Hey Festies!

My love for festivals started in 2017 when I attended Essence Fest in New Orleans for the first time. The trip felt like a real-life Wakanda; filled with Black hair, style, music and food. I was instantly hooked to the fest life and Nawlins. From then, I’d take a four-day weekend to go to as many Black festivals as I could to recharge before another humdrum week of reality.

While working 50+ hours a week in corporate sales and raising Team Turn Up (our two sons), I wished there was one website to find festivals that interested me instead of Googling “Black music festivals” and searching multiple sites to find the best Next Fests. I knew there were other Festies that wanted a simpler solution so I put my journalism degree to good use and started this site.

A Vibe Called Fest was created to simplify the process of finding events curated for Black culture to connect with other travel and music enthusiasts. To learn more or discuss partnerships, please email VIP@AVibeCalledFest.com.

Thank you so much for visiting.

Leslie 🤎