EssenceESSENCE has announced that the 2021 edition of its annual New Orleans festival will take place as a mostly virtual event this summer. The hybrid-style festival follows the festival’s 2020 installment, which was also virtual due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
“This year, with the theme Live Loud, ESSENCE is thrilled to curate an invaluable hybrid experience that offers the best of in-person and virtual worlds via a celebration of the resilience, power and achievement of our community and the omnipresence of our culture,” organizers said in a statement.
“The annual multi-day Festival of Culture 2021 will provide content and experiences that informed, inspired and empowered our
