The women chosen to perform and empower at the 2015 ESSENCE Festival reflect what it means to be an ESSENCE woman. They are multi-faceted and multi-talented. They are fearless singers, actors, dancers ...

Contemporary R&B singer Trey Songz has joined the roster of the 2015 Essence Festival's opening night "Now Playing" concert on July 2 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. He'll share the bill with ...

*(New York, NY) – The annual ESSENCE Festival, now among the largest consumer live events in the country with more than 550,000 attendees, today revealed the first round of its all-star line-up of ...

When ESSENCE put out the call to #BringTheLove to the 2015 ESSENCE Festival, sponsors answered that charge in a resounding way. From July 2nd – 5th New Orleans became the backdrop to a weekend of ...

ESSENCE Fest has so much more to offer than the performances on our Mainstage and Superlounges. This year, we are bringing back our ESSENCE Day Party Series to get festival attendees pumped to see all ...

The Steve Harvey Morning Show welcomed ESSENCE Magazine’s President, Michelle Ebanks, with open arms as she called in to the hilarious program to talk all things ESSENCE Fest 2015. This year, every ...

ESSENCE Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Vanessa De Luca, is just as excited as you are to enjoy the day and night time events at ESSENCE FEST 2015. This year, the annual New Orleans weekend long event ...

With so much to see and do ESSENCE Festival weekend, you won’t want to miss a beat. Keep the Festival at your fingertips by downloading the official 2015 ESSENCE Festival app! The app is FREE and ...