Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc. has announced that this year's Essence Music Festival will be headlined by Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Kanye West, and Trey Songz.
"We listen to our audience, and the performers in our first roll-out are the musicians they want to see under one roof over the Fourth of July weekend," says Michelle Ebanks. "Our mission this year was to celebrate community through the prism of the art form that continues to tell our reader's stories: R&B.
This year's Essence Music Festival will be held over the course of three days starting on July 1st in New Orleans, at the Louisiana Superdome.
Besides the headliners there will be so many great performances to see over these three days. Mavis Staples, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Charlie Wilson, Fantasia Barrino, Boyz II Men, Stephanie Mills, Dwele, Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle, Mint Condition, Kelly Price, M.C. Lyte and many more.
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