Queer Space Is Back: A Celebration Of Black LGBTQ+ Power And Community At ESSENCE Fest
The 2025 Essence Festival of Culture®, presented by Coca-Cola from July 3 to July 6, promises to be a can’t-miss blockbuster. Essence is celebrating 31 years of bringing the Essence Festival’s party with a purpose to New Orleans, as well as Essence Magazine’s 55th Anniversary.
Essence Fest returns to New Orleans July 3-6, with events throughout downtown and inside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and Caesars Superdome.
Essence Fest will host a number of “experiences” dedicated to beauty, health, fashion, business and other topics important to Black women and Black culture. There will be interviews and panels, workshops and demos, a marketplace and more in each experience hub.