Morial Convention Center and other entertainment in venues citywide. In addition to the nightly concerts inside the Superdome, the festival will include programming on networking, finance, career, wellness, fashion, beauty and more at the Ernest N. “We are excited to welcome the family back live to New Orleans and thrilled to connect with more of our diasporic family through new digital experiences,” Essence CEO Caroline Wanga said in the announcement. Additional talent and details will be announced later. Others tapped to entertain June 30 through July 3 include New Edition, The Isley Brothers, Jazmine Sullivan, Summer Walker, The Roots & Friends and D-Nice & Friends, Essence Communications Inc. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Janet Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced Thursday for this summer's Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Show More Show Less Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced Thursday, March 3, 2022, for this summer's Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Show More Show Less 3 of3 FILE - Janet Jackson arrives at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York, on March 29, 2019. Janet Jackson, Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced Thursday, March 3, 2022, for this summer's Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Show More Show Less 2 of3 FILE - Kevin Hart poses for photographers at the premiere of 'Jumanji: The Next Level,' on Dec. Janet Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced Thursday, March 3, 2022, for this summer's Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. 1 of3 FILE - Nicki Minaj attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the 'Camp: Notes on Fashion' exhibition on May 6, 2019, in New York.

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