The eleventh edition of the international festival and market for Music from Africa and the Middle East, Visa for Music, will give pride of place to diversity, with the participation of 60 artists from 35 countries. “After a successful 10th edition, with more than 20,000 festival-goers and 1,200 sector professionals from nearly 80 countries”, the event continues on this momentum. From November 20 to 23, 2024 in Rabat, it will offer showcases also highlighting Latin America and the Caribbean.
Alongside the musical and artistic programming, the VFM 2024 Forum will offer conferences on contemporary issues in the sector in Africa and elsewhere, in addition to masterclasses and training workshops for young artists, professionals and emerging technicians of the industry”. The speed meeting sessions will be “reinvented” so as to “strengthen interactions between professionals and artists”, indicates a press release from the organizers.
In the same context, the professional show will be planned at the Mohammed V National Theater, with its Expostand which will welcome “around fifty professionals from around twenty countries and very rich OFF events”. Also on the program, “new activities for the traditional parade, the announcement of new locations for showcases and original networking moments,” underlines the same source.
Visa for Music is organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, the Moroccan Copyright Office (BMDA), the ANYA cultural engineering structure, the Hiba Foundation, in addition to public and private partners.
Artists and groups from Morocco
Benny Adam (Morocco – Canada), D33P Soul (Morocco), Jeanne Côte – Kawtar Sadik (Morocco – Canada), Dj Omary (Morocco), Rita L’Oujdia (Morocco), Tchubi (Morocco), Urban Folklore (Morocco), Ouled El Bled ( France – Morocco), Bab El West (France – Morocco), Zar Electrik (France-Morocco), DJ Smemo (Morocco) & DJ Monile (Morocco – Spain), Transe Gnawa Express (Morocco – France), Sarah & Ismael (Morocco), Tasuta N-Imal (Morocco), Julian Belbachir (Australia – Morocco), Sonia Noor (Morocco).
Artists and groups from other African and Middle Eastern countries
Explosion V (Guadeloupe), Rocky Dawuni (Ghana), Odamz Sirleaf, JD Donzo, Tialae (Liberia), Mr. Church, Star Haiti, Kendoelen (Liberia), ASSIA Brass Benin (Benin), Karyna Gomes (Guinea-Bissau), DJ Channel (Senegal), Dareen (Egypt), Loyik Afana (Cameroon), Nomfusi (South Africa), Albaitil Ashwai (Jordan), RJ Kanierra (Congo (DRC)), Benboo (Tunisia), Noon (United Arab Emirates) , Moneka Arabic Jazz (Iraq-Canada), Riccie Oriach (Dominican Republic), The Soil (South Africa) & Ferro Gaita (Cape Verde), The Two (Mauritius-Switzerland), Didier Awadi (Senegal), Tipik Des Seychelles (Seychelles), Aicha Traore (Ivory Coast), Toto St (Angola), Syna Awel (Algeria-France), Andy Mwag (Burundi), Valerie Ekoume (Cameroon-France), Sahad (Senegal).
Artists and groups from Europe, Asia and America
DJ Rosa Red (Germany), La Cendejas (Spain), Lanmou Fan Ka (France – Guadeloupe), Bia Ferreira (Brazil), Verlatour (France), Carmen y Maria (Spain), Kimyan Law (Austria – Democratic Republic of Congo) , Guitar Kanun Duet (Austria – Greece), Suonno D’Ajere (Italy), Ayom (Portugal – Spain), Maria Malasangre (Brazil), Swing Original Monks (Ecuador), Xiido (South Korea), O C’est Nous (France – Madagascar), Arkai (United States), Helsinki-Cotonou (Finland – Benin), Enzo Favata (Italy).
