ESSENCE and TikTok recently hosted their inaugural Visionary Voices Dinner in New Orleans to highlight visionary Black creatives in media and entertainment.

During the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, Ford returned for their 14th year as the exclusive vehicle sponsor and brought out a bevy of celebs to celebrate. While at the Ford activation, Sherri Shepherd dished to BOSSIP about her forthcoming talk show "Sherri" premiering this fall.

ESSENCE magazine has revealed two new cover stars for their 2022 Festival of Culture issue and this time, rising R&B stars  Summer Walker and Lucky Daye grace the cover of the digital feature.

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Essence Festival is returning with an exceptional lineup of stars to entertain an expected 50,000 guests from June 30 to July 3 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and millennial aunties will rejoice.

Alert the aunties, and anyone else with good taste, that ESSENCE is officially back! Essence Communications announced today the full return of the ESSENCE Festival of Culture to New Orleans from June 30 – July 3, 2022. Last year and in 2020, the highly anticipated festival pivoted to virtual experiences due to the pandemic but now, the ESSENCE Festival will host a fully live gathering for the first time in two years, celebrating the culture and resilience of the Black community with the theme “It’s the Black Joy for Me!”