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NRW: You can look forward to these fair dates in 2023

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24RHEIN shows the cities in which a fair will take place in 2023. The first appointments are already in March. This includes Bochum, Munster and Solingen.

Cologne – Strolling through the fair with roasted almonds: the first folk festivals in NRW are already planned for March. The date of the popular Deutz Easter fair has already been set. All fair dates in NRW for 2023 at a glance.

Public festivals in NRW at a glance: All fair dates in spring

Colorful garlands adorn the Deutz Easter fair: in 2022 the Cologne spring fair was well attended.

© IMAGO/Jochen Tack

  • Spring evening in Munster: Saturday 11 March to Sunday 19 March 2023
  • Gertrudis fair in Bochum-Wattenscheid: Saturday 11th to Sunday 19th March 2023
  • Spring fair in Solingen: Friday 24 March to Sunday 2 April 2023
  • Palm fair in Recklinghausen: Friday 24 March to Sunday 2 April 2023
  • Deutz Easter Fair 2023 in Cologne: Saturday April 8th to Saturday April 22nd (with breaks)
  • Spring evening in Aachen: Saturday 8 April to Monday 24 April 2023
  • Easter fair in Wuppertal: Saturday 8 April to Sunday 16 April 2023
  • Osterkirmes in Hagen: Saturday 8 April to Sunday 16 April 2023
  • Easter fair in Iserlohn: Saturday 8 April to Sunday 16 April 2023
  • Osterkirmes in Bochum: Saturday 8 April to Sunday 16 April 2023
  • Easter fair in Bielefeld: Saturday 8 April to Sunday 16 April 2023
  • Spring fair in Düsseldorf: Friday 21 April to Sunday 30 April 2023
  • Ahlener Thanksgiving: Friday 28 April to Tuesday 2 May 2023
  • May fair in Remscheid: Friday 28 April to Sunday 7 May 2023
  • Spring fair in Krefeld: Friday 5 May to Sunday 14 May
  • Minden May Fair: Saturday 6 May to Sunday 14 May 2023
  • Fair Lüdenscheid: Friday 12 May to Sunday 21 May 2023

Fair in NRW: The most beautiful photos

A chain carousel turns at the Cranger Kirmes in Herne, the largest folk festival in the Ruhr area.
Almost four million people visit the Cranger fair in Herne every year and take a spin on the Ferris wheel or the chain carousel. (picture from 2015) © Stefan Ziese/imago
A fast ride is spinning at the All Saints' Fair in the old town of Soest.
With one million visitors every year, it is the largest old town fair in Europe. Every year at the beginning of November, the city center of Soest is transformed into a large fair for a full five days. (picture from 2019) © Stefan Ziese/imago
In the photo is the roller coaster “Wilde Maus
A beautiful sunset in front of the Deutz fair in Cologne: anyone who rides the popular “Wilde Maus” roller coaster has the best view of the cathedral next to the Ferris wheel. (picture from 2021) © Jochen Tack/Imago
The Rocket ride at the autumn fair in Rheine swings visitors into the air.
In 2022 the 536th autumn fair was celebrated in Rheine. Every year, thousands of visitors gather there to ride popular rides like the “Rocket” here. In the big marquee you can celebrate until late at night. (picture from 2021) © Rüdiger Wölk/imago
A fast chain carousel at the large Pützchen market in Bonn Beuel. It is the 653rd edition of the fair.
The traditional Pützchens market in Bonn also had a lot to offer in 2022: numerous attractions such as the fast chain carousel inspire visitors year after year. (picture from 2022) © Marc John/imago
Visitors walk over the Rheinkirmes in Düsseldorf 2022.
After a two-year Corona break, the Rheinkirmes in Düsseldorf was allowed to reopen to visitors on July 15, 2022. Along with the Cranger fair, it is one of the most popular folk festivals in Germany. (picture from 2022) © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa
A play booth lights up at the Barmer Fairy Lights Magic Fair in Wuppertal.
The fairground rides and stalls shone in their most beautiful colors at the Barmer Fairytale Lights Fair in Wuppertal. (Year: 2022) © Maximilian Koch/imago
A child sits in a ride and hovers over the temporary pop-up amusement park in Dortmund, which opened in June 2020.
In the first year of Corona, a temporary amusement park was opened in Dortmund. The showmen wanted to compensate a little for the losses caused by the pandemic. (year 2020) © Friedrich Stark/imago
The Jupiter Ferris wheel at the Cranger fair in Herne. It is one of the largest folk festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany.
The popular giant wheel “Jupiter” towered majestically into the sky at the Cranger fair in Herne. (picture from 2022) © Christoph Reichwein/dpa
Visitors drive bumper cars at the Deutz fair in Cologne at Easter.
Twice a year, thousands of fair visitors gather at the Deutz shipyard for the Deutz fair. © Jochen Tack/imago

