Experience ESSENCE Festival coverage featuring Patti LaBelle, New Edition & more
Join hosts Caymen Kelly and Michel Wright as they take you to the NOLA festival with the biggest performers.
Black culture, in all its glory, will be on display over the Fourth of July weekend in New Orleans as thousands converge on the city for the in-person return of the ESSENCE Festival of Culture. The can’t-miss event is back June 30–July 3 with performances and interviews from the biggest stars — and you can hear live coverage on SiriusXM!
Tune in to Heart & Soul (Ch. 48) on Friday and Saturday and Kirk Franklin’s Praise (Ch. 64) on Sunday as hosts Caymen Kelly and Michel Wright take you to the NOLA festival with artists like Patti LaBelle, New Edition, Tamar Braxton and more. See the broadcast schedule below and check back soon for updates.
Broadcast Schedule (all times ET)
July 1 – Heart & Soul
1pm – 1:20pm – Tank -Tasha
1:20pm – 1:40pm – The Shindellas -Tasha
1:40 -2:00pm – Earthquake
2pm-2:20pm – Tamar Braxton
2:20pm-2:40pm – Anthony David & Algebra Blessett
2:40pm3pm – Kim Fields – M
3pm-3:20pm – Sevyn Streeter
3pm-3:20pm – Loni Love
3:20pm-3:40pm – Carl Thomas
July 2 – Heart & Soul
1pm-1:20pm – Ashanti Douglas & Kenashia “Shia” Douglas
1:20pm-1:40pm – Kevin Ross
1:30pm-1:50pm – Sherri Shepherd
1:40pm-2pm – NE-YO
2pm-2:20pm – Every Little Step A&E/The Browns: Bobby, Alicia, Cassius, Bodhi + Hendrix
2:30pm-3pm – Michael Ealy
2:30pm-3pm – Raiche
3pm-3:20pm – Lucky Daye
3pm-3:40pm – The Heat Backstage
3:20pm-3:40pm – Rotimi
3:40pm-4:00pm – Dixson
3:40pm-4pm – KevOnStage & Melissa
July 3 – Kirk Franklin’s Praise
11am 11:20am – MAJOR
11:20am-11:40am – Karima
11:20am-11:40am – Malcom Christopher II
11:40pm-12:00pm – Jekalyn Carr/Allen Carr
11:40am-12pm – Kenny Robinson – Juanita
11:40am-12pm – Keyondra & Kimberly Lockett
12pm – 12:20pm – Patti LaBelle
12:15pm – 12:30 – DeVon Franklin
12:20pm-12:40pm – Lamont Sanders – Marie Lamont
12:40pm-1pm – Marcus Jordan – Michelle Jordan
12:40am-1pm – Isabel Davis – Roland Jack
1pm-1:20pm – Bri Babineaux – Walter Thomas
1pm-1:20pm – SEMAJE – Ricardo Cantrell
1:20pm-1:40pm – The Walls Group
1:20pm-1:40pm – Titus Showers/Apostle Veryl Howard
1:40pm-2pm – Maurice Griffin
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