The singer says scheduling issues and "lack of technical preparedness" negatively impacted both her show and attendees' ...

Lauryn Hills is off the hook as Essence takes blame for a set that wrapped after 3:30 a.m. Stephanie Mills, however, is still hot over how the festival was run.

Essence Festival in New Orleans' Superdome had issues. From scheduling to the Superlounges to the lack of a superstar, here ...

From beignet battles and po’ boy showdowns to chef demos and conversations about Black food culture, the energy inside this EFOC activation was magnetic.

Janet Jackson has always been the essence of cool. On Monday, Jackson surprised fans when she arrived at the 1,500th ...

While the event is technically called the Essence Festival of Culture, one of its biggest draws is the nightly concert featuring some of the biggest names in Black music. But at the 2025 Essence Fest ...

Thousands of Essence Festival visitors flew home Monday (July 7) giving generally high marks for the event. “It was a good ...

Big Machine Label Group is launching a new imprint called Ascend Music in partnership with music industry executive Joel ...

Has Essence Fest jumped the shark? Keith Spera spills the tea - Long lines, late acts, logistical logjams and more mar the image of a once-great music and culture festival ...

Mounting a free music festival with eight stages across Metro Cebu – seven of which ran concurrently on June 28 and featured over 63 artists – was ambitious for Fête de la Musique Cebu. But thanks to ...

Essence has stepped in to make it crystal clear that no slander against Ms. Lauryn Hill will be tolerated following her ...

Representatives for the 31st iteration of Essence Festival are taking the brunt of the blame for Ms. Lauryn Hill’s extremely late set time during the first night of the four-day festival this past ...