| DIANAROSS | R&B singer who headlined the Essence Festival in New Orleans on June 30: 2 wds. |
| BRISTOL | Type 82 destroyer (launched on June 30, 1969) active in the Falklands War (7) |
| OBTAIN | Get a bit lost in New Orleans on the way back (6) |
| BECHET | Surname of the jazz saxophonist born in New Orleans on May 14, 1897 (6) |
| THEWEEKND | "Earned It" R&B singer who headlined at the 2018 Coachella Festival: 2 wds. |
| JACKWHITE | "Lazaretto" rock singer who headlined at the 2015 Coachella Festival: 2 wds. |
| JANELLEMONAE | R&B singer who plays mathematician Mary Jackson in "Hidden Figures": 2 wds. |
| MYA | R&B singer who placed second on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009 |
| FRANKOCEAN | R&B singer who came out as bisexual in an open letter before the release of "Channel Orange" |
| WITHSOMEBODY | I Wanna Dance ___ (Who Loves Me) number-one hit by Whitney Houston that was featured in the film 13 Going on 30: 2 wds. |
| JUSTINBIEBER | 21-year-old pop star who was roasted on Comedy Central on March 30: 2 wds. |
| HILARYSWANK | Actress who won her second Oscar, for 2004's Million Dollar Baby, at age 30: 2 wds. |
| ESSENCE | Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans |
| GRAS | Mardi ___, festival in New Orleans (4) |
| LADY | With 39-Across "Born This Way" pop singer who headlined at the 2017 Coachella Festival |
| CAROLCHANNING | Singer/actress who headlined the original production of "Hello, Dolly!" in 1964: 2 wds. |
| WEEKND | The ___ , Canadian R&B artist who headlined the halftime show at the Super Bowl in 2021 (6) |
| FANNYBRICE | Comic actress who headlined the Ziegfeld Follies in the early 20th century: 2 wds. |
| JIMIHENDRIX | US singer-songwriter and guitarist who headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival (4,7) |
| HENDRIX | Jimi ---, US singer-songwriter and guitarist who headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival (7) |
