The Marion Popcorn Festival Parade takes place each year on Thursday evening of the festival starting at 6:00 p.m.  The theme for the 2018 is “The Big Pop rewinds back to the 80’s!”

The parade starts by heading west on East Center Street starting at Forest Lawn Boulevard. It then makes a zigzag, turning south on State Street and east on Church Street, before finishing up by heading south on South Main Street and breaking up near the Rotary Towers.