Onion Festival
Traditional onion festival in Erdeven (Morbihan)
2026
About Onion Festival
Every first weekend of September, the Erdeven festival committee hosts the Fête des Oignons, a tradition dating back to the late 1970s that celebrates local market gardening. The town comes alive for two days with a country-style meal and dance on Saturday evening, followed by a parade of floats and a producers' market on Sunday, culminating in the highlight of the event: the onion-throwing contest.
Onion Festival — edition 2026
The 2026 edition takes place over the weekend of September 5th and 6th in the heart of Erdeven. The program features the festival's traditional highlights: a country-style meal and dance party on Saturday, followed by a parade of floats and various entertainment on Sunday, alongside the producers' market, flea market, and the famous onion-throwing contest.
Programme Onion Festival 2026
Saturday, September 5th, 2026
- Country-style meal
- Dance party
Sunday, September 6th, 2026
- Onion, vegetable, and craft market, with direct sales from local producers
- Flea market
- Parade of floats
- Performances and shows (Breton dancers, Erdeven Celtic circle)
- Onion-throwing contest
Program announced by the Baie de Quiberon Tourist Office; specific timings for the 2026 edition have not yet been released.
An event brought to you by the local festival committee
The festival is organized by the Erdeven committee with the support of the municipality and the Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique intercommunal authority, which promotes it in its annual calendar. Held since the late 1970s, it is one of the longest-standing events in the town's calendar.
The weekend features a mix of musical entertainment, Breton dancers, and the local Celtic circle, with a parade of floats winding through the town on Sunday afternoon. Alongside this, an onion and vegetable market brings together local producers, a flea market hosts nearly two hundred exhibitors, and the traditional onion-throwing competition rounds off the festivities.
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