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Disney hosted a special Princess Tiana-themed brunch experience at Dooky Chase’s restaurant during the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture.
The festival kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday, celebrating 30 years of entertainment and thought-provoking conversations.
Maze, which is currently on a farewell tour, was the closing act for the New Orleans festival’s first 15 years,…
The Essence Festival is catching heat on social media for shutting down a New Orleans bookstore's event promoting Black authors.
Janet Yellen, the first treasury secretary to attend and speak at the festival, was warmly greeted by the mostly Black…
Fresh off of a bout with COVID, theGrio's Shakirah Gittens braved her first-ever Essence Fest—and found healing she could've never…
If you are in New Orleans this weekend for Essence Fest, don't google 'best restaurants.' Read these tips from a…
Sources told theGrio Harris personally requesed to attend the annual gathering at a moment of uncertainty for Black women and…
The four-day entertainment festival kicks off with a show from comedian Kevin Hart on Thursday and ends with New Edition.
On Thursday, as part of the Essence Festival of Culture, old-schoolers Sweat, who turns 60 on July 22, and Brown,…
The Essence Festival will be virtual again this year, but there is a star-studded lineup of celebrities making appearances and…
ESSENCE Festival organizers of the annual event heeded the recommendations of New Orleans mayor to move all large festivals or…
ESSENCE Festival organizers have decided to postpone the annual event to a later date for the safety and well-ness of…
Arts and culture instituations theGrio visited during Essence Fest are now bracing for Tropical Storm Barry to make landfall this…
The #BlackGirlMagic drip at Essence Fest is an amazing thing to behold whether it's on stage, behind the camera, or…
TV show co-host Loni Love shares details about new, romantic, interracial relationship
Neo-soul Grammy Award-winning songstress Jill Scott has been added to the lineup for the second edition of Essence Festival Durban…
What happens when four single ladies hit the road for ESSENCE Festival on one epic journey?
Xscape is getting back together, and what better way to celebrate their reunion than their first performance in 15 years…