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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.

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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.


Sophia Butzinger with Jugendstil Management and family
30. April 2025

Success at the Preis für Popkultur: Mine and Phea honored

Two artists with Popakademie connections were honored at this year's Preis für Popkultur: the singer, songwriter and producer Mine and the up-and-coming artist Phea won their respective categories at the eighth award ceremony.


© Arthur Bauer
24. April 2025

Pop macht Schule Final Concert

In spring 2025, five schools from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region visited the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg for the “Pop macht Schule” project. On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the students will present their results at the final concert in the Capitol Mannheim. This year, the project was carried out in cooperation with the Bülent Ceylan for Children Foundation.


07. April 2025

Talks on the topic of “Music and democracy: taking a stand as an artist”

In the summer semester 2025, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is once again organizing the Popakademie Talks series. Guests from the music and cultural sector will present the topic “Music and democracy: taking a stand as an artist”: with NaviBand (Belarus/Poland), SOFFIE and Marlo Grosshardt, Johannes Blume. The second event is also a cooperative event in the “Democracy needs discourse” series with Mannheim's higher education institutions.


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17
May
Bandpool Live & Loud
Experience the current generation of the band pool and look behind the scenes of our newcomer support program. LIVE & LOUD! Admission to the concert is free!
Popakademie
21
May
Work in Progress Club
Popakademie bands live on stage!

At the "Work in Progress Club" the students of the Department of Popular Music present their current projects.

Admission is free.
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20:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 33, Raum 001