Bocholter Kirmes - The attraction with tradition

This year, the Bocholt funfair will take place in the middle of the autumn holidays, as always on the third weekend in October. Once again this year, visitors can look forward to the four-day highlight, as from Friday to Monday inclusive, there will be lots of attractive rides for young and old, exciting games and all kinds of savoury and sweet treats, as well as refreshing drinks. The showmen and local innkeepers invite you to stroll around the fair on all four days.

Long preparation time | Goal is a good mix of rides

From a large number of applications, around 320 showmen and local innkeepers were considered for a stand at the traditional city centre fair. The Bocholt funfair is not only a fixed date in the calendars of Bocholt residents - the "folk festival" is also very popular beyond the region. When it comes to the selection of fairground rides, fairground organiser Markus Kock has one thing particularly close to his heart: a mixture of high-quality and large rides as well as a wide range of offers for children and families and an attractive selection of snack and bar businesses. "Of course we have a lot to do in the run-up and it means months of preparation, but it's a lot of fun to plan and realise the funfair for Bocholt. We are rewarded for this on the funfair weekend, because people enjoy their visit to the funfair to the full", says Kock. And it's not just visitors from Bocholt and the region who look forward to the funfair every year. "Our showmen like being in Bocholt because the funfair is very important here and people celebrate together peacefully", adds City Marketing Director Ludger Dieckhues.

Fairground construction | Own infrastructure

A complete infrastructure with electricity and water supply as well as modified traffic routing will be set up for the event days. Hundreds of caravans and showmen's logistics vehicles are set up throughout the city. "The special thing about the Bocholt funfair is that it is an appealing combination of a city centre funfair and a large centre on the largest square in the city centre, Berliner Platz. This means that there are different walking routes, which always open up new views. There is something for everyone," Dieckhues is certain. A

extensive advertising concept for the funfair aims to reach not only Bocholt residents, but also visitors from outside the city, including cross-border visitors, who plan to attend the funfair.

Space behind the Kinodrom remains

The square behind the Kinodrom, the "old fire station", will also remain in the immediate vicinity of the main fairground this year. This area has been included in the events for two years now and has been very well received by visitors ever since.

This year, the old fire station area will once again be home to large rides such as the "Skyfall", the "Montgolfiere", the "Autoskooter Number 1", the "Big BamBoo" ride and the "Looping the Loop" swing, as well as the "Trabers OX" mountain hut as a large bar. In the last two years, the combination of high-quality shops has ensured a high quality of stay with a good frequency, so that city marketing is once again focussing on this attraction this year.