Grevenbroich-Stadtmitte Shooting Festival

Name: Grevenbroich-Stadtmitte Shooting Festival
Start: 2025-09-05T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-09-05
Location: Germany

Grevenbroich-Stadtmitte Shooting Festival is held on September 5. This event in the first decade of the month September is annual.

The Schützenfest Grevenbroich-Stadtmitte is a traditional folk festival celebrated in the town of Grevenbroich in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first shooting festivals were already celebrated in the Middle Ages. Back then, they served as a defensive exercise and to foster camaraderie among the marksmen. Over time, the shooting festivals developed into popular festivals celebrated by the entire population.

The shooting festival in Grevenbroich-Stadtmitte usually takes place at the end of August or beginning of September. The festival begins with the shooting in the Erckenspark Museum.

There is a concert in the inner courtyard of the Albert-Schweitzer-Haus. A serenade takes place on the market square.

An impressive torchlight procession through the town followed by a civic ball in the marquee. On the Thursday after the shooting festival, the “Higher Ascension” takes place, attended by all former shooting kings and queens.

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