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!
2025 Main Stage Entertainment Line-up
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Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026
ELO tribute act Into The Blue at 8:30pm
Opening Act is SafeKept at 6:00pm and Whitesnaked at 7:00pm
Friday, Sept. 11, 2026
Cassadee Pope at 8:30pm
Opening Act is TBA at 6:00pm
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026
Queensrÿche at 8:30pm
Opening Act is Hard Drive 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, email at [email protected].
