As Essence Fest eyes new state funding, unpaid convention and vendor costs raise questions about transparency, priorities, and its future in New Orleans.
The Essence Festival of Culture owes the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center more than $400,000 from last year's event and is past due on paying at least one other major contractor, alarming some local ...
In a new report, organizers of the annual Essence Fest event are under scrutiny over missing payments to the Ernest N. Morial ...
The New Orleans City Council voted to allow a "Clean Zone," around events related to Essence Fest, prohibiting certain street ...
This recap was featured in the 2025 Fall/Winter issue of ESSENCE. At the heart of this year’s activation at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture were the New Voices Village™, New Voices Entrepreneur ...
The Essence Music Festival’s Marketplace and Art Expo this past weekend resembled a Monopoly board. Spaces around the perimeter of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s conference halls were bought ...
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