24th season of Five Nights on Campus kicking off with Switchback

As part of its community outreach mission, The Ohio State University at Marion is pleased to announce their line-up for the upcoming season of the popular cultural and performing arts series, Five Nights on Campus. This year’s season includes performances by the award-winning Celtic music duo Switchback, Bone Voyage Jazz Band, Americana infused Gypsy jazz […]

Premier set for combined Marion Area Orchestra, Marion Music Club Chorale performance

The Marion community will be treated to a premier program that features the Marion Area Orchestra (MAO) and the Marion Music Club Chorale (MMCC) performing together for the first time on Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.. The two music groups will offer a free program of instrumental and vocal music, “Spring Singin’ and […]

Lonestar, Pop Evil, Stranger to headline 2018 Popcorn Festival

American rock band Pop Evil and country music group Lonestar have been named as the headliners for the 38th Marion Popcorn Festival.  Lonestar will take the main stage on Friday, September 7, and the group Pop Evil is set for Saturday, September 8, 2018.  Both performances begin at 8:30 p.m. and are free to Festival […]

“One Night In Memphis” to feature Presley, Perkins, Lewis, and Cash tributes at Palace Theatre

It will be a memorable night of rockabilly, country, gospel, and pure 1950’s rock and roll at the historic Marion Palace Theatre on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 8 p.m. when One Night in Memphis takes the stage. The show takes audiences back to one night in 1956, when four of the biggest names in […]

“Keyboard Friends At Play” to feature newly installed church organ

A Marion Music Club free monthly program for the community will dramatize some of the extraordinary features of a newly installed Rodgers church organ completed in 2017 at the Prospect Street United Methodist Church (PSUMC), 185 South Prospect Street in downtown Marion. Keyboardist and club member Gary Flach has organized a group of local musicians […]

Lone Raven and NINE headline weekend entertainment at Marion Palace Theatre

The Palace Cultural Arts Association announced the March entertainment lineup will include performances at the historic Marion Palace Theatre by renowned Celtic musicians Lone Raven, and an Easter celebration with the local a capella group NINE. Patrons are encouraged to order tickets early for the best seats. Central Ohio’s renowned Celtic group, Lone Raven returns […]

This weekend at the Palace – Chicago tribute concert and movie “Darkest Hour”

The Palace Cultural Arts Association (PCAA) says patrons will have the opportunity to attend two separate events this weekend at the historic Marion Palace Theatre located at 276 W. Center Street in downtown Marion, Ohio. BRASS TRANSIT, Toronto’s dynamic, crowd-pleasing, studio-tight CHICAGO tribute, delivers a show spanning all the hits from CHICAGO’s golden age, 1969-1976. […]

Classical pianist returns to Marion campus with a new show

Ohio State Marion’s Five Nights on Campus performing arts and entertainment series welcomes back classical pianist Alina Kiryayeva to Morrill Hall Auditorium, Thursday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. in a new show entitled, “Sonatas”. Her last Five Nights performance earned her a standing ovation. Praised for her powerful command of the instrument, unique interpretations and […]

At the Palace this weekend: “Shades of Buble” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Patrons will have the opportunity to attend two separate events this weekend at the Marion Palace Theatre located at 276 W. Center Street in downtown Marion, Ohio. Kicking off the weekend events will be the Shades of Bublé: A Three-Man Tribute to Michael Bublé on Friday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. Concert-goers will experience a […]

This weekend at the Palace: bluegrass band “Flatt Lonesome” and family friendly flick “Ferdinand”

Kicking off the weekend events at Marion Palace Theatre will be the award-winning Bluegrass band Flatt Lonesome on Friday, January 26, 2018 at 8pm. In a few short years, this group has sky-rocketed to the top of the music industry, attracted thousands of dedicated fans, and collected scores of coveted music awards including the most […]