Hip Hop Mogul and NOLA native Master P taking a bow from music after Essence Fest 2025 performance ...

Master P, the legendary hip-hop mogul and founder of No Limit Records, will take his final bow at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® in New Orleans, bringing his remarkable, decades-long ...

We are all of that, but we are tired of hearing it. Black New Orleans withstood the battle. But we are still undergoing the war. Photographed by Edward Buckles Jr. Styled by Megan Coates New ...

As my colleague, Nandi Howard, VP of Content at ESSENCE, put it, “The best way to get booked at festival is to reach out to ...

Depending on your travel style, check into one of these hotels filled with color and character for ESSENCE Festival of Culture and beyond.

There are big music festivals like the Essence Festival of Culture. For food and drink, there’s the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience and Tales of the Cocktail. And for those who want to truly ...

The voice of the Mississippi still sings in New Orleans, a place where umbrellas dance, booze mingles with beignets, the irreverent holds hands with the sacred, and the dead sleep among the living.

Subscribe to the magazine here. When some people think of New Orleans, they imagine cobblestone streets filled with music, the sounds of laughter and the scent of delicious food wafting through ...

The New Orleans Saints have wrapped up their third set of organized team activities (OTAs) of the offseason. New Orleans kicked off OTAs with practices from May 20th through May 22nd. Their round ...

Two people have been arrested and accused of helping some of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail, the Louisiana State Police announced Wednesday. Cortnie Harris, 32, of New Orleans ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — More artists have been added to the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola music lineup. This year’s fest is set to take place from Friday, July 4 ...

OFFERED BY THE FBI. WELL, MORE THAN 24 HOURS LATER, THE NEW ORLEANS MAYOR IS SPEAKING ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THOSE TEN INMATES ESCAPING THE ORLEANS JUSTICE CENTER. I WANTED TO STOP AND ...