Popsugar Entertainment Summer Entertainment Summer Music Festivals 2019 27 Music Festivals That Are Bringing the Heat This Summer 24 March 2019 by Brea Cubit View On One Page Photo 19 of 27 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 19 Essence Music Festival Where: New Orleans When: July 4-7 The headliners: Missy Elliott and Mary J. Blige Why we're excited: Everyone can enjoy music and bask in the beauty of melanin and black culture. There's also going to be a beauty carnival, so you know attendees are going to be serving all sorts of looks. See the full Essence lineup. Previous Next Start Slideshow Summer EntertainmentMusic FestivalsMusicSummer