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Steel city jazz festival 2018 lineup1/24/2024 Holiday - Peabo Bryson - Angie Stone - Mint Condition - Grandmaster Flash - Terence Blanchard - Big Sam's Funky Nation - Rebirth Brass Band -, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Ruby Amanfu and more - Jill Scott - LL Cool J - Musiq - Lyfe Jennings - Solange - Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra - Marva Wright - Cupid - Karina - Bamboula - Kermit Ruffins' tribute to Louis Armstrong - Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - Mary J. Much of the 2017 film Girls Trip was filmed on location during the 2016 festival, casting over 5000 background actors with several scenes filmed afterward to recreate elements of the festival.Īll Star Tribute To Patti LaBelle A celebration of Patti LaBelle featuring original LaBelle members Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx. Ģ020 saw the event get cancelled with the COVID-19 pandemic to blame the 26th is deferred to 2021, virtually.Įssence announced its return in 2022 to live event with The Walt Disney Company serving as sponsor. ![]() In 2013, MSNBC broadcast live from the Essence Festival. Starting 2013, Solomon Group became the Producer of Essence Festival. Instead, Essence Communications, owner of the festival and the Essence magazine, contracted Rehage Entertainment Inc. In 2008, for the first time since its 1995 inception, the festival was not produced by the original producer team. The festival features artists simultaneously performing on a main stage as well as four standing-room only superlounge stages. A spinoff iteration of the festival was also held in Durban, South Africa in November 2016. Locally referred to as the Essence Fest, it has been held in New Orleans, Louisiana since 1995 except in 2006, when it was held in Houston, Texas due to Hurricane Katrina's effect on New Orleans and 2020 when it was cancelled. ![]() It became the largest African-American culture and music event in the United States. The Essence Festival, known as "the party with a purpose", is an annual music festival which started in 1995 as a one-time event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Essence, a magazine aimed primarily towards African-American women. En Vogue performing on the main stage at the Essence Music Festival
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