▶︎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
Landmaour at 04.08.2026 21:41 about Last Stand At The Gate To Heaven by Landmaour:
Vielen Dank für dein Feedback!
Arthur Francis at 04.08.2026 21:33 about Sphären by 8Tylot:
Hallo Thomas, kann deine Einstellung voll nachvollziehen. Geht mir so ähnlich... die Akai MPCX hab ich auch.... aber nicht nur. Die MPC 3000 auch ein gutes Teil, begleitet mich...
Mark Duffield at 04.08.2026 21:18 about In My Life by Blaffy:
Wonderful. Such incredible production and delivery !
Zeitrelikt at 04.08.2026 21:13 about Für das was nie war by Zeitrelikt:
Danke für dein Feedback und deine Stimme.
Blaffy at 04.08.2026 21:12 about Sphären by 8Tylot:
🎊🎊Way to go🎉🎉🎉 you have my vote. Great tune to vibe to yayyy
Mark Duffield at 04.08.2026 21:09 about I Can Fly by Mark Duffield :
Thank you. I will listen to your music now.
Blaffy at 04.08.2026 21:09 about Für das was nie war by Zeitrelikt:
Ein toller Song, den du da hast – wirklich ein absoluter Knaller. Viel Glück! 🥳 Stimme abgegeben ❎ Blaffy aus Namibia
Zeitrelikt at 04.08.2026 21:07 about Maybe by Natia Todua:
sehr entspannter und cooler Track. Echt gut gemacht. Hätte noch etwas länger gehen können.
Blaffy at 04.08.2026 21:04 about They try to break us by Galaxiepilot:
so much positive energy ..right in the best moment :-)
Zeitrelikt at 04.08.2026 21:03 about Meer by LikeAWhiteTiger :
Sehr schöner Song und echt ein schönes Video.