▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers now and win over €32,000 in cash and prizes.
▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers now and win over €32,000 in cash and prizes.
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Join the 11th HOFA Song Contest now!
The HOFA Song Contest is an international online competition for musicians and music producers. Convince the HOFA jury of your skills and collect votes in the public voting. There is no fee to participate!
NEW: You now have the option to enter with a music video.
Present your song worldwide
The contest is open to artists from every genre. We will make your talent heard and provide you with a stage for your music. The prize money of €6,000 will go to the winners of the five main categories and the music video award. You also get the chance to win attractive non-cash prizes from our sponsors.
Listen, vote, and leave a comment
This is a public contest, so your song will be heard by fans and music lovers from all over the world. Each and everyone is invited to cast their votes and leave comments.
About HOFA
Founded more than 35 years ago as a recording studio, HOFA divided into the following areas of music production and audio engineering:
HOFA-College
Online academy for audio engineering & music production – learn more ›
HOFA-Akustik
The patent remedy for optimum room acoustics – learn more ›
HOFA-Plugins
Intelligent audio plugins for PC & Mac – learn more ›
HOFA-Media
The best choice for your CD & vinyl duplication – learn more ›
HOFA-Studios
Recording, mixing & mastering studios – learn more ›
Win over €32,000 in cash and prizes!
There will be a main prize of €1,000 donated by HOFA in each of the five categories. We are also awarding €1,000 in prize money for the best music video. In addition to the main prizes, a lot of attractive special prizes will be awarded – we are very happy about the support from our sponsors!
Contest timeline
The contest starts
JUN 1, 2026
Closing date
AUG 8, 2026
Start of jury voting
AUG 10, 2026
End of public voting
AUG 20, 2026
The winners are announced
AUG 24, 2026
Terms and conditions
Any solo artist, band, project etc. can participate with one of their original songs. Remixes and cover versions are excluded. Every participant can upload their song until August 8.
The musical genre of your song is not relevant, because there are several main categories in each of which winners will be determined. These are the available categories:
- Pop
- Rock & Heavy
- Electronic Music
- Hip-Hop / Soul / R’n’B
- Traditional & Miscellaneous
Songs
New comments
DieautonomagierendenAgenten at 17.08.2026 21:59 about DIALOGUE by DieautonomagierendenAgenten:
Mille grazie! Do you have other songs?
BabbyRagga at 17.08.2026 20:39 about Catharsis by Angelina Scheuer:
OMG! This song is amazingly awesome! I'm a contestant but i root for this song to win.
BabbyRagga at 17.08.2026 20:34 about Balebetae by BabbyRagga:
Owww...thank you so much for your kind words
BabbyRagga at 17.08.2026 20:33 about Balebetae by BabbyRagga:
Thanks man! Glad you liked it
Sebastian Önder at 17.08.2026 19:24 about STUBBORN FOOL by Sebastian Önder:
It means a lot for me to hear this from you🙏🙌🫶
Landmaour at 17.08.2026 18:41 about Snowman by Bay Leaf:
Geht ab! Coole Stimme! Vote!
Terry at 17.08.2026 16:20 about Garden of Dreams by SONINATE:
Was ist den das für ein Sahnehäppchen? Das hätte "unserem Freddie" gefallen! Sehr fein gemacht, Vote! (Wenn das doch diese blöde ki ist, nehm’ ich alles zurück).
Rados at 17.08.2026 16:01 about Slick Rox - Slam! by Slick Rox:
Heeeeeyyy!!!!!!! Yeeaaaaahhhh!!!!!!! Long Live Rock´n´Roll ! endlich mal jemand der ordentlich und stillgemäss Gitarre spielt - und der rest stimmt natürlich auch! grosse...
peteg at 17.08.2026 16:00 about PLANETA by Yester:
Yester, I followed the link and looked at a couple of the options. You are everywhere that I look.
Svizzero at 17.08.2026 15:45 about Wos stimmt mit dir nit ? by horst:
Hallo Horst, wie erwartet und gewohnt: Ein reflektierter Text mit Wortwitz aber ohne ‚Erhobenem Zeigefinger‘. Eingegossen in blitzsauber arrangierte Musik – einfach große Kunst!