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Popakademie
We arepeople who design
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.


© Thorsten Dirr
18. July 2025

Popakademie celebrates the end of the summer semester

Before the students say goodbye for the summer break, there will be one more week of live music from July 21st to 24th 2025: the live exams of the summer semester will take place in the _ _ _
24. July 2025

Music business students realize project with Bamboo Artists

As part of their Music Business BA degree at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, students Sophia Walter, Sina Mücke, Lisa Binnewies, and Maximilian Kitzberger took part in an exciting and _ _ _
17. July 2025

Popakademie alumni at the Ettlingen Castle Festival

Once again this year, alumni from the artistic Bachelor's and Master's degree programs are involved in a production at the Ettlingen Schlossfestspiele. _ _ _


24. July 2025

Music business students realize project with Bamboo Artists

As part of their Music Business BA degree at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, students Sophia Walter, Sina Mücke, Lisa Binnewies, and Maximilian Kitzberger took part in an exciting and _ _ _
18. July 2025

Popakademie celebrates the end of the summer semester

Before the students say goodbye for the summer break, there will be one more week of live music from July 21st to 24th 2025: the live exams of the summer semester will take place in the _ _ _
17. July 2025

Popakademie alumni at the Ettlingen Castle Festival

Once again this year, alumni from the artistic Bachelor's and Master's degree programs are involved in a production at the Ettlingen Schlossfestspiele. _ _ _
17
Aug
Sunday Beats - yara
On Sunday August 17th 2025 yara will be performing at Sunday Beats.

yara know exactly what they stand for: energetic indie rock, infused with sharp-tongued, poetic lyrics and an irrepressible desire to experiment. Their music combines raw emotion with clear expression - always with the feeling that anything is possible. The band - Jakob, Lisa, Gio und Jacque - harmonize not only musically, but also in their shared vision. Their songs focus on togetherness, longing and the urge for something greater. Especially live, they show their full power: with a theatrical presence and a
presence and a fine feel for the audience, they transform concerts into intense experiences, for example at the Elektrik Pony Cup. With their single Maria Hagen, yara make a statement - uncompromising, powerful and full of self-confidence. For them, 2023 is all about the stage: they use every show to further develop their music, try out new songs and draw the audience into their world.

The concert starts at 3 pm and is included in park admission.
Start
15:00
Herzogenriedpark, Mannheim
21
Sep
Sunday Beats - Naomi Westlake
© Aylin Ermutlu
Naomi Westlake will be performing at Sunday Beats on Sunday, September 21st 2025.

Feeling the bass in your veins and questioning the world at the same time is a match in her music. Naomi Westlake moved to Berlin at the age of 20 to make a name for herself with her definition of electronic off-pop. She combines modern Anglicism with profound, German pop lyrics and thematically always picks up on the escapism of her existence. Her sound world is mostly inspired by British role models such as Charli XCX, Fred Again or Kenya Grace. Thanks to her bilingual upbringing, she began writing lyrics in
German and English and achieved international success by collaborating with artists such as Sonny Wern, Lyente and OldJim. Her remix single of Nena's “Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann”, together with OldJim and Caro van Ee, cracked the 3 million streams mark in 2024, and we can all be very excited to see what else is in store for us in the future. Their live set is as contrasting as their music. Her energy on stage is carried by strobe lights and techno dance moves, and at the same time she can silence an entire room with her quieter songs. Whether in a small setting as a DJ set or with a full band... Naomi makes people laugh and cry at the same time in no time at all.

The concert starts at 3 pm and is included in the park admission.
Start
15:00
Herzogenriedpark, Mannheim
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