Record attendance at 20th Essence Festival

NEW ORLEANS The Essence Festival — four days of celebrating R&B music community and black culture — has set a record for annual attendance with more than 550000 participants in events at New Orleans' convention center and inside the Record attendance at 20th Essence Festival

essence festival celebrates 20th anniv. with expected record-breaking ... - eurweb.com princeessencemusicfestival the essence festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend as organizers expect attendance to surpass last year's recordbreaking turnout the fourday event which kicks off today and runs through sunday july 6 in

essence festival celebrates its 20th anniversary - wwltv.com new orleans la for the second day in a row thousands of people converged on the mercedesbenz superdome to see some of their favorite artists siterian gregory has been coming to essence fest since she was 12 years old and the florida native

essence festival marks its 20 year anniversary - sfgate.com new orleans ap — it's been 20 years since essence magazine first brought its "party with a purpose" to new orleans and organizers say this year's goal is more more more michelle ebanks president of essence communications inc said the team

essence festival marks 20 years with return of prince and even more performers ... - startribune.com new orleans — it's been 20 years since essence magazine first brought its "party with a purpose" to new orleans and organizers say this year's goal is more more more michelle ebanks president of essence communications inc said the team began

prince on pace to sell out the superdome tonight at 2014 essence festival - nola.com prince seen here at the 2008 coachella music festival in california closes out the first big night of the 2014 20th anniversary essence festival on friday july 4 the mercedesbenz superdome will be full for his show ap photochris pizzello chris

essence festival highlights: july 4 - theadvocate.com advocate photo by veronica dominach janelle monae performs during the 2014 essence festival at the mercedesbenz superdome in new orleans la on friday july 4 2014 advocate photo by veronica dominach janelle monae performs

janelle monae rendered future-funk at the 2014 essence festival, in black and ... - nola.com janelle monae's frenetic show at the 2014 essence festival appealed directly to regions above the neck eyes ears brain heart and hips not so much monae is an indefatigable meticulously styled dynamo who has resolutely crafted her own cerebral

prince thrills essence festival crowd at superdome - theadvocate.com prince launched his muchanticipated friday night show at the essence festival with a promise that was easy to keep we're going to play 14 hits in a row he told his essence audience which filled every available seat in the soldout mercedesbenz

essence festival highlights: july 5 - theadvocate.com advocate photo by veronica dominach a crowd gathers at the mercedesbenz superdome for the during the 2014 essence festival in new orleans la saturday july 5 2014 advocate photo by veronica dominach a crowd gathers at the

nas and essence music festival share 20th anniversary celebration - stlamerican.com rapper nas tore the stage down as he celebrated the 20th anniversary of his classic album 'illmatic' at the essence music festival who ironically is celebrating their 20th anniversary as well photo by lawrence bryant trey songz photo by lawrence

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