Essence Festival organizers have taken responsibility for a concert that ran so far behind schedule that Lauryn Hill wound up taking the stage at around 2:30 in the morning. Delays completely derailed the opening day of the 31st annual event, which returned to the Superdome in New Orleans this past …
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The 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture kicks off this week in New Orleans, and fans who can’t make it to the three-day event can sit back at home to watch live performances from this year’s concert headliners including Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, and Missy Elliott. Here’s everything you need …
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After two years of virtual programming, the saints returned to New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the Essence Music Festival (now officially the Essence Festival of Culture) with mixed results. Nearly 30 years ago, the Black women’s magazine launched in the early 1970s created a celebration of music that has evolved …
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