2011 Sweet Onion Festival

                                         July 16 & 17, 2011

                      Watch for new information next Spring!

2010 Sweet Onion Festival was a Colossal Success

Activity & Entertainment Schedule

July 17 and 18, 2010

 

July 17, 2010                               

     7:00 am - Sweet Onion 5k Registration @ 3rd and Main

     8:00 am - Fun Run Begins Preregistration Form here

     9:00 am - Festival Opens

     9:00 am - Farmers Market Opens

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        9:00 am - Daniel Mark Faller on stage 

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        Thundering Hooves' Chef's Challenge

                 Featuring the Valley's Finest Chefs!

                           ...It's a Grass Roots thing!

 

                          10:30 - 3:00 pm

                      Children’s Games & Contests

         5th & Main at the County Courthouse lawn


                 Massey Ferguson Farm Equipment

                             Display on 5th Street

         

          Don't Miss Saturday's Feature Event!

     "2nd Annual Sweet Skip" - Noon to 4 pm

                >Ticket Pre-Sales  -  $25    Info: (509) 525-1031

             >Information Booth on Day of Event  -  $35

                                        half-3 x 4.25 sweet skip copy

         

          "Funion" at the Courthouse Lawn

                                10:30 to 3:00 pm

                              Onion Sack Races

                                Onion Bowling

                Mr and Mrs Onion-head decorating...

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                    11:00 am - Onion Eating Contest

 

               11:30  Grass Roots of Walla Walla

                            A "Salad Slaw-ter"  

    With hands-on demonstrations and recipe cards.

                 5th and Main under the canopy



              12:00 - Bald as an Onion Contest

                    Noon - Beer and Wine Garden open

               12:15 Steppin' Country Dance Team 

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           1:00 pm - The Jim Basnight Band on stage

                    4:15 New Horizon Dance Team

          

   "Saturday Night Street Dance"

              5 pm – 11:30 pm - At Corner of 4th and Main Street

      

                5 pm - The Johnny No Land Band

        8:30 - 11:30 pm - The Vaughn Jensen Band

      

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     July 18, 2010           

      9:00 am - Festival Opens

      Daniel Mark Faller on stage

      

 10:30 am to 3:00 pm - Children's Games and Contests

              Onion Sack Races

              Onion Bowling

              Mr & Mrs Onion-head decorating

               2decoratedsweetie    ...and much more!

     Noon - Onion Eating Contest    

 Noon - Beer & Wine Garden opens

           Bob Blumer...Eaten any stinging nettles lately?

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     12:30 to 1:30 - Glutton For Punishment's Bob Blumer, tries to break      Guinness Book World Records!  Don't miss out when Bob tries to break his previous record of peeling 50 pounds of "HOT" onions  in 3 minutes and 18 seconds.

       

 

       1:30 pm - Bob will try to eat a "HOT" onion in less than 48 seconds.

      1:00 to 4 pm - The Jim Basnight Band on stage

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       4:00 p.m. End of Festival

       6:00 p.m. Streets to re-open/Barricades removed

 
 

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