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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.


08. October 2026

Bandpool Application Period Begins

The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is looking for the 29th Bandpool cohort. Bandpool is the Popakademie’s premier support program, which operates outside the scope of its academic offerings. Bands, solo artists, and producers from all over Germany receive coaching and support. The goal is to prepare them for their entry into the professional music business. The new application period runs through November 22, 2026.


30. September 2026

Winners of the 2026 POPLÄND Award Have Been Announced

The state honors outstanding figures in pop culture. The 2026 POPLÄND Awards go to ENGIN, KULA Konstanz, NMD-Beats, and LIVEKultur Baden-Württemberg.


#1 on the Official German Album Charts© Kissin' Dynamite
29. September 2026

Popakademie alumni Hannes Braun and Jim Müller at No. 1 on the album charts

Popakademie alumni Hannes Braun and Jim Müller are once again at the top of the Official German Album Charts with their band Kissin' Dynamite: With their ninth studio album, “Kissin' Dynamite,” the rock band has reached number one on the LP charts for the second time in a row. Both singer Hannes and guitarist Jim earned a Bachelor of Arts in Pop Music Design from the Popakademie.


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23
Oct
Bandpool Live & Loud Concert
Experience the current generation of the Bandpool and take a look behind the scenes of our newcomer program Bandpool. LIVE & LOUD!

Admission to the concert is free!
Start
20:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 33, Raum 001
10
Nov
Popakademie Talks with Faravaz Farvardin
Faravaz is an Iranian singer and songwriter based in Berlin. Born in Tehran, she performed and released music in a country where women are banned from singing solo in public, and was arrested for it. She left Iran in 2018 and rebuilt her work in Germany.
Her music is English-language alternative pop built on R&B production with Persian melodies underneath, direct about bodies, borders, and who is allowed to be heard. Her debut album Azadi came out in 2025, followed by the EP Butterfly, a collective FLINTA and queer-led project made with fifteen Berlin artists, and the EP Saffron in September 2026.
She is the founder of The Right to Sing e.V., which supports women silenced by their governments, currently with active cases in Iran and Afghanistan. The documentary My Orange Garden, about her life, streams on The New Yorker. Her work has been covered by Rolling Stone, Der Spiegel, BBC, ARTE and Missy Magazine.
Recent and upcoming stages include Reeperbahn Festival, MS Dockville, Waves Vienna, SO36 Berlin and HAU Berlin.
Start
19:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 33, Raum 001