Abstract: An awning includes a base part, which can be attached to a building part, a fabric shaft rotatably mounted thereon, an awning fabric, which can be retracted and extended and can be wound onto the fabric shaft and unwound therefrom, and a sound production system, which has a driver controller and at least one sound actuator activated thereby and coupled to an awning component, wherein the at least one sound actuator causes the awning component to carry out defined oscillations to emit a sound signal, in particular a music and/or speech signal.