International Family Festival at the LWL Museum Textilwerk

Bocholt's recipe for Europe is the motto of the eleventh edition of the LWL Family Festival on 1 May 2025 (10 am - 6 pm).

Visitors can expect a colourful and creative programme over eight hours that reflects Bocholt's cultural diversity. Admission is free.

A large number of organisations from Bocholt society will be presenting hands-on activities, music and dance on the grounds of the weaving mill on Uhlandstraße. Culinary delights and other attractions round off the programme.

The event is organised by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), supported by the city of Bocholt and local cultural associations.

A multifaceted commitment to the European idea

The Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) is continuing its tradition of an annual family festival and has organised a major event for the eleventh time in cooperation with the Integration Council of the city of Bocholt, Europe-Direct Bocholt and many cultural associations."In the last two years in particular, we were able to impress the five to seven thousand visitors with a great stage programme and lots of hands-on activities at the stands of the various cultural associations and organisations, and we definitely want to do that again this year", says Martin Schmidt on behalf of the organiser, LWL-Museum Textilwerk.

Colourful programme for young and old

"We are delighted that almost everyone from previous years has agreed to take part again and I am particularly pleased that "newcomers" such as the German-Moroccan Cultural Association, the Arab Cultural Association and our representatives from the various neighbourhoods are also taking part again and continuing to show how colourful Bocholt is", says Bruno Wansing, Integration Officer for the City of Bocholt.

The following organisations and institutions are taking part in the festival:

• Afghan Hazara German Community Bocholt e.V.
• Afghan Cultural Association Bocholt
• Ahmadiyya community
• Arab Cultural Association Bocholt
• German-Albanian Society Bocholt
• Centro-Cultural-Espanol de Bocholt e.V.
• German-British Society Bocholt e.V.
• German-Chinese Society Bocholt e.V.
• German-French Society Bocholt e.V.
• German-Moroccan Cultural Association Bocholt e.V.
• German-Syrian Association Bocholt
• German-Turkish Society e.V., Bocholt
• Eritrean Cultural Association Bocholt and Surroundings e.V.
• European Union Bocholt
• Europe-Direct Bocholt
• EWIBO
• Friends of the Westphalian Textile Museum e.V.
• International Mesopotamian Cultural Association e.V.
• Italian Cultural Association Bocholt
• Coptic Association
• Croatian Cultural Community Bocholt
• Cultural Association Akdeniz Alevis Bocholt and Surroundings e.V.
• Kurdish Cultural Association
• Leben-im-Alter e.V. (L-i-A)
• Turkish Parents' Association Bocholt (TEB)
• Door-to-door association

and

• German Red Cross
• Integration Council of the City of Bocholt
• City of Bocholt as employer (ESB, fire brigade, integration office, personnel)

Click here for the complete press release: https://www.bocholt.de/neuigkeiten/integrationsrat/grosses-familienfest-findet-am-1-mai-am-textilwerk-statt