Pure summer feeling in the bay

From 15 to 17 August 2025, the bathing bay at Lake Aasee will be transformed into a colourful festival mile with music, hands-on activities, delicious food and cool drinks.

In addition to the RADIO WMW stage programme, there will be a large children's play area, food trucks, drinks stands and the Bocholter Strandcafé - a festival for all generations!

Opening hours Aasee-Festival:

• Friday, 15 August 2025:
  16:00: Opening of the Aasee Festival incl. children's play area, food trucks, drinks stands, Radio WMW TOP 40
  18:00: DJ Alex Fietz
  
  
• Saturday, 16 August 2025:
  12:00 pm: Children's play area, food trucks, drinks stands, Radio WMW TOP 40
  14:30: Red Band distributes sweet surprises
  15:30: Volker Rosin with his "tierische Kinderdisco"
  18:00: DJ Udo Sandmann
  
  
• Sunday, 17 August 2025:
  12:00 pm: Children's play area, food trucks, drinks stands, Radio WMW TOP 40
  14:00: Radio WMW presentation with competitions & hands-on activities
  17:00: Closing with Radio WMW TOP 40

Children's fun with Volker Rosin

All families should make a note in their diaries for Saturday, 16 August 2025, as the popular children's songwriter will be performing his programme "Animal Children's Disco" from 3:30 pm. There will also be tasty treats distributed to all the children by Red Band. And of course the children's play area is open every day, so they can climb to their heart's content, jump on the bungee trampoline or the bouncy castles or simply build with XXL building blocks. The Aasee Festival offers children's fun at its best.

Food & Drink

On all three days of the festival, guests can choose from a variety of culinary offerings:

• pizza
• snack
• Wok specialities
• Crêpes & Poffertjes
• sweets
• cocktails
• Coffee and more.

Arrival and parking

By bike

Travelling by bike is generally recommended.

Bicycles can be parked in the large car park directly behind the bathing bay on Hohenhorster Straße - the THW-Jugend Bocholt provides support here so that as many bicycles as possible fit in the car park.

CARS

The following car parking spaces are available directly at the Aasee:

• At the Aasee Bocholt leisure centre, Hochfeldstraße 56b
• Uhlandstraße 50 at the LWL Museum of Industrial Culture
• Im Königsesch 5 at Mc Donalds
• Im Königsesch 39 at the Kneipp association
• Park & Ride car park Am Ostring

Note: The car park on Hohenhorster Straße is not available for cars (bicycle parking, see above).

Further highlights around the festival

Sailing

Dinghy sailing for everyone - Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm, information at https://www.sgbr.org/

Classic car meeting

Bocholt Classic Meeting - Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., information at https://heister-classics.eu/