Good to see you!
We are very happy to welcome you in our house. The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is a barrier-free building. The building has barrier-free access, the bus stop in front of the building is also barrier-free and therefore easy to reach by public transport. The Popakademie has a handicapped parking space, a handicapped accessible WC with a pull cord and emergency call switch, the doors are suitable for wheelchair users according to DIN18040 and can be operated by pushbuttons and are equipped with finger protection. A lift with Braille lettering and a stretcher are available in case of failure. In the house there are generous movement areas with turning possibilities and there are no thresholds. A pictorial description with common pictograms ensures easy orientation in the house. Ramps and fall protection are available for the stages. Additional ergonomic barriers for staff, students and visitors are available by appointment.For all questions regarding accessibility in the house, please contact Alexandra Reiter Alexandra.Reiter@popakademie.de.
The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is an higher education institution and competence centre for the music and creative industries and their pop cultural scenes. By focusing its study programmes on popular music - in economic as well as artistic terms - it offers an academic education that is unique in Germany's public university landscape. Numerous successful careers of musicians and creatives have been founded here.Parallel to its function as a teaching institution, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as a competence centre, realises numerous projects in a regional, national and international context.
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17. December 2025
"Women Create Music" creates support structures for female musicians
Women Create Music is a new initiative that opens up innovative and sustainable avenues of support for female musicians. The project combines professional creative work with immediate presentation and development opportunities, setting new standards for gender equality, visibility, and structural support in the music industry. The two-phase launch will take place on March 7th and 8th 2026, in Mannheim and on October 24 and 25, 2026, in Ludwigshafen.
16. December 2025
SONGS songwriting competition enters the next round
Until Sunday, March 9th 2026, students aged 11 to 21 can submit their music tracks for the SONGS songwriting competition. Prizes worth a total of up to €10,000 will be awarded to the best entries. SONGS is the only songwriting competition for students in Baden-Württemberg and is sponsored by the Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg Foundation for Education and Social Affairs.
09. December 2025
How does Christmas sound to a new generation?
In the current winter semester, music business students Dominik Breitinger, Maya Holberg, Vladislav Kiselev and Sina Mücke are working on the musical development of the Weihnachtsmann & Co. KG brand. The project is part of the Popakademie's project workshop—a central component of the Music Business B.A. and Music and Creative Industries M.A. degree programs, in which real-world tasks from the industry are implemented.
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