▶︎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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Taking part is easy:
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
New songs
New comments
ratopa at 18.07.2026 19:31 about Zombies in Space by n.a.g.c.p.:
Heftige Musik. Aggressive Assoziationen. Passt auf Zombies! Es transportiert mich in eine andere Stelle in der Galaxis. Danke für die Teleportation :-) Prima
ratopa at 18.07.2026 19:25 about If You Never Ever by ratopa:
Vielen Dank für Dein Feedback!
ratopa at 18.07.2026 19:24 about If You Never Ever by ratopa:
Vielen Dank für Dein Feedback. Denke da ist was dran.
ratopa at 18.07.2026 19:23 about If You Never Ever by ratopa:
Vielen Dank! (sollte auch schön sein ;-)
ratopa at 18.07.2026 19:19 about Paradise Jazzdance by Terry:
Für mich eine neue moderne Interpretation einer Fusion mehrerer moderner Stile - sehr gelungen. Für mich etwas instrumentell überfrachtet - ist aber Geschmacksache. Schöne...
AlexHonnef at 18.07.2026 19:07 about Overture: The Rise of the NOOTS by AlexHonnef:
Lieben Dank für deine Rückmeldung!! 🙏
ratopa at 18.07.2026 19:06 about Overture: The Rise of the NOOTS by AlexHonnef:
Deine technische Klangmalerei passt auf die IT-Projektwelt, in der ich auch lange zuhause war. Ich finde den Stil interessant - auch wenn ich kein Fan des progressive Rocks...
Schrei Fritz at 18.07.2026 19:04 about CAGE by Schrei Fritz:
Danke für deinen Kommentar. Bzgl. Genre: es ist mir schwer gefallen, das richtige unter den Vorauswahlen zu finden...
Schrei Fritz at 18.07.2026 18:59 about CAGE by Schrei Fritz:
Her mit dem Feedback! Vorweg bzgl. Genre: es ist mir schwer gefallen, das richtige unter den Vorauswahlen zu finden...
AlexHonnef at 18.07.2026 18:57 about Artemis by davidjrs:
Ich habe mich 2020 in cubase rein gequält ... ich verstehe dich 😉