The First Marion Popcorn Festival was held in September
of 1981. The Popcorn Festival was the idea of a number of local business
men that worked with local city officials to organize the festival. It
was the intent of the organizers to create a 3 day festival that would
promote Marion and offer Free nationally known headline entertainment.
Popcorn was picked because Marion County in Ohio is one of the top
growers of popcorn in the United States and Wyandot, Inc. is one of the
largest exporters of Popcorn in the World.
In the past 24 years, the Marion Popcorn Festival has become one of the
premier festivals in the state of Ohio, winning a of state awards for
excellence. |
