▶︎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
Unlärm at 16.08.2026 09:39 about Wohin? by Unlärm:
Vielen Dank Tex.
Boris M at 16.08.2026 09:11 about Paradise Jazzdance by Terry:
Terry, merci für deinen Kommentar und das Voting. Klares Voting auch für deinen Song: Außergewöhnlich, cool und tanzbar! Plus 1a Grafik. Gruß Boris
Sven Jürgensen at 16.08.2026 07:21 about Drive by Sven Jürgensen :
😉
Olja Georgi at 16.08.2026 04:48 about YOUR NAME by Olja Georgi :
Dankeschön 🌹
Leif Anderssen at 16.08.2026 02:56 about Down By The River by Katy Wirtz:
You got a good hook in this song. "Down by the river" … Also a nice warm acoustic feeling. way to go. Leif
Leif Anderssen at 16.08.2026 02:48 about Marble rows by Aymanalbaba:
Hey this is song has a great verse and choirs, I really like it from 1:11 and onward the best. Nice production with that wall of electric guitars, really good sound! Way to go. Leif
JOZZEEE at 16.08.2026 00:06 about Running - JOZZEE by JOZZEEE:
thanks sooo much 😊✨! Like you stuff too 😎🧟✨
Aymanalbaba at 15.08.2026 23:41 about Marble rows by Aymanalbaba:
Thank you for your vote and it is a sportsmanship of you having also an entry in the contest. i have listened to your entry and i think technically is good but not my taste....
Florian Simon Krefting at 15.08.2026 23:24 about The Rise and Fall of Globosome by Florian Simon Krefting:
Möge die Musik auch mit dir sein DAKA 🤝 Freut mich zu hören, danke dir 🙏🏻
Florian Simon Krefting at 15.08.2026 23:22 about The Rise and Fall of Globosome by Florian Simon Krefting:
Danke für die lieben Worte Alex 🙏🏻 Freut mich zu hören das du extra nochmal die große abhöre benutzt hast, so ist es gedacht 🤝 Wünsche dir auch alles gute 🍀