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Barbershop Music Festival 2026
»A CAPPELLA LOVE« is the motto under which numerous choruses and quartets will gather in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal from 12-15 March 2026 for Germany's largest barbershop event. Experience the German Barbershop Championships and let yourself be carried away by exhilarating performances and the unique barbershop a cappella sound in the evening show on Saturday.
We are looking forward to a great a cappella festival with singers from all over the world, because in 2026, together with the German Barbershop Championships for choruses and quartets, the World Mixed Barbershop Championships will finally be held again, bringing together the best mixed quartets and choruses in the world in Wuppertal.
The Barbershop Music Festival 2026 is all about love - love of music, love of brilliant entertainment and love of giving you a fantastic and impressive time. Come along on a journey and feel the fire that burns in over 600 passionate singers. This is a cappella music that touches the heart! You can find a review of 2024 below with the videos from BMF 2024.
Look forward to incredible vocal artistriy, breathtaking emotional highlights and captivating performances!
On Thursday we will start with the traditional get-together, on Friday the semi-finals of the quartets will take place (German Championships and World Mixed in one competition with separate scoring), on Saturday the German Barbershop Championships of the choruses and the quartet finals of the German Championships and World Mixed. On Saturday evening, we look forward to the Show of Champions, before bringing the weekend to a close on Sunday morning.
Information about hotels, the participating ensembles, the jury, our guest ensemble and more will follow. We will regularly add the latest information here - check back from time to time!
World Mixed
BinG! has been organising the World Mixed Barbershop Championships since 2012. After a break due to the pandemic, we can finally welcome the best mixed ensembles in the world for the fifth time in 2026. In recent years, many great mixed barbershop choruses and quartets have emerged, enriching the barbershop world. We look forward to welcoming you to this stage in Wuppertal.
The contest will be scored by a double panel of BHS judges. The winners of the World Mixed quartet and chorus contest respectively will be invited by the BHS excecutive director on behalf of the board of directors to compete at Internationals. (BHS Contest Rules C1g / G1h)
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How to get there
Wuppertal is easy to reach by high speed ICE train from many German railway stations. Wuppertal Central Station and the city centre are both approx. 10 minutes' walk from the Historische Stadthalle.
The nearest international airports are Düsseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA) or Amsterdam (AMS).
Wuppertal
The city of Wuppertal nestles on the hills to the right and left of the river Wupper. It is considered the city with the most stairs in Germany and is famous for the oldest suspension railway still in operation in Germany. Due to its excellent acoustics, the Historische Stadthalle is one of the top 3 concert halls in Europe - or the world even? Come and find out.
Programme
07 pm - get together at the venue "Historische Stadthalle"
To kick off our festival, we will come together on Thursday evening for an informal pre-glow. Tickets for this will be available to buy separately.
The semi-finals for the German Quartet Championships and the semi-finals for the World Mixed Quartets will take place on Friday, 13 March 2026.
The German Barbershop Chorus Championships and the World Mixed Barbershop Championships will take place on Saturday, followed by the finals of the quartets for German Championships and for World Mixed.
Saturday evening closes with the Show of Champions and the Afterglow, which will immerse the Historische Stadthalle in barbershop chords until late into the night.
On Sunday we will finish the weekend together with a coaching under glass and a couple of tags around noon.