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, Beside Playground
• 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
• 11th Annual Spring Blast Classic Rides Show by the Head Turnerz Car Club 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 - 

• Diaper Derby, Field Beside Visitors Center

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