The road to the ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ is paved with beads, the lively sounds of brass bands, and the unstoppable spirit of the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale. For the fourth time ...

Although marching bands and other parade elements ... “I’ve never been a part of the Femme Fatale parade, or any parade for that matter, and I’ve been a New Orleanian my entire life ...