ESSENCE Festival of Culture announces its first 2026 performers including Cardi B, Brandy & Monica, Patti LaBelle, Latto and ...

*The 2026 Essence Festival of Culture is shaping up to be a landmark moment for female artists in music. Essence has ...

Alert, everyone! ESSENCE Fest has announced its first wave of performers and it includes some leading ladies in music.

Almost 19 years after Essence magazine launched its first festival in New Orleans to “party with a purpose” and celebrate black culture, music and people, the Associated Press reports that Essence ...

El DeBarge is ready to make his comeback at the ESSENCE Music Festival next week. This will be Debarge’s first concert since he suffered a drug relapse and returned to rehab this past February.

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 ...

Much like the women’s magazine it’s named after, the Essence Music Festival — from its musical acts to the panel topics at its empowerment series — directs everything toward the type of folk who are ...