Visa for Music Festival 2024 holds in Rabat, Morocco
The 11th edition of the Visa for Music Festival will hold in Rabat, Morocco from November 20nd to 23th, 2024. As it has been with the last 10 editions of the festival, VFM will be a musical journey that will be a total experience for both fans and music professionals. The festival organized by Brahim El Mazned a Moroccan cultural manager and director of World Music Festivals, who has participated in the development of popular musical festivals around the world, with a focus on Moroccan and African culture. Typically, as it has been celebrated since 2013, the major feature of the VFM will be the Concerts. This year, VISA for music concerts will feature upcoming and popular Artistes from 75 countries in Europe, Africa and the middle East as well over 76 000 Live spectators, over 1.5 M Digital spectators and a total youth population of over 70% of the attendees. As of now the event has already pre sold 19 000 tickets However, the VISA for music festival is not just about the concerts, The event is also reputed for its Market. This year as usual the Market will feature professionals from the music and culture sector from 5 continents who will connect with one another via conferences, speed meetings, trainings, and workshops. It will be an opportunity for these professionals to expose their artistic projects, create partnership opportunities and establish new links. This year the event will feature 8400+ music professionals from 85 countries and over 500 networking events. One of the highlights of VISA for music this year is the Arts Connect Africa Annual congress. On the agenda for the ACA congress this year is creating strong regional professional music and culture networks across the continent. It will also be an opportunity for the ACA as a network to meet with other music professionals’ networks from around the world such as the Cultural Conexxions Latino America and the European Jazz Network, in to strengthen cross cultural connections. Furthermore, ACA members will also feature as resource persons for the VISA for music market events. Follow us for more updates as we count down to this momentous festival… For More Information Check out the profile of Brahim El-Mazned, VFM festival coordinator https://www.artsconnectafrica.com/a-profile-of-brahim-el-mazned-festival-coordinator-visa-for-music/ Check out our initial overview of VFM https://www.artsconnectafrica.com/visa-for-music-hosts-aca-annual-congress/ Check out the official VFM website https://www.visaformusic.com/en/accueil-2/
VISA for Music Hosts ACA Annual Congress
Visa for Music is a performing arts festival that has brought contemporary music acts from Africa and the Middle East together since 2014. It has the distinction of being the first professional music market and festival in Africa and the Middle East. For four days in November of every year since its inception, musicians, lovers of African and middle eastern culture, and music professionals from all over the world gather in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, to enjoy the best of music and culture that Africa has to offer. However, the festival is not just about the concerts and the showcases. It is also an avenue for business professionals in the music industry from all over to world to connect through conferences, speed-meetings, workshops, and training sessions to multiply encounters and open the field of possibilities in terms of collaborations. In the ten years since the festival was first held, it has become one of the landmark music events in Africa, hosting 8400 professionals from 85 countries, 2052 artists from 35 countries, 400 exhibitors, 332 showcases, 41 conferences, meetings, and round tables, 29 workshops and trainings, 3060 speeds-meetings and other initiatives. As this year is the landmark 10th year anniversary of Visa for Music. The event will feature many new events and meetings. One of the major highlights of the event will is that Visa for Music is hosting the Arts Connect Africa annual congress, which will bring music business professionals from across Africa together to meet, network and collaborate, and also enjoy the sights and sounds of Rabat. On the agenda for the ACA congress this year is creating strong regional professional music and culture networks across the continent. The ACA congress in Rabat this year is particularly newsworthy because the ACA will also meet with the members of the Cultural Connections Latin America, a collective of music business professionals from Latin America to solidify the partnerships the two networks have and to create a roadmap for an engagement between African and Latin American business professionals. In the congress ACA will also be meeting the European Jazz Network, a collective of Jazz music professionals from Europe who have an interest in African music and culture and wish to find a market for Jazz music in Africa. Follow us for more updates as we count down to this momentous festival…