*Timing, as they say, is everything. Essence Fest just dropped its 2026 headliners—a massive reunion between Brandy and ...

Teyana Taylor joins ESSENCE Festival 2026 as Chief Curator, shaping programming with her creative collective, The Aunties.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the first night of Essence Fest, Paper Machine, an artist space in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, came alive with creativity ...

The first performers announced for the 2026 Essence Festival in New Orleans include both fresh and familiar faces.

The Essence Festival of Culture returns to New Orleans in 2026 with an all-female slate of headlining performers.

Among the first wave of announced performers, these women are pushing the sound and culture forward—and will have crowds on ...

Oscar-nominated Teyana Taylor and her creative collective The Aunties will shape all programming at Essence Fest ...

GET AN UPDATE. NEW ORLEANS IS VIBRANT. CULTURE WILL BE CENTER STAGE IN A FEW DAYS WHEN THE ESSENCE FESTIVAL TAKES OVER THE CITY. RIGHT NOW, SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE GEARING UP TO BE VENDORS AT ...

In case you missed it, H&M was one of the esteemed partners of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture. They teamed up with us to be part of their festival style destination hub, as the fashion brand ...