As the first professional meeting gathering African and Middle-Eastearn musics, Visa For Music promises to be a unique and indispensable international marketplace for World and New Music of these regions, and a professional platform for the music industry in Morocco and countries of the South.
The main mission of Visa For Music is to promote the constitution of a music marketplace in Africa and Middle East. Today, this market is insufficient whereas the local musical creation is extremely rich and diverse. Thus, Visa For Music has the ambition of creating a platform for greater visibility as well as an environment favoring creativity and professionalization in the cultural sector.

Visa For Music: the program

Visa For Music will gather professionals of the music industry: artists, professional organizations and groups, independent and major labels, cultural institutions and foundations, media and distributors, managers, agents… etc.
The meeting will be punctuated by many activities, such as showcases, conferences and documentary films projection, professional trainings, speed-meeting, networking, professional sittings… A tribute will also be given to some of the figures that have left a mark on the recent music history on the African continent and in the Middle East.
Visa For Music : call for applications

Visa For Music have published two calls for applications :
a call for artists a call for music documentary film submissions The deadline for the applications is 15th May 2014. Information and conditions of participation are available on Visa For Music website www.visaformusic.com.