Erykah Badu performs on the 2025 Essence Festival.
The Essence Festival of Culture introduced some of the headliners for its 2026 event, scheduled for July 3-5 on the Caesars Superdome.
Noting Women’s History Month, Essence introduced a slate of girls performers, together with Cardi B, Patti LaBelle, Kehlani, Latto and Brandy & Monica.
Patti LaBelle is a well-known face to previous Essence audiences, and he or she’s additionally scheduled to carry out right here in May with Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight and Stephanie Mills.
Cardi B and rapper Latto will make their competition debuts.
Essence will reveal extra of the competition roster because the July event approaches.
Also scheduled to return is the competition’s slate of programming on the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. That consists of talks by authors, entrepreneurs and cultural figures. There’s a market centered on magnificence merchandise, and there are also movies and a wine and meals portion of the competition.
The Essence Festival nonetheless owed the Convention Center greater than $400,000 from final 12 months, the Times-Picayune reported in February. The paper reported today that Essence’s proprietor, Sundial Media Group, introduced it has agreements in place to pay all contractors.
Essence Fest tickets are available via ticketmaster.com.
