Essence Fest 2019: See The Full Concert Lineup

By Essence · Updated December 6, 2020

We just announced the concert lineup for the ESSENCE Festival 25th year celebration and as you’ve probably already guessed, it’s on fire. Click HERE to get tickets for ESSENCE Festival 2019, celebrating 25 years of moving the culture forward! In celebration of 25 years of moving the culture forward, we’re bringing you unforgettable performances from over 80 of the biggest names in music for a weekend of festivities that you and your squad will be talking about for years to come.

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Scroll through for a look at the full list of performers announced so far and then be sure to grab your 2019 ESSENCE Festival tickets HERE. See you in NOLA!

LONI LOVE (MAINSTAGE HOST)

MISSY ELLIOTT

Mary J. Blige

H.E.R.

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FRANKIE BEVERLY

BIG FREEDIA

RBRM (RONNIE, BOBBY, RICKY, MIKE)

TEYANA TAYLOR

NAS

TIMBALAND

LEDISI

JERMAINE DUPRI

MUSIQ SOULCHILD

MC LYTE

ANTHONY HAMILTON

DOUG E. FRESH

SHEILA E

TEDDY RILEY

MORRIS DAY

CITY GIRLS

DAVIDO

702

JACQUEES

PJ Morton

PJ Morton – Best R&B Song

NORMANI

MASE

QUEEN NAIJA

GINUWINE

VANJESS

LUKE JAMES

ELLE VARNER

SCARFACE

JOJO

THE HAMILTONES

RAKIM

SAUTI SOL

LUCKY DAYE

Koryn Hawthorne

1 Nomination Total Category: Best Gospel Performance Song

PELL

ALUNAGEORGE

WATER SEED

MIA X

NIGEL HALL

ERICA FALLS

BROWNSTONE

DJ BIZ MARKIE

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AMANDA BLACK

BIG DADDY KANE

Celeste Ntuli

She’s known as South Africa’s “Queen of Zulu Comedy,” but the funnywoman made her debut on the popular soap opera Isibaya in 2013 for which she garnered Golden Horn Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. A finalist on the talent competition series So You Think You’re Funny!, the curvaceous Empangeni native is recognized as the first local female comic to film a standup special, Seriously Celeste — a collection of her performances across the country.