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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.



09. April 2026

Pop macht Schule final concert

In the spring of 2026, five schools from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region visited the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg as part of the “Pop macht Schule” project. On Monday, April 20, 2026 _ _ _
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 _ _ _
07. April 2026

FINJA and Florin at Sound Up

On Thursday, April 16, two acts with ties to the Popakademie—FINJA and Florin—will perform at the Gibson Club in Frankfurt. With this event, the club continues its “Sound Up – Welcome to _ _ _


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 _ _ _
09. April 2026

Pop macht Schule final concert

In the spring of 2026, five schools from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region visited the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg as part of the “Pop macht Schule” project. On Monday, April 20, 2026 _ _ _
07. April 2026

FINJA and Florin at Sound Up

On Thursday, April 16, two acts with ties to the Popakademie—FINJA and Florin—will perform at the Gibson Club in Frankfurt. With this event, the club continues its “Sound Up – Welcome to _ _ _
22
Apr
Work in Progress Club
© Sebastian Weindel
Popakademie bands live on stage!

At the "Work in Progress Club" the students of the Department of Popular Music present their current projects.

Admission is free.
Start
20:00
Popakademie, Hafenstr. 33, Raum 001
23
Apr
Girls' Day 2026
For Girls' Day 2026, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and the Mannheim Municipal Music School are joining forces and inviting girls and young women interested in music from grades 5 to 10 (typically between the ages of 10 and 15) to a joint action day. The event will take place on the nationwide Girls' Day, April 23, 2026, starting at 2 p.m. at the Popakademie in Mannheim.

As part of the cooperation, the two Mannheim educational institutions will offer hands-on workshops on various instruments and fields of activity in music. The workshops cover drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, producing, and the wind instruments trombone, trumpet, and saxophone. The aim is to provide insights into musical training and career prospects and, in particular, to inspire girls to pursue musical and music-related careers or simply to play an instrument. Girls' Day concludes at 5 p.m. with a joint concert, where participants present the results of the day and make music together.
Advance registration is required to participate in Girls' Day 2026. Further information on the schedule and registration will be announced in due course.

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14:00
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