The 22nd annual Princeton Onion Festival is a celebration of community history, benefitting the Princeton Lions Club. There is a craft show with over 100 vendors, a 5k and Fun Run, live auction with raffle, Cornhole tournament, and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament.

Every year, the Princeton Lions Club pays homage to our community’s history by hosting the Onion Festival and raising funds for Lions Club International Charities as well as children in need right here in Princeton.

The hard work of the Princeton Lions Club benefits Lions Club International by providing eye exams and supplying eye glasses to kinds in need. They provide scholarships to deserving graduating seniors from Princeton High School. And every year, the Lions Club sponsors the effort to provide Christmas for the less fortunate families through the Princeton Gives program.

Collin County’s lucrative onion history started right here in Princeton. By the 1940s, Princeton was shipping 175 train-car loads of onions each year, helping put our community on the map for surrounding areas, as old-timers say the sweet Bermuda onion made Princeton the Onion Capital of Texas.