ESSENCE Film Festival honored Black filmmakers across genres with standout projects exploring race, justice, tech, mental ...

New Orleans DJ and producer Raj Smoove throws Smoove Fest on Aug. 2 at the Broadside with DJ RQ Away, Jess, La Reezy, ...

Hotel and short-term rental bookings during this year’s four-day Essence Festival of Culture, held over the July 4th weekend, ...

To celebrate the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, H&M hosted influencers, industry executives, and fashion tastemakers at their New Orleans store.

ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrated Black excellence through music, entrepreneurship, and community—while responding to ...

For 55 years, the ESSENCE brand has proudly driven meaningful impact through intentional, locally rooted activations, and ...

From the Superdome to the Convention Center, the stars aligned in the Crescent City for a weekend of unforgettable Black excellence.

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 01: Tabitha Brown attends the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 01, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo ...

This is the second story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On the first night of Essence Fest, Paper Machine, an artist space in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, came ...

Food critic Keith Lee gets candid at ESSENCE Fest about fatherhood, faith, mental health, and why New Orleans holds a special place in his heart (and stomach).

The powerful political roundtable was a wide-ranging and candid conversation about the state of American democracy, health ...