ESSENCE Fest returns with Nina Compton, Master P, Dawn Richard , Freedia, a Katrina Spotlight premiere and more.

Fest returns to the New Orleans Jazz Museum, marking its 25th anniversary celebrating Louis Armstrong's birthday.

New Orleans-based EDT Dance Team will appear on an episode of NBC's hit show 'America's Got Talent' next week.

The Roots of Music has reached a major milestone with the purchase of a permanent campus in the former site of St. Gabriel ...

Executive producer and narrator Jessica Biel tackles a French Quarter murder in an episode of her new docuseries for ID.

Poet Chuck Perkins, who owns Café Istanbul, depicts the beauty and pain of living in New Orleans in a new poetry book.

Donald Harrison, Jr.'s Second Annual Quantum Leap Music Festival is set for August 14-17 on Long Island with New Orleans musicians.

Contemporary Arts Center will host Front Page: The Encore on June 27 and 28. This two-night immersive R&B musical experience, presented by Junebug Productions, tells the real-life story of a musical ...

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 ...