Queen Kounb, of Gabon, performing at the Mohammed 5 Theater opening night of Visa for Music.

Mokoomba,from western Zimbabwe performing at the Renaissance Cinema

Aida Nosrat, (violin and vocals) and Babuk Amir Mobasher (guitar) trio performing at the 2017 Visa For Music conference and showcase. From Iran, now based in France the music is fundamentally Persian with explorations of Gypsy jazz.

IALMA, Galician vocal group from Belgium performing at the 2017 Visa For Music conference and showcase in Rabat, Morocco

Eusébia from Madagascar and her band performed at the Salle Renaissance at the Visa For Music conference and showcase festival in Rabat, Morocco.

Cape Verdean singer Elida Almeida on stage at the Mohammed 5 theater during the 2017 Visa For Music conference and showcase in Rabat, Morocco.

Slatucada, from Rabat, an Afro-Brazilian percussion and world music marching band joined Trinidadian carnival band JouvayFest for a raucous parade down Mohammed 5 avenue from the rtrain sation to the Mohammed 5 theater, opening the Visa For Music festival.

JouvayFest, parading in Rabat

Hassan Boussou and Gnawa Racines performing in the Mohammod 5 theater at the Visa For Music conference and showcase

Marema, of Senegal, perfoming with her band at Visa For Music

Lo Grio, Sami Pageaux-Waro, Luc Joly with Brice Nauroy on turntables at the Visa For Music showcase festival and conference in Rabat, Morocco.

JGAH, from South Korea at at afternoon performance in the tent outside the Mohammed 5 Theater during Visa For Music.

Kardes Turkuler, from Turkey, performing at the 2017 Visa For Music conference and showcase in Rabat, Morocco.

Siska, a singer and bandleader from France perfoming at Visa for Music, Rabat, Morocco

Khansa Batma from Morocco performing at 2017 Visa For Music festival in Rabat, Morocco

Fayçal Azizi, Moroccan vocalist performing at the Mohammed 5 Theater

Ghalia Benali and Maak, her band, performing at the Salle Renaissance during the 2017 Visa For Music conference and showcase

Adil Smaali, lead vocalist with AYWA a Montpelier France based band that merges Magreb music of North Africa with a hard driving rock sensibility in their music.

Lotfi Attar, guitarist, and Raina Rai, Algerian Rai rockers returned to the stage with the band at the Visa For Music showcase and conference in Rabat.