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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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.

03. April 2025
Bandpool Act wins BBC Award
Great success for the former Bandpool participant from the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg: Becky Sikasa was honoured with the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Award ‘Scottish Act of the Year 2025’.

03. April 2025
Start of applications for the International Summer Camp at the Popakademie
The 15th International Summer Camp will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg from Saturday, July 26 to Thursday, July 31, 2025. More than 50 international musicians from various genres from the popular music and global music scenes will be coming to Mannheim during this time. Applications are possible until Sunday, June 01, 2025.
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