▶︎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
JHONNY LP at 20.07.2026 02:57 about Viajeros Música y Camino - María la grande by JHONNY LP:
Much appreciated!!
JHONNY LP at 20.07.2026 02:57 about Viajeros Música y Camino - María la grande by JHONNY LP:
Thank you so much!!
O baixo beijado at 20.07.2026 02:08 about Angel by Scaryn:
An interesting work with good lyrics. The thoroughly appealing music sounds a bit like a mix of fragments from familiar sources; it was likely created using sampling and...
Arthur Francis at 20.07.2026 00:52 about Schmilecky Tanzt by TURRTi:
Ohhhhhh. Was für ein toller Track. Soundlich klasse..... und gesanglich sehr cool. Ist dir gut gelungen... Gefällt mir sehr. Vote. Vielleicht hörst bei mir auch mal rein...
Arthur Francis at 20.07.2026 00:48 about Cold Prep - Prologue by brother54:
Wow.... Cooler Song.... und das als ersten eigenen Song. Respekt. Klasse Gitarren und Vocals. Toll umgesetzt. Vote. Vielleicht hörst bei mir auch mal rein...
Arthur Francis at 20.07.2026 00:44 about Childhood Dreams by Liam Lies:
Sehr sehr schöner Song.... Hast ne Klasse Stimme. Gute Produktion. Vote. Vielleicht hörst bei mir auch mal rein.
Arthur Francis at 20.07.2026 00:41 about Alien Love by Brutalromance100:
Witzige und schöne Idee.... Gefällt mir. Habt ihr gut gemacht. Vote. Vielleicht hörst bei mir auch mal rein...
Alter Mann _ Wandersmann at 19.07.2026 23:44 about Spectre by Chris Kirk:
Dass das nicht ganz meine Musik ist, kannst du dir denken (wenn du meinen Song hörst). Aber ich finde es einfach genial, wie du mit einer App für relativ wenig Geld sowas...
Tony_st at 19.07.2026 22:45 about BE YOURSELF by Tony_st:
Thank you very much!!
Dj Hamty at 19.07.2026 22:21 about The Demons by Dj Hamty:
das freut mich...danke :)