Home • Celebrity Celeb Friends at ESSENCE Fest: See How They #BringTheLove ESSENCE Fest is also a chance for celebrities to catch up with friends. See how they brought the love to NOLA this weekend. By Essence · Updated October 27, 2020 01 Missy, Solange, Kelly Rowland and Beyonce Pose for the camera now flick, flick– even if you’re sweated out! That’s how you know you’re having fun! 02 Jussie Smollett, Jurnee Smollett, Ava DuVernay, Meagan Good and more We’re loving the crew! 03 Trey Songz, Kelly Rowland and Steve Harvey Smooth, Beauty with a whole lot of Funny. There’s nothing that can go wrong here! 04 Yara Shahidi and Andy Allo The two lovely ladies served us some fro realness. Beautiful! 05 DJ Cassidy and Slick Rick Serve it up brothas! 06 Terrence J and Kevin Hart You cut it Kevin, you cut it. 07 Sommore and Shirley Strawberry We love the skirt Shirley! 08 Sommore and Luenell By the looks of Luenell, we can tell something really funny happened before this pic! Wouldn’t put it past her! 09 Monica and Avant Singers Monica and Avant strike a pose. 10 Loni Love and Luenelle We love seeing two of the funniest ladies together! 11 Loni Love and Adrienne Bailon The Real ladies serving up a fun selfie for the camera. 12 Kelly Rowland, Erykah Badu and sister Nayrok Wright Between Kelly, Erykah and Nayrok, we are completely showered with beauty! 13 Lance Gross and Common These men are even smoother than royal blue! How dapper! 14 Golden Brooks, Garcelle Beauvais and Malinda Williams These ladies are classic! 15 Jussie Smollett, Bryshere ‘Yazz’ Gray and Gabourey Sidibe You know you love it Gabourey! 16 India Arie and Chef Roblé So great to see such talented individuals together. 17 Jurnee Smollet and Josiah Bell, Luke James and D Woods You all look great! 18 Kelly Rowland and Erykah Badu Even with a silly face she’s still Queen. 19 Angela and Vanessa Simmons and June Ambrose Beautiful. 20 Kandi Burruss and Toya Wright Pose pretty ladies! 21 Ava DuVernay with Johnetta Elzie and Deray McKesson DuVernay connected with Johnetta Elzie and Deray McKesson during the Missy Elliot concert.