For 55 years, the ESSENCE brand has proudly driven meaningful impact through intentional, locally rooted activations, and this year’s ESSENCE Festival of Culture is no exception. In partnership with ...

Westport native Maria Kelly performing at a previous Westival.

Vanlife will be celebrated at a new festival for Sussex, bringing vanners together for a vibrant weekend of live music and fabulous food.

Rashad Robinson tells BOSSIP about the current political climate and the potential implications of the Big Beautiful Bill.

The stage became a sanctuary for truth-telling and storytelling during the “Songs in the Key of Life: Navigating Identity and Dreams in Modern Fiction” panel at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in ...