Onion Day 2026
Join us on May 30, 2026, from 3 PM to 6 PM to celebrate Onion Day!
This year, Larry Mills and Dr. Michael Jarvis discuss Bermuda’s “vernacular evolution,” and local plein air painters will showcase scenes of St. David’s.
- Feast on St. David’s cuisine ($5 tickets available on site)
- Enter our onion-eating contest
- Enter our raffle (tickets $5 each)
- Free soft drinks, cakes, and cookies
Cash donations welcome.
Every May, we celebrate Onion Day with recipes from early settlers, featuring our famous Bermuda onion, roasted over an open fire.
Colloquially, Bermudians are known as “Onions,” a moniker that has held steadfast since the 1800s, when trading locally-grown sweet onions became one of our most lucrative endeavours. At times, we were exporting an impressive 30,000 boxes per week! The island was dubbed “The Onion Patch,” and our people adopted the affectionate nickname to symbolize a tough, hardworking, and deeply rooted local culture.
Come and ‘Be an onion,’ per Mark Twain, and learn about early Bermuda from the best there is!
I wish we could surprise (terrify?) all those Bermudians by JUST SHOWING UP!…won’t work this time…wish it did. LH ________________________________