Fair in NRW: You can look forward to these folk festivals in summer 2023

  • Mega fair in Wuppertal: Freitag, 2 to Monday 5 June 2023
  • Corpus Christi fair in Oberhausen: Wednesday 7 June to Monday 12 June 2023
  • Schützenfest Schlebusch: Thursday 8 June to Sunday 11 June 2023
  • Early fair in Viersen: Thursday 8 June to Monday 12 June 2023
  • Remscheid shooting and homeland festival: Friday 30 June to Tuesday 4 July 2023
  • Summertime in Munster: Thursday 13 July to Monday 17 July 2023
  • Rheinkirmes in Düsseldorf: Friday 14 July to Sunday 23 July 2023
  • Liborifest in Paderborn: Saturday 22 July to Sunday 30 July 2023
  • Anna fair in Düren: Saturday 29 July to Sunday 6 August 2023
  • Cranger fair in Herne: Thursday 3 August to Sunday 13 August 2023
  • Summer evening in Aachen: Freitag, August 11 to Saturday, August 12, 2023
  • Wendsche Kärmetze (Wenden, South Westphalia): Saturday 12 August, Sunday 13 August, Tuesday 15 August 2023
  • Neuss Schützenfest: Saturday 26 August to Tuesday 29 August 2023
  • Fair in Neuss: Friday 25 August to Tuesday 29 August 2023
  • Moers fair (Wesel district): Friday 1st September to Tuesday 5th September 2023
  • Pützchen’s market in Bonn: Friday 8 September to Tuesday 12 September 2023

Autumn fair in NRW: These dates have been set for 2023

  • Stunik market in Hamm: Friday 15 September to Tuesday 19 September 2023
  • Fliegenkirmes Stiepel in Bochum: Friday 22 September to Monday 25 September 2023
  • Eitorfer fair (Rhein-Sieg district): Saturday 23 September to Tuesday 26 September 2023
  • Reeser fair (Kleve district): Saturday 23 September to Tuesday 26 September 2023
  • Autumn fair in Bochum-Wattenscheid: Friday 29 September to Tuesday 3 October 2023
  • Autumn fair in Viersen: Saturday 30 September to Tuesday 3 October 2023
  • Fair in Bocholt: Friday 13 October to Monday 16 October 2023
  • Autumn fair in Rheine: Friday 13 October to Monday 16 October 2023
  • Autumn week in Lippstadt: Saturday 14 October to Sunday 22 October 2023
  • Sim Jü in Werne: Saturday 21 October to Tuesday 24 October 2023
  • Autumn evening in Munster: Saturday 21 October to Sunday 29 October 2023
  • Minden autumn fair: Saturday 4 November to Sunday 12 November 2023
  • All Saints Church in Soest: Wednesday 8 November to Sunday 12 November 2023
  • Martini fair in Dinslaken (Wesel district): Friday 10 November to Tuesday 14 November 2023

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