The ESSENCE team is proud to announce the 2011 ESSENCE Empowerment Experience on July 1-3 in New Orleans during the 17th annual ESSENCE Music Festival.

Take a look through 30 years of Black Joy, celeb sightings, and celebration of our culture through music on the ESSENCE festival stage ...

EMF 2010: A Look Back at ESSENCE Music Festival 2010 Whether you were able to make it out to New Orleans this weekend or not, we have all angles covered for you on the 2010 ESSENCE Music Festival.

There are less than 60 days left before the 2011 ESSENCE Music Festival, and it's time to start planning how you'll spend your time at the summer's hottest event! You're in luck, because the night ...

From winning her first Grammy Award, to performing new music at ESSENCE Festival, to her first time meeting Prince, we've got the inside scoop on all things Elle Varner!

Warming up the second evening of ESSENCE Music Festival, Keri Hilson performed her catchy remix of Trey Songz's "I Invented Sex" while sporting a black leather corset over a lace shirt with shorts ...

It’s the final night of the ESSENCE Music Festival and all of tonight’s performers made one of the summer’s most anticipated weekends go out with a bang. For those who didn’t make it to ...

In the heart of the vibrant and sultry city of New Orleans, there exists a phenomenon that transcends mere music and culture—it’s an experience, a celebration of life itself. For nearly three ...

Guess who's coming to the ESSENCE Music Festival? New Edition! Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell and Ronnie DeVoe will reunite on stage with the EMF crowd to ...

Legacy will take center stage at the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola®! This year’s celebration will be like no other when as the festival makes its annual return to ...

The ESSENCE Music Festival celebrates Black music in all its forms, and hip hop is no exception. Over the 15 years that EMF has annually celebrated the music culture we have headlined some of the ...

ANGIE STONE, CHUCK D with PUBLIC ENEMY, COMMON, KENNY LATIMORE & CHANTE MOORE, JERMAINE PAUL, KINDRED, LYFE JENNINGS, NAJEE, NUTTIN BUT STRINGZ, PIECES OF A DREAM, RACHELLE FERRELL, RAHSAAN ...