MARION―The Main Stage of the forty second Annual Marion Popcorn will once more characteristic three nights of free stay leisure, together with a high-energy Thursday Popcorn Block Party, a Country artist with 16 #1 hits on Friday, and closes out on Saturday with some Hard Southern Rockers from Kentucky visiting earlier than their September LP launch and European Tour, on September 7-8-9 in downtown Marion, Ohio.

Thursday night is a Popcorn Block Party with Almost Chili Peppers, a tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers, opening for Old Skool, a Cleveland dance and Hip Hop Group, kicking off this 12 months’s primary stage leisure Thursday, September 7.

The Main Stage Block Party begins at 6:30 on Thursday when Route 30 Harley-Davidson presents Almost Chili Peppers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers live performance expertise. Their nice musicianship and unimaginable stage power will make you’re feeling like you’re at a RHCP live performance from the MTV years. With a catalog of extra #1 charted singles than another band in fashionable rock historical past to select from, Almost Chili Peppers performs all of the hits and most of the deep cuts and newer releases that Chili Peppers followers know and love.

Route 30 Harley-Davidson in Upper Sandusky presents new and preowned Harley-Davidson fashions, together with elements, clothes and an skilled service division.

For extra data on Almost Chili Peppers, go to: facebook.com/RHCPtrib.

For extra data on Route 30 Harley-Davidson, go to: route30hd.com

Next, at 8:30 PM following Opening Ceremonies is the return of OLD SKOOL, dropped at you by Buckeye Community School. Originating in Cleveland in 2013, OLD SKOOL has earned the fame of being one of many tightest, most enjoyable, excessive power acts ever witnessed within the area. Included in Scene’s “Best of Cleveland” (Best Cover Band) OLD SKOOL takes a recent method to the move of the stay present, typically that includes onerous hitting songblocks, mashups, and medleys which might be often solely tried by the very best of DJs.

Combine this with choreographed stage strikes, throwback model costuming, and prime notch musicians enjoying the songs similar to the report, and also you’ll see why OLD SKOOL is certain to please stay music fans and dance crazed membership goers alike. With an ever evolving track checklist, they’ll rock something with that “Old Skool” flava. Paying true to kind tribute to the ’80s & ’90s Golden Age of Hip Hop, R&B, Dance, Pop, Rock, Funk, and even some basic Disco or Current Hits if the temper is true.

Buckeye Community School has places in Mansfield, London and now Marion, serving college students ages 14-21 as an alternative choice to your conventional highschool.

For extra data on OLD SKOOL, go to: oldskoolcle.com.

For extra data on Buckeye Community School, go to: buckeyecs.org.

COLLIN RAYE might be taking the mainstage Friday, September 8.

Born Floyd Elliot Wray on August 22, 1960 in De Queens, Arkansas, nation artist Collin Raye was one of many true hit makers of the 1990’s. Collin nonetheless continues to crank out soulful, heartfelt materials with the honesty and richness that’s signature to his vocals alone. With 25 prime ten data, 16 #1 hits, and having been a ten time male vocalist of the 12 months nominee (5 CMA and 5 ACM), this really electrifying performer of his period stays one of many nice voices of our time.

Collin Raye is nothing if not passionate. His soulful supply has set nation requirements in such searing ballads as “Love, Me,” “In This Life,” “Not That Different” and “If I were you”. Always an energizing showman, he has additionally blazed via such vivid rockers as “My Kind of Girl,” “That’s My Story,” “I Can Still Feel You” and “I Want You Bad.” Collin shot to fame with “Love, Me” in 1991. Listeners have been so moved by this golden and pure voice that this track set the cornerstone for a profession constructed on significant and emotional songs which have typically been used for weddings, anniversaries, memorial companies and funerals. When “Little Rock”, an anthem for these battling addition restoration, hit the chart in 1994, its video led to over 100,000 telephone calls to Alcoholics Anonymous from people searching for assist in their addictions. “Not That Different” was a track that pleaded for tolerance. “In This Life” grew to become a marriage favourite, and “I Think About You” received awards for its track and video which uncovered the exploitation of girls and youngsters. His newest launch “Scars” options the title track duet with Miranda Lambert, and extra tracks with Vince Gill and the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.

Collin Raye has persistently used his stardom to advance social causes. Among the organizations he has supported are Boys Town, First Steps, Al-Anon, Special Olympics, Country Cares About AIDS, Catholic Relief Services, Parade of Pennies, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, The Tennessee Task Force Against Domestic Violence, The Emily Harrison Foundation, Childhelp USA, Silent Witness National Initiative, Easter Seals, The Life and Hope Network, and Make a Difference Day. It got here as no shock when in 2001 on the Country Radio Seminar, Clint Black introduced Collin Raye with the group’s Humanitarian of the Year award in recognition of Collin’s issue-oriented music and his tireless charity work.

For extra information on Collin Raye, go to: collinraye.com

BLACK STONE CHERRY will wrap-up the mainstage leisure on Saturday, September 9.

Black Stone Cherry was fashioned in 2001 in Edmonton Kentucky. Having recorded seven studio albums in addition to two EPs, their latest work ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’ is scheduled to drop in September and is on the market now for pre-order. Their first releases from these classes are trademark rockers, “Out Of Pocket” in January, and the present track “Nervous”, becoming a member of BSC staples “White Trash Millionaire”, “Blame It on the Boom Boom”, “In My Blood”, “Again”, “Me and Mary Jane”, “Cheaper To Drink Alone”, “Blind Man” and “Ringin’ In My Head”. Lifelong pals Chris Robertson, vocals/guitar; Ben Wells, guitar/vocals; and John Fred Young, drums; welcome their new bass participant Steve Jewell on his first studio recordings, having slayed the phases with them since 2021.

Over the years, Black Stone Cherry has each headlined and rocked 12,000-cap area exhibits and shared the stage with a variety of superstars, together with Alter Bridge, Def Leppard, Gov’t Mule, Nickelback, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Darkness and ZZ Top. In 2018, BSC carried out in entrance of 100,000 folks on the Download Festival as primary help to Guns N’ Roses and in 2021, the band performed the commemorated Royal Albert Hall, immortalized on 2022’s stay DVD ‘Live From The Royal Albert Hall…Y’All’.

Black Stone Cherry simply accomplished a latest efficiency on the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival in Columbus and have been initially scheduled to carry out on the 2020 Marion Popcorn Festival which was in the end cancelled as a result of Covid-19 epidemic.

For extra information on Black Stone Cherry, go to blackstonecherry.com.

Thursday’s Popcorn Block Party leisure will begin at 6:30 PM, with the Friday and Saturday headliners acting at 8:30 PM, following a 6:00 PM opening band (to be introduced later) and the popularity of sponsors through the competition’s Opening Ceremonies.

The 2023 dates of the Marion Popcorn Festival are September 7, 8 and 9. All performances on the Festival’s primary stage are freed from cost. A restricted variety of Kernel sponsorship seats can be found for any of the Main Stage performances by calling 740-387-FEST.

Other competition occasions and actions embrace the Popcorn Parade on Thursday with over 300 models, a 5K Run, the return of a Popcorn Golf Outing, a Fine Arts present, crafts and distributors, a corn gap match, the Community Showcase Stage, a brand new Christian Stage, a Poppin’ Party stage beer backyard, a Popcorn Matinee musical efficiency on the historic Marion Palace Theatre, and way more.

For extra data, go to our web page at popcornfestival.com or name 740-387-FEST. The Marion Popcorn Festival is grateful for its many sponsors together with the City of Marion.