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Popakademie celebrates end of semester with more than 40 bands
10. July 2019
An exciting semester at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is drawing to a close. Before the musicians say goodbye to the summer break, the SUMMER BREAK SESSIONS will be offering a concentrated week of live music from Monday, July 15, 10:30 a.m.: Until Thursday evening, more than 40 artists will take their live exams in the performance rooms of the Popakademie - in public and free of charge.
"You can't get more live music in a week. The programme covers all genres of popular music and is proof of the attractiveness of the UNESCO City of Music Mannheim," says Professor Udo Dahmen, artistic director and managing director of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg.Live concerts in extraordinary surroundingsTwo bands will perform their live exams on Tuesday evening at the Planetarium Mannheim. Visitors can look forward to impressive visualizations of the music of Vigo and Simona Miranda.The highlight of the festival week is the traditional end-of-semester concert in the Alte Feuerwache Mannheim on Friday evening, 19 July 2019, where the Popakademie will present a musical best-of of the examination week in a festive setting. Summer Break Sessions: July 15 - 18, 2019
Pop Academy, performance rooms 001 & 415
entrance freeSimona Miranda & Vigo at the Planetarium: July 16, 2019
Planetarium Mannheim, Wilhelm-Varnholt-Allee 1, 68165 Mannheim
Admission: 19.30 h, beginning 20 h, admission 12€, concessions 6€Semester End Concert: July 19, 2019
Old fire station, Brückenstraße 2, 68167 Mannheim
Admission: 19.00 h, beginning 20 h, admission 8