Main Stage Entertainment at the Marion Popcorn Festival

All Main Stage Entertainment is FREE. The Popcorn Festival Main Stage is located in the City parking lot at the intersection of Church Street and Prospect Street in Downtown Marion.

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Check below for information on Kernel Seats!

2023 Main Stage Entertainment Line-up

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023

OLD SKOOL at 8:30pm

Opening Act is Almost Chili Peppers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert experience, at 6:00pm

Friday, Sept. 8, 2023

Collin Raye at 8:30pm

Opening Act TBA at 6:00pm

Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023

Black Stone Cherry at 8:30pm

Opening Act is TBA at 6:00pm

Kernel VIP Seating

The Marion Popcorn Festival Main Stage Entertainment is FREE, but there are a limited number of reserved seats that are the "best seats in the house."

These are the seats in the roped-off area in front of the main stage. This area is reserved for Marion Popcorn Festival sponsors – both large and small – who help provide the funding to bring in national entertainment each year. (As many of you know, the Festival’s "FREE" entertainment is actually quite expensive.) What you may not know is that you can purchase a Kernel Sponsorship with a very limited budget. Or, if you have received Kernel Seats as part of another sponsorship package and would like more for a particular night, those can be obtained separately.

Kernel Seats may be used by the business owners themselves, but they can also be used to entertain clients or given to employees as a token of appreciation.

For Kernel Seat Sponsorship information, contact Tiffany Harbolt by text at 740-223-5186 or email at tiffanyharbolt@gmail.com.