Rabat opens its accreditations: Visa For Music 2026 gives an appointment to African and Middle East music from November 18 to 21!

Rabat, November: in the morning, a tour is negotiated around a café; in the evening, we discover on stage the voice that will make a continent dance. The 13th edition of Visa For Music , the big market-festival of music of Africa and the Middle East, will be held from 18 to 21 November 2026 in Rabat — and the press accreditations have just opened.

The Visa For Music press badge is the key to everything that makes the heart of the event beat: all the official shows, the activities of the forum — conferences, masterclasses and workshops — the trade fair, and a selection of activities of the OFF program. Applications are made via the official festival form; each dossier is then reviewed by the team, which confirms the accreditations selected. Journalists and creators who cover the music of the continent: this is the time to demonstrate yourself!

Since 2014, this meeting of the Moroccan capital has been a major event: its professional market, which was set up at the Mohammed V Theatre from 19 to 21 November, expects more than 1,500 professionals from over 50 countries — tourers, managers, labels, export offices, institutions and production companies — and organisations can still reserve their exhibition space for the market to showcase their activities and to establish partnerships.

Four days of showcases, meetings and discoveries, with a poster and visual identity 2026 already unveiled: Rabat is about to become the capital of music in Africa and the Middle East.

— Moïse 1er, the Festival Explorer