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Jan 11, 2012 at 3:40 pm

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2012 Essence Music Festival Lineup Announced

Earlier today Essence Magazine announced the lineup to their annual Essence Music Festival in New Orleans July 6 – 8.

Mary J. Blige, Fantasia Aretha Franklin, Charlie Wilson, SWV, Dru Hill, Ledisi, Estelle, Goapele, Vivian Green, and many more are slated to perform over the three-day event. Click here to check out the full roster.

Excited about the Louisiana function? Plan on heading that way come July? Let us know.

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Jul 6, 2011 at 3:02 pm

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Kanye Brings All Of The Lights At Essence Festival [EXCLUSIVE]

If you didn’t make it to the Essence Music Festival at the New Orleans Superdome this Independence Day weekend, The Urban Daily has exclusive content from one of the summer’s most anticipated festivals. Kanye West headlined the show on Saturday night, and in signature Kanye fashion, Mr.West brought out ‘all of the lights’, fireworks, smoke, about 50 dancers, and hit after hit. He got the party

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Celebrities Attend 2011 Essence Festival Kickoff Concert [PHOTOS]

The festival kicked off yesterday with performances from Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Charlie Wilson, Fantasia and many more. Taraji P. Henson, Lance Gross, Kesia Knight Pulliam and Hosea Chanchez were spotted in the crowd as well as LeToya Luckett and Slim Thug.

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Jun 1, 2011 at 7:01 am

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BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #99: First Essence Music Festival

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)
2121 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

When: July 4, 1995

What: The Essence Music Festival debuted in 1995 and is now the largest festival to celebrate African-American contemporary music and culture in the United States. The three day celebration has always been held in New Orleans, excluding 2006 when it was held in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Mary J. Blige, JHud, Fantasia & More To Appear At The 2011 Essence Music Festival

Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Jill Scott, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson, Chaka Khan, New Edition, and Trey Songz and more are confirmed to appear at the 2011 Essence Music Festival.

“The Essence Music Festival is privileged to have over forty artists spanning the R&B, funk, soul, classics, hip-hop and neo-soul genres gathering to celebrate the Roots of R&B this Fourth of July weekend,” says Essence Communications President Michelle Ebanks. “We are

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