Calendar of Events

The Swan Lake Visitors Center produces this community calendar for your convenience in planning and scheduling. Whether you are looking for something entertaining or planning an event we want the calendar of events ready to provide the information you need.

If you would like to add an event to the calendar of events please send your information to:

Community Calendar
P.O. Box 1449
822 W. Liberty Street
Sumter, SC 29151
tel 803-436-2640
fax 803-436-2652
tourism@sumter-sc.com

2008 Planning Calendar of Events (*PDF)

The listing above is intended as an aid to organizers who are planning local events. The City of Sumter also sends out a weekly e-mail calendar of updated events! If you would like to be added to receive this listing via email please send an email to swild@sumter-sc.com

Fall Classes at the Sumter County Gallery of Art
10/10/2007 - 5/14/2008
Sumter County Gallery of Art

Phillip Mullen: Works 1994-2008
4/3/2008 - 5/23/2008
Sumter County Gallery of Art

Girls' Night Out
5/1/2008 - 5/4/2008
Sumter Little Theatre

Mayor's Prayer Breakfast 2008
5/1/2008
USC Sumter Nettles Building Gymnasium - 200 Miller Rd

Bluegrass Express
5/1/2008 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Sumter Opera House

Sumter's House of Comedy
5/2/2008
Sumter Opera House

Black Cowboy Festival
5/3/2008 - 5/4/2008
Greenfield Farms, 4585 Spencer Road, Rembert SC

The Sparkleberries are Blooming
5/3/2008
Palmetto Trail’s High Hills Outdoor Center at Battens

WFC Fast Pitch Tournament
5/3/2008 - 5/4/2008
Dillon Park- 1210 Clara Louise Kellogg Blvd.

Junior Championships
5/5/2008 - 5/7/2008
Palmetto Tennis Center 400 Theatre Dr.

Girls' Night Out
5/8/2008 - 5/11/2008
Sumter Little Theatre

Sumter @ Six Outdoor Concert Series
5/8/2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Brody Pavilion Downtown on Harvin Street

Iris Junior Championships
5/9/2008 - 5/11/2008
Palmetto Tennis Center

Taiwan’s National Pingtung University of Education concert featuring authentic indigenous dance of Taiwan
5/9/2008
The Patriot Hall Performing Arts Centre, 135 Haynsworth St., Sumter, SC

City of Sumter Aquatic Center Opens for Season
5/10/2008
City of Sumter Aquatics Center

Shrimpin' & Shaggin' in the Gardens
5/15/2008
Sumter County Museum

Fridays at the Plaza Concert Series
5/16/2008 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Rotary Centennial Plaza

Relay for Life
5/16/2008 7:00 PM - 5/17/2008 7:00 AM
District II Memorial Stadium

A Walk through History
5/17/2008
Palmetto Trail’s High Hills Outdoor Center at Battens

Iris Festival Pageant
5/17/2008
Sumter High School Auditorium

Sumter's Annual Spring Garden Tour
5/17/2008

USSSA Fast Pitch Tournament
5/17/2008 - 5/18/2008
Dillon Park- 1210 Clara Louise Kellogg Blvd.

Sumter Cycling Fitness Ride
5/17/2008 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road

"Jane Luther Smith"
5/20/2008
Sumter Opera House

Gamecock City Tennis Classic
5/22/2008 - 5/25/2008
Palmetto Tennis Center

Iris Festival Diaper Derby and Dress Up Parade
5/22/2008
Swan Lake Iris Gardens Heath Pavilion

Taste at the Gardens featuring the sounds of UBU ("You Be You")
5/22/2008
Swan Lake Iris Gardens- Garden Street Stage

Sumter Iris Festival
5/23/2008 - 5/25/2008
Swan Lake Iris Gardens

Indoor Garage Sale
5/24/2008
Sumter County Exhibition Center

Join Grand Marshal Joe Pinner and others for the 5th Annual Shriner’s Day Parade!
5/24/2008
Alice Drive to Garden Street

Mountain Laurel Hike
5/24/2008
Palmetto Trail’s High Hills Outdoor Center at Battens

USSSA Baseball Tournament
5/24/2008
Dillon Park/ Palmetto Park- Bobby Richardson Baseball Complex

Sumter Iris Festival’s Italian Street Painting Event, a Chalk-Art competition
5/24/2008 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Swan Lake Iris Gardens- Tennis Courts

5th Annual Time Warner Cable Scholastic Chalk-Art Competition "Fun with Chalk ~ Art Festival"
5/24/2008 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Swan Lake Iris Gardens Tennis Courts

First Annual Women's $10,000 Pro Tennis Event
5/25/2008 - 6/1/2008
Palmetto Tennis Center 400 Theatre Dr

Elizabeth White and Selections from the Permanent Collection
5/29/2008 - 6/26/2008
Sumter County Gallery of Art

Sumter Shaw Street Fest
5/30/2008 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Main Street in downtown Sumter

A Walk in the Woods with Ken
5/31/2008
Palmetto Trail’s High Hills Outdoor Center at Battens- Located on SC 261 in Wedgefield

USSSA Baseball Tournament
5/31/2008 - 6/1/2008
Dillon Park/Palmetto Park-Bobby Richardson Baseball Complex