WESLACO — Visitors from across the Rio Grande Valley gathered here to celebrate Weslaco’s annual onion festival. The temperature was in the low 80s, and it was sunny and humid during these morning hours, but attendees didn’t appear fazed and, in fact, began filling the grounds of Texas Boulevard and Kansas Avenue even as the event started.
Volunteers pass out sacks of small onions during the Onion Fest downtown Weslaco on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Angel Salinas dips and dusts the 1015 onions before they get fried during the Texas Onion Fest Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Weslaco. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Bags of onions were distributed for free to attendees of the Texas Onion Fest in Weslaco on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Ezra Acevedo, 7, enjoys the cool weather as he reads a book outside his mother’s shop downtown Weslaco during the Texas Onion Fest on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Weslaco. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Joseph Cantu and Angel Salinas prep the 1015 onions during the Texas Onion Fest on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Weslaco. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])A periwinkle colored 1961 vintage Buick makes its way to the Texas Onion Fest Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Weslaco. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])The 1015 onion is prepped and ready for the fryer during the Texas Onion Fest on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Weslaco. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
