Newent Onion Fair 2008
13 September 2008
Details of this years Newent Onion Fayre...
Onion, onions and more onions at the Newent Onion Fayre 2008!
The Newent Onion Fayre is a great day out for all the family with so many activities and things to see and do including the tradtional onion eating contest, best onion and other competitions and even the chance to enjoy some onion soup!
Explore Gloucestershire visited the Newent Onion Fayre in 2006 on a glorious late summers day and as days out in Gloucestershire go - this is a great experience for locals and visitors to enjoy.
Newent Onion Fayre 2008 events and things to do and see...
- Onion growing competition
- Onion eating contest
- Live music
- Street fayre and entertainment
- Demonstrations and displays
- Craft stalls
- Food and drink stalls
- Fun fair including Helter-skelter and Big Wheel
- Circus skills
- Morris dancers
- So many varieties of refreshments including super onion soup served up by the Over Farm Market stall - simply delicious!!!

Lots of onion entertainment at the 2008 Newent Onion Fayre
The 2008 Newent Onion Fair is an all day event which brings Newent town centre to a complete stand-still with all traffic not allowed in. There is a huge car park/field on the fringes of Newent and it's less than a five minute walk to the fun and festivities that the Newent Onion Fayre holds for 2008.
- Where: Newent town centre, Gloucestershire
- Time: Festivities commence around 11am
- Finishes: Long into the night!!!

The winning onion at the 2006 Newent Onion Fayre - WOW, how big is that beauty!??!
Read Explore Gloucestershire's 2006 review and see our photo gallery to give you a better idea of why you need to put this in your calendar for 2008.

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