2025 Festival Schedule

Friday, May 16, 2025

9:00 - 11:00 AM

• Tandem Health Screenings - Visitors Center

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Children's Art in the Park - Behind Main Stage

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• All Vendors Open
• Education Day
• Pollination Investigation: Check in at the Visitors Center
• Boat Rides - Garden Street Dock
• Internal Festival Trolley Cart Available, Stops are:
  • Visitors Center
  • Behind Main Stage
  • Garden Street Boat Dock
• RTA Shuttle Buses from Parking Lots Available, Stops are:
  • Visitors Center
  • Garden St Gate
  • Heath Pavilion
  • Sumter County Civic Center
• Children's Carnival - Playground and Garden Street Areas
• Unleash Your Wild Side - Garden Street Area
• DNR Archery - Garden Street Area
• RFK Racing Show Car & Driving Simulator - Garden Street Area
• DJ Party with Parks - Garden Street Stage

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• Line Dancing - Main Stage

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

12:00 - 1:00 PM

• Violinist Martina Williams - Dock Stage

1:00 - 2:00 PM

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

1:00 - 3:00 PM

• Kevin Jarvis - Dock Stage

3:00 - 6:00 PM

• Kids In America Concert - Main Stage

4:00 - 5:00 PM

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

Saturday, May 17, 2025

9:00 - 10:00 AM

• Parade Line Up - USC Sumter, University Drive

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

• 12th Annual Spring Blast Classic Rides Show by the Head Turnerz Car Club
  • Registration 9 AM - 12 PM - Heath Pavilion Parking Lot
  • Viewing & Judging 12:00 - 3:00 PM - Heath Pavilion Parking Lot

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• Iris Festival Parade, Presented by Prisma Health, Hosted by the Evening Optimist Club - USC Sumter to Sumter Civic Center

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

• Lucky Paws Pet Adoption - Iris Market

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Children's Art in the Park - Behind Main Stage
• Safe Kids - Children's Playground Area

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• All Vendors Open
• Pollination Investigation: Check in at the Visitors Center
• Boat Rides - Garden Street Dock
• Children's Carnival - Playground and Garden Street Areas
• Unleash Your Wild Side - Garden Street Area
• DNR Archery - Garden Street Area
• RFK Racing Show Car & Driving Simulator - Garden Street Lawn
• DJ Party with Parks - Garden Street Stage

 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• Internal Festival Trolley Cart Available, Stops are:
  • Visitors Center
  • Behind Main Stage
  • Garden Street Boat Dock
• RTA Shuttle Buses from Parking Lots Available, Stops are:
  • Visitors Center
  • Garden St Gate
  • Heath Pavilion
  • Sumter County Civic Center

 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• Over The Moon Stilt Walkers - Roaming Entertainment

 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

• The Hartsville Bubble Guy - Roaming Entertainment

12:00 - 1:00 PM

• Introduction of the Iris Festival Queens and King - Main Stage
• Violinist Martina Williams - Dock Stage

1:00 - 2:00 PM

• 803 Fresh, Boots on the Ground - Main Stage
• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

1:00 - 3:00 PM

• Kevin Jarvis - Dock Stage

2:00 - 3:00 PM

• Special Guest Appearances with Moonless International Film Festival - Main Stage

3:00 - 5:00 PM

• 803 Fresh, Boots on the Ground - Garden Street Stage

3:00 - 6:00 PM

• Frank Fickling - Dock Stage

4:00 - 5:00 PM -

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

4:00 - 6:00 PM

• Last Chance Classic Rock Band - Main Stage

Sunday, May 18, 2025

10:00 - 11:00 AM

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

• Lucky Paws Pet Adoption - Iris Market

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

• All Vendors Open
• Pollination Investigation: Check in at the Visitors Center
• Boat Rides - Garden Street Dock
• Internal Festival Trolley Cart Available, Stops are:
  • Visitors Center
  • Behind Main Stage
  • Garden Street Boat Dock
• RTA Shuttle Buses from Parking Lots Available, Stops are:
  • Visitors Center
  • Garden St Gate
  • Heath Pavilion
  • Sumter County Civic Center
• Children's Carnival - Playground and Garden Street Areas
• Unleash Your Wild Side - Garden Street Area
• DNR Archery - Garden Street Lawn
• RFK Racing Show Car & Driving Simulator - Garden Street Lawn
• DJ Party with Parks - Garden Street Stage

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM 

• The Sunday Car Show hosted by the Blinking Buzzards Car Club. Registration is open until 1:30 PM. Golf cart class and a race car class - Heath Pavilion Parking Lot

12:00 - 1:00 PM 

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment
• Mark Lippard - Juggler and Unicyclist Show - Roaming Entertainment

1:00 - 2:00 PM

• Mark Lippard - Juggler and Unicyclist Show - Main Stage

1:00 - 3:00 PM

• The Hartsville Bubble Guy - Roaming Entertainment

2:00 - 3:00 PM

• Mark Lippard - Juggler and Unicyclist Show - Roaming Entertainment

2:00 - 5:00 PM

• Frank Fickling - Dock Stage

3:00 - 4:00 PM

• The Spoon Man - Roaming Entertainment

3:00 - 5:00 PM

• Green Swamp Collective - Main Stage

3:30 - 4:00 PM

• Diaper Derby - Field Beside Visitors Center