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Friday September 23rd 2022 starting around 6pm. We will have live musical performances, amusement rides, food and drinks. Ride-All-Night wristbands for $15 are back by popular demand. Ride all the rides you want for a price you cannot beat! Lastly we are excited to announce “Under The Canopy” will be back! Ready just in time for Friday at the Strut! Under the trees just beyond the stage we will have tables decorated for a nice dinner, with twinkling lights just over head. You will have a view of the stage in the distance and hear the music at the perfect level for a dinner conversation. As an added bonus, again this year all food vendors will be serving until 11pm and they will be offering your favorites right next to local artists and craft vendors.

Friday September 23rd Line-up

-Main Stage-
Starting @ 7:30 PM
The Root Doctors
Followed by
Cowboy Mouth

Saturday September 24th 2022. The 48th Annual Irmo Okra Strut Parade will be held around 9am. The Grand Marshals will be announced soon! The parade will be located on St. Andrews RD, between Wescott Rd. and Lake Murray BLVD.

Saturday after the parade starting around 10am the Okra Strut festivities will begin in the Irmo Community Park. There will dozens of vendors and exhibitors for you to stop by and participate. Many will have games or free samples as well as items for purchase. Under The Canopy will be another fun spot on Saturday with free crafting activities throughout the day for children and adults alike! Enjoy some shopping of local artists for those early holiday presents. The amusement rides will be up and running and we will have attractions on the big stage all day. These attractions include local performances, Okra Eating Contests and lots more. 

Saturday September 24th Lineup

-Main Stage-

11:00 AM – Irmo Music Academy
12:15 PM – BGR8 Martial Arts
12:30 PM – Kids Okra Eating Contest
12:40 PM – SC Christian Dance School
12:50 PM – Premier Martial Arts
1:05 PM – Brandon Lee Magic Show
1:20 PM – Irmo Theater Company
2:00 PM – Legacy Martial Arts
3:00 PM – Freeway Music of Irmo
After 6:00 PM / OuterEgo
Opening for Corey Smith

-Richland County Hospitality Tax Stage-

10:30-11:30 AM – Conduct the Phil with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra
2:00-2:30 PM – Nursery Road Elementary School Drum Circle
4:00-4:15 PM – Brandon Lee Magic Show
5:00-6:00 PM – Columbia Operatic Laboratory

We heard your complaints and want to make parking easier this year. Parking will be at the following locations:

1. Irmo Elementary School Address: 7401 Gibbes St, Irmo, SC 29063
2. Union United Methodist Church Address: 7582 Woodrow St, Irmo, SC 29063
3. Irmo Community Park: 7473 Church St. Irmo SC 29063Onsite parking.
   Entrance cost $20.00 cash only
   Open Friday 9/23 from 5:30PM to 11:00PM Saturday open from 9:00AM to 10:00PM
   No overnight parking all cars must be removed at end of each day. Subject to ticket and or towing.
   No in and out privileges.
   Free shuttle is still running from our two other parking locations.
   Handicap bus is now picking up from Union United Church

Shuttle Buses will be at each location every 20 mins for pick up and drop off.

Road Closures

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has approved the following roads to be closed for the 2021 Okra Strut:
Friday Sept. 23rd: ***FESTIVAL***

• *Eastview Dr. (between Battery Rd. & Lake Murray Blvd.) 12pm UNTIL 11:30pm

Saturday Sept. 24th: ***PARADE***
The following roads will close at 8:50am, and the parade will start at 9am from Crossroads Middle:

• *St. Andrews Rd. (between Wescott Rd. & Lake Murray Blvd.)
• *Gibbes St. (Entire street)
• *Lexington Ave. (between Gibbes St. & Lake Murray Blvd.)

***FESTIVAL***

• *Eastview Dr. (between Battery Rd. & Lake Murray Blvd.) 6am UNTIL 11:30pm
• Church street is one-way entire festival entering into park from Lake Murray, Mosley Street is one-way exiting from park.

The festival is free to attend. Come enjoy the music, the park and all the exhibitors. Many vendors will charge for goods so make sure to bring money for food, drinks, shopping and amusement rides. We will have ATM’s for your convenience.

-Richland County Hospitality Tax Family Fun Zone-

Friday: 6:00-11:00 PM – Ride-all-night wrist band $20 each. Individual tickets $1 each.
Saturday: 10:30 AM – 10:00 PM – Individual tickets $1 each.
Rides range from 2 to 4 tickets per ride.

Due to security concerns in the park, NO Pets are allowed in the Okra Strut. Please understand these are special rules for the Okra Strut due to the amount of people that attend our festival, we love your pet and want it to stay safe! Thank you for complying with this rule.

No, we do not allow you to bring your own coolers. We will have food and drink vendors for you to purchase yummy goods from. This event is to raise money for community projects and local scholarship funds so we thank you for understanding and your generosity.

At this time we currently do not have an Okra Strut Beauty Pageant. Maybe it will be offered in future festivals.

We are always looking for volunteers. Contact us at info@okrastrut.com to find out how you can volunteer this year!! Find out how you can sponsor or be a vendor in the Irmo Okra Strut here!!

There will be seating around the whole park and in front of the pavilion. But you are welcome to bring your own chairs and blankets if you wish.

Whether it is because you want a lot of okra or you hate the stuff and want to make sure you can eat, this is a question we get quiet a lot. The answer is no, we actually have a wide variety of food including everything from corn dogs and crab legs to gyros and of course, fried okra. We also have Pickled Okra and encourage any food trucks or restaurants that have an okra dish they can serve outside to sign up! 

The Irmo Okra Strut is a just a really fun day in our beautiful local park. We encourage you to get out, enjoy the sunshine and dance the night away! Who knows, you may even make a new friend! 

1. Instant hand sanitizer will be located at each piece of equipment for operators to use.
2. Disinfectant spray will be available to event staff for continuous cleaning of their assigned areas and with a focus on “High touch areas”.