ESSENCE Festival of Culture® returns to New Orleans July 3–6, marking 55 years of ESSENCE Magazine and decades of uplifting Black voices with a strong spotlight on local talent, stories and culture.

Clifton Chenier Centennial. In this centennial year of the birth of Clifton Chenier, many events and projects are celebrating the zydeco music pioneer and his international impact. Wednesday, June 25, ...

French Quarter Festivals, Inc. has announced the 25th anniversary of Satchmo SummerFest. The two-day celebration honoring the life and legacy of jazz legend Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong will take place ...

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press will release Beautiful and Ugly Too by Chuck Perkins, hitting bookstores July 29. New Orleans local Perkins is a product of city’s public school system, and ...

Five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning multi platinum rapper Lil Wayne released his highly anticipated 14th studio album, Tha Carter VI, via Young Money Entertainment/Republic Records, on Friday, June 6. The ...

Hosted by Toups Family Meal (TFM), the nonprofit organization founded by Chef Isaac and Amanda Toups, the event will benefit the group’s ongoing efforts to provide meals to families in need. Since its ...

“Our biggest influences are a mix of Prince, Operating Theatre, Little Dragon, BDSM as well as the storytelling of drag, burlesque and DIY theatre,” says Slade Warnken of Drugstore Lipstick. “We’ve ...

Join the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp faculty and staff for a Night of Jazz at Snug Harbor Bistro on Tuesday, June 17. The Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp has been providing high-level jazz ...

Louisiana Music Factory will celebrate their 33 & 1/3rd anniversary on June 21 with free, live shows by Kermit Ruffins, Tin Men, Little Freddie King, The Corey Henry Treme Funktet and Cyril Neville ...

When writer-director Julia Cortes began work on her latest short film, she was driven by more than just a creative vision. The story of Boyfighter, centered on a struggling street boxer trying to ...