dip in hotel and short-term rental bookings over the July 4th weekend, signaling potential challenges for the ...

Essence Fest's visitor drop in 2025 points to a broader hit to the tourism industry. Essence Fest 2025 saw a decline in hotel and short-term rental bookings, which industry experts attribute to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Jul 18, 2025, 07:02am EDT Jul 21, 2025, 11:26am EDT Still ...

Criticism of Essence’s annual culture festival in New Orleans reached a fever pitch once the event wrapped; Essence and its owner have responded. One of the biggest events in Black America is the ...