Grammy-winning artist Chance The Rapper will join Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and others as a headliner of Time Inc.'s TIME ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola®, taking place June 30–July 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
After recently making history as the first streaming-only artist to win multiple Grammys in top categories such as Best Rap Album and Best New Artist, Chance The Rapper will make his ESSENCE Festival® debut and round out the full performance lineup for the festival concert series of more than 40 acts, including new additions: No Limit Records performance featuring Mystikal, Mia X and Silkk, and inspired by Master P; BJ the Chicago Kid; Daley; Elle Varner; Emily Estefan; Gallant; Kelly Price; Leela James; and Rhonda Ross.
The full weekend concert lineup is as follows:
2017 Mainstage Artists
Diana
Ross, Mary J. Blige, Chance The Rapper, John Legend, Ari Lennox, Chaka
Khan, India.Arie, Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, Master P, No Limit
Records' Mystikal, Mia X and Silkk, Monica, Rhonda Ross, Solange and
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.
2017 Superlounge Artists
BJ
the Chicago Kid, Daley, Doug E. Fresh, Elle Varner, Emily Estefan,
Gallant, Jhené Aiko, June's Diary, Kelly Price, Lalah Hathaway, Leela
James, Lizzo, Michel'le, Moses Sumney, PJ, Sir the Baptist, Remy Ma, Ro
James, Shaggy, Teyana Taylor, The Jones Girls Featuring Shirley Jones,
Tweet, Yuna
Weekend ticket packages are on sale now with prices starting at $126. For information about ticket sales, accommodations and the latest news about the ESSENCE Festival® visit EssenceFestival.com.
Media applications for the 2017 ESSENCE Festival® are now open. To apply for media accreditation to the nightly concerts, visit the following link: https://ef2017.wufoo.com/forms/q50k7xn11i0evt
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The 2017 ESSENCE Festival® is presented by Coca-Cola® and sponsored by Ford, State Farm and Walmart.
ABOUT ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Essence Communications
Inc. (ECI) is the number one media company dedicated to African-American
women, with a multi-platform presence in publishing, live events and
online. The company's flagship publication, Essence magazine, is the
preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women, generating
brand extensions, such as the Essence Festival, Essence Black Women in
Hollywood and Black Women in Music, Window on Our Women and Smart Beauty
consumer insights series, Essence.com, and ventures in digital media
(mobile, television and VOD). For 46 years, Essence, which has a brand
reach of 21.2 million, has been the leading source of cutting-edge
information and specific solutions relating to every area of
African-American women's lives. Additional information about Essence is
available at www.essence.com.
ABOUT TIME INC.
Time Inc. TIME is a leading
content company that engages over 150 million consumers every month
through our portfolio of premium brands across platforms. By combining
our distinctive content with our proprietary data and people-based
targeting, we offer highly differentiated end-to-end solutions to
marketers across the multi-media landscape. Our influential brands
include People, Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Real Simple
and Southern Living, as well as more than 50 diverse titles in
the United Kingdom. Time Inc. has been extending the power of our brands
through various acquisitions and investments, including Viant, an
advertising technology firm with a specialized people-based marketing
platform, The Foundry, Time Inc.'s creative lab and content studio, and
the People Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). The company is also home
to celebrated events, such as the Time 100, Fortune Most Powerful
Women, People's Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of
the Year, the Essence Festival and the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
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