Iris Festival Schedule

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Saturday, April 29, 2023

10:00AM - Iris Festival Pageant, Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main Street

Thursday, May 25, 2023

6:00PM -

7:30PM - The Phantom Tollbooth, Sumter Little Theatre

8:30PM -

  • Boat rides end
  • The Taste at the Gardens Closes
Friday, May 26, 2023

10:00AM –

  • All Vendors Open
  • Petting Zoo Opens, beside Visitors Center
  • Education Day Activities Start

2:00PM - 

3:00PM - 

5:00PM - 

  • Education Day Activities End

5:30PM - 

6:00PM –

  • All Vendors Close
  • Petting Zoo Closes

6:30PM - 4th Fridays Outdoor Concert in Downtown Sumter, 21 N. Main St.

7:30PM - The Phantom Tollbooth, Sumter Little Theatre

Saturday, May 27, 2023

9:00AM -

10:00AM -

  • 17th Annual Shrine Day Parade Begins, Sumter Civic Center to USC Sumter
  • All Vendors Open
  • Carousel Opens, beside Visitors Center
  • Petting Zoo Opens, beside Visitors Center
  • Kids Area Opens, Children's Playground Area and Garden Street Entrance
  • Children's Art in the Park Begins
  • SAFE Kids Adventureland Begins, Kids Area
  • Boat rides begin, Garden Street dock
  • Mary Hinson Flower Show Begins, Alice Boyle Garden Center

10:30AM - 

11:00AM -

11:30AM - 

12:00PM -

  • Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Start
  • Iris King and Queens Introduced, Main Stage

12:30PM - 

1:00PM - 

1:30PM - 

2:00PM - 

2:30PM - 

3:00PM -

4:00PM -

  • Mary Hinson Flower Show Ends
  • SAFE Kids Adventureland Ends

5:00PM - Children's Art in the Park Ends

5:30PM - 

6:00PM - 

  • Just Kidding Around Children's Area Ends
  • Carousel Closes, beside Visitors Center
  • Petting Zoo Closes
  • All Vendors Close

6:15PM - Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake End

7:30PM - The Phantom Tollbooth, Sumter Little Theatre

 

Sunday, May 28, 2023

10:00AM -

  • All Vendors Open
  • Boat rides begin, Garden Street dock
  • Petting Zoo Opens, beside Visitors Center
  • Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Start

12:00PM - Kids Area Opens

1:00PM -

  • Mary Hinson Flower Show Begins, Alice Boyle Garden Center, 842 W. Liberty St.
  • Sumter Cruisers Iris Festival Car Show Begins, Heath Pavilion

2:00PM - 

2:30PM - 

3:00PM - 

4:00PM -

  • Mary Hinson Flower Show Ends

5:00PM - 

  • Kids Area Closes
  • Petting Zoo Closes
  • All Vendors Close

5:15PM - Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake End