Photographers take photos of Essence staff, city leaders, and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, center, as they stand on ...

While musicians like Jill Scott, Maxwell, Master P and GloRilla rock the Caesars Superdome each night during the Essence ...

The business mogul joined Syrita Steib, Derwin Scott, Zach Jackson, and Spectacular Smith for a powerful conversation on ...

Essence Magazine launched the Essence Festival of Culture in 1995 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication. Last ...

Essence Festival is celebrating 31 years of culture and excellence in New Orleans, featuring over 200 vendors.

Noel Braham and Shavone Charles explored how AI is reshaping film jobs—and why Black creatives must embrace the technology to ...

Leaders from the worlds of tech, fashion and civil rights say economic equity is possible—but only if communities align, ...

From health to hair care, the experts broke down exactly how artificial intelligence is shaping Black futures and why we can’t afford to sit this one out.

The Essence Festival of Culture will keep attendees busy, but people still need to eat. Here are 20 Black-owned New Orleans ...

EFOC weekend is non-stop. Here’s where to cool down, stretch out, hydrate, and take a much-needed beat in the Big Easy.

In addition to giving ESSENCE Festival attendees the very best in music, entertainment and wellness at this year’s festival happening July 4th weekend, we’re also giving participants a chance ...