2024 Festival Schedule

Thursday, May 23, 2024

6:00 PM -

  • Hawaiian Night/Opening Ceremony, Garden Street Gate
  • Crowning the King and Queen of the Iris Festival, Garden Street Stage
  • Boat Rides Begin, Garden Street Dock
  • Charleston Polynesian Dancers, Garden Street Stage
  • Music by DJ Howie D 

9:00 PM -

  • Music Ends
  • Boat Rides End
  • The Taste at the Gardens Closes

Friday, May 24, 2024

9:00 AM -

  • Tandem Health Screenings Begins, Visitors Center Ending at 11 AM

10:00 AM -

  • All Vendors Open
  • Petting Zoo Open, Beside Visitors Center
  • Boat Rides Begin, Garden Street Dock
  • Festival Trolley Starts, Visitors Center to Garden Street Gate
  • Bill Eaker, Main Stage
  • Children's Art in the Park, Beside Playground

11:00 AM

  • Violinist Martina Williams, Throughout the Gardens

12:00 PM - 

  • Kids Areas Open, Children's Playground Area and Garden Street Entrance

2:15 PM - 

  • Kevin Jarvis, Main Stage

4:15 PM -

  • Original Jazz Music (OMG), Main Stage

5:00 PM - 

  • Children's Art in the Park Ends

6:00 PM –

  • All Vendors and Activities Close

*For more events happening this weekend, visit www.lovesumter.com!*

Saturday, May 25, 2024

9:00 AM -

  • Parade Line Up, Sumter Civic Center
  • 11th Annual Spring Blast Classic Rides Show by the Head Turnerz Car Club. Registration 9 AM - 12 PM, Heath Pavilion

10:00 AM -

  • All Vendors Open
  • Carousel Opens, Beside the Visitors Center
  • Kids Areas Open, Children's Playground Area and Garden Street Entrance
  • Children's Art in the Park Begins
  • Safe Kids Adventureland Begins, Beside Playground
  • Boat Rides Begin, Garden Street Dock
  • Petting Zoo Opens, Beside Visitors Center
  • Krawlin' For Christ Parade Begins, Sumter Civic Center to USC Sumter
  • Miss Libby's School of Dance, Main Stage

 11:00 AM -

  • Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Start

  • Festival Trolley Starts, Visitors Center to Garden Street Gate

  • Head Turnerz Classic Car Judging, Heath Pavilion
  • Hands On Praise Puppets, Main Stage

  • Over the Moon Stilt Walkers

  • Sir Purr (Carolina Panthers), Around the Gardens

12:00 PM -

  • Introduction of the Iris Festival Queens, Main Stage
  • Frank Fickling, Garden Street Stage

12:30 PM -

  • Just Vibes Band, Main Stage

1:45 PM - 

  • Dreamworks Dance Academy, Main Stage

2:30 PM - 

  • Kevin Jarvis, Main Stage

3:00 PM -

  • Car Show Ends

4:00 PM -

  • Safe Kids Adventureland Ends

4:45 PM - 

  • DJ Party with Parks, Main Stage

5:00 PM -

  • Children's Art in the Park Ends

6:00 PM - 

  • All Vendors and Activities Close

6:15 PM - 

  • Last Shuttle to Civic Center
Sunday, May 26, 2024

10:00 AM - 

  • Vendors Open
  • Boat Rides Begin, Garden Street Dock
  • Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Start
  • Petting Zoo Opens, Beside Visitors Center
  • Pet Adoption Opens, Iris Market 
  • Festival Trolley Starts, Visitors Center to Garden Street Gate
  • Kids Areas Open, Children's Playground Area and Garden Street Entrance

11:00 AM - 

  • The Sunday Car Show 13th Caffeine & Gasoline by Charlie Fossett Realtor. Hosted by the Blinking Buzzards Car Club and will support the ongoing Coast 2 Coast for Hydrocephalus fundraiser. Registration open until 1:30 PM. Both shows will have a golf cart class and a race car class., Heath Pavilion

12:00 PM - 

  • Last Chance Classic Rock Band, Main Stage

1:00 PM - 

  • Frank Fickling, Garden Street Stage

2:15 PM - 

  • The Green Swamp Collective, Main Stage

3:00PM - 

  • Violinist Martina Williams, Throughout the Gardens

3:30 PM - 

4:00 PM - 

  • Diaper Derby Winners Announced
  • Car Show Ends

5:00 PM - 

  • All Vendors and Activities Close

5:15 PM - 

  • Last Shuttle to Civic Center

 

Please note: event dates are subject to change or cancellation.

Please take a moment to thank our 2024 Iris Festival Sponsors!