2024 Festival Schedule
More details and events coming soon!
Thursday, May 23, 2024
6:00PM -
- Hawaiian Night/Opening Ceremony, Garden Street Gate
- Crowning of the King and Queen, Garden Street Gate
- Boat rides begin, Garden Street dock
- Charleston Polynisian Dancers
- Music by DJ Howie D
9:00PM -
- Music ends
- Boat rides end
- The Taste at the Gardens Closes
Friday, May 24, 2024
9AM -
- Tandem Health BP Screening begins, Visitors Center
10:00AM -
- All Vendors Open
- Petting Zoo Opens, beside Visitors Center
- Boat rides begin, Garden Street dock
- Festival Trolly starts
5:00PM -
- Children's Art in the Park Ends
- Education Day Activities Ends
6:00PM –
- All Vendors Close
- Petting Zoo Closes
- Boat rides end
- Festival Trolley ends
6:30PM - 4th Fridays Outdoor Concert in Downtown Sumter at the Historic Sumter County Courthouse
Saturday, May 25, 2024
9:00AM -
- Parade line up begins at Sumter Civic Center
- Head Turnerz Classic Car Registration Begins, Heath Pavilion
10:00AM -
- Parade Begins, Sumter Civic Center to USC Sumter
- All Vendors Open
- Carousel Opens, beside the 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
11:00AM -
- Spring Garden Tour Begins, Alice Boyle Garden Center, 842 W Liberty St.
- Head Turnerz Classic Car Judging Begins, Heath Pavilion
- Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Start
12:00PM -
- Iris King and Queens Introduced, Main Stage
3:00PM -
- Spring Garden Tour Ends
- Head Turnerz Classic Car Show Ends
4:00PM -
- Mary Hinson Flower Show Ends
- SAFE Kids Adventureland Ends
5:00PM -
- Children's Art in the Park Ends
6:00PM -
- Boat rides end
- Festival Trolley ends
- Just Kidding Around Children's Area Ends
- Carousel Closes, beside Visitors Center
- All Vendors Close
6:15PM -
- Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Ends
Sunday, May 26, 2024
10:00AM -
- All Vendors Open
- Boat rides begin, Garden Street dock
- Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake Start
- Boat rides begin, Garden Street dock
- Festival Trolly starts
- 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
3:00PM -
- Sumter Cruisers Iris Festival Car Show Ends
4:00PM -
- Mary Hinson Flower Show Ends
5:00PM -
- Festival Trolly ends
- Boat rides end
- Kids Area Closes
- All Vendors Close
5:15PM -
- Shuttle Buses from Civic Center to Swan Lake End