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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.


Alice Merton @ Elias Koehler
18. May 2026

Popakademie alumna Alice Merton at the 2026 Nibelungen Festival

As part of this year’s Nibelungen Festival in Worms, Popakademie alumna Alice Merton (B.A. in Pop Music Design) will be responsible for the musical arrangement of the festival production _ _ _
20. May 2026

Popakademie acts performing live at the 2026 Mannheim City Festival

Once again this year, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will be represented at the Mannheim City Festival with exciting musical talents. From May 29th to 31st 2026, downtown Mannheim will once _ _ _
07. May 2026

Popakademie Open House with MACK

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, starting at 6 p.m., producer MACK will be a guest at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Open House. In conversation with Derek von Krogh, he will discuss his work _ _ _


20. May 2026

Popakademie acts performing live at the 2026 Mannheim City Festival

Once again this year, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg will be represented at the Mannheim City Festival with exciting musical talents. From May 29th to 31st 2026, downtown Mannheim will once _ _ _
18. May 2026

Popakademie alumna Alice Merton at the 2026 Nibelungen Festival

As part of this year’s Nibelungen Festival in Worms, Popakademie alumna Alice Merton (B.A. in Pop Music Design) will be responsible for the musical arrangement of the festival production _ _ _
07. May 2026

Popakademie Open House with MACK

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, starting at 6 p.m., producer MACK will be a guest at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Open House. In conversation with Derek von Krogh, he will discuss his work _ _ _
22
May
FOKUS FLINTA* concert
The FSJ volunteers at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg are organizing a FLINTA* concert as part of their FSJ project. Under the title “FOKUS FLINTA*,” they aim to raise awareness and provide information on the topic. The concert, taking place on Friday, May 22, 2026, at 8 p.m., is a joint event organized by the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and the forum Youth Cultural Center.

FOKUS FLINTA* - Concert
Youth Culture Center forum
Neckarpromenade 46, 68167 Mannheim
Doors open: 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets: €5, Tickets, at the door €8
Jugendkulturzentrum forum Neckarpromenade 46, 68167 Mannheim
26
May
Open House with MACK
Open House
Open House with MACK (producer for Queen, Bowie, Meat Loaf, Black Sabbath, Extreme, and BAP). In conversation with Derek von Krogh.
Popakademie, Hafenstr.33, Raum 001
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