Poinsettia Festival

The Sumter Poinsettia Festival is named in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first US ambassador to Mexico. An avid botanist, Poinsett imported the plant that has become a symbol of the holiday season. His burial site is the historic Church of the Holy Cross in Statesburg, Sumter County.

Stage performances... home tours... a drive-through nativity... the Swan Lake Fantasy of Lights... please join the celebration as Sumter welcomes the season with the sights, sound and tastes of the holidays!

A short drive from Interstate 95 and within easy driving distance of most of South Carolina's major cities, experience the beauty and joy of the holidays at the Sumter Poinsettia Festival.

2008 Festival Brochure (PDF*)

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SANTA’S VILLAGE

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE

DATE            TIME             PERFORMER(S)

12/06           6 p.m.          Trinity UMC Hand Bell Choir

                   6:30 p.m.      Concord Baptist’s “A Few Good Men”

                   7 p.m.          Concord Baptist’s “A Few Good Men”

                   7:30 p.m.      Concord Baptist Ladies’ Choir

12/12            6 p.m.          Lakewood High School Chorus

                   6:30 p.m.      Lakewood High School Band

                   7 p.m.          Crosswell Drive Elementary School Chorus

                   7:30 p.m.      Chestnut Oaks Chorus

12/13            6 p.m.          Bethesda Stars Children’s Chorus

                   6:30 p.m.      Bethesda Voices of Praise Choir

                   7 p.m.          Freed School of Dance

                   7:30             Autumn Woods Christian Choir

12/19            6 p.m.          Kingsbury Elementary School Chorus

                   6:30             Alice Drive Elementary School Chorus

                   7 p.m.          Miss Libby’s School of Dance

                   7:30             Dreamworks Dance

12/20            6 p.m.          Sumter High School Orchestra

                   6:30             New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

                   7 p.m.          Dreamworks Dance

                   7:30             High Hills of Santee Baptist Church Choir