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the future of music
Popakademie Baden-Württemberg - University for Music Business, Creative Industries and Popular Music
We arepeople who design
the future of music
Popakademie Baden-Württemberg - University for Music Business, Creative Industries and Popular Music

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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.


The team of the workshop
22. April 2026

Popakademie students are developing new ideas for the Heidelberg Spring

“Classical music is for boomers. But it still grabs you live.” This year, the Heidelberger Frühling used this slogan to promote its under-30 tickets. The slogan, along with the accompanying _ _ _
23. April 2026

Closing Concert of the SONGS Songwriting Competition

The final of SONGS, the songwriting competition for students organized by the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Juli Gilde will be the special guest at _ _ _
14. April 2026

The Popakademie is partnering with MARCHIVUM and the University of Mannheim

As part of the Popakademie Talks during the 2026 summer semester, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is collaborating with the University of Mannheim and the MARCHIVUM on the topic of “Music _ _ _


23. April 2026

Closing Concert of the SONGS Songwriting Competition

The final of SONGS, the songwriting competition for students organized by the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Juli Gilde will be the special guest at _ _ _
22. April 2026

Popakademie students are developing new ideas for the Heidelberg Spring

“Classical music is for boomers. But it still grabs you live.” This year, the Heidelberger Frühling used this slogan to promote its under-30 tickets. The slogan, along with the accompanying _ _ _
14. April 2026

The Popakademie is partnering with MARCHIVUM and the University of Mannheim

As part of the Popakademie Talks during the 2026 summer semester, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is collaborating with the University of Mannheim and the MARCHIVUM on the topic of “Music _ _ _
16
May
Bandpool Live & Loud
© Paul-Aaron Wolf
Experience the best newcomers from German-speaking countries live on stage at the Popakademie!
The “LIVE&LAUT” concert presents the current acts of the renowned BANDPOOL newcomer support program, whose best-known allumni include acts such as CLOCKCLOCK, PROVINZ, MAX GIESINGER, LOTTE & REVOLVERHELD.

Admission free!
Start
20:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 3, Raum 001
19
May
Popakademie Talks at Uni Mannheim
In the “Popakademie Talks” series, guests from the music and culture sector discuss various current topics. In the 2026 summer semester, three talks will be held in cooperation with the University of Mannheim and the Marchivum on the topic of “Music in Mannheim.”

On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, the Popakademie Talks will take place at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at the University of Mannheim, focusing on the topic of music and politics in Mannheim.

Participation in the talk is free of charge.
Popakademie, Hafenstr.33, Raum 001
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