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

Since its inception, the annual ESSENCE Festival of Culture has continued to be a staple of sisterhood and community. As the festival celebrated its 31st year of highlighting the beauty and brilliance ...

As the Essence Festival of Culture negotiates with city and state officials ahead of the 2026 event in New Orleans, Essence representatives this week pledged to remedy last summer’s hiccups and enact ...

As the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture comes to a close, the third and final day of Beautycon is a test on all the beauty lessons we’ve learned so far. First, Delina Medhin’s It Takes A Village ...

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 ...

*Essence Ventures announced on August 25 that Caroline Wanga, its President and CEO, has resigned after being on health leave since September 2024. Wanga, who joined the company in June 2020, led the ...

On the 55th anniversary of ESSENCE magazine, the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture is even more special than the years past. And, on the first day at the Beautycon stage, cultural conversations ...

*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 ...

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 ...

One of the biggest events in Black America is the annual Essence Festival of Culture, typically held in New Orleans over the July 4th weekend. Essence Fest, as it’s usually called, typically brings ...