Originally there were two Dodge City Community celebrations: The Boot Hill Fiesta in May and the Dodge City Roundup in Mid-Summer. In 1960, business and community leaders decided to combine the two events, call it Dodge City Days and celebrate Dodge City's rich history and western heritage. The celebration was a 3-day event and rodeo tickets cost anywhere from 75 cents to $1.50. Oh, how times have changed!

Dodge City Days has evolved into a 10-day celebration and is the second-largest community festival in the State of Kansas! Not only does Dodge City Days attract visitors from surrounding states, but the festival is well known both nationally and internationally.

The Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce, along with a committee of community members, coordinates the 10-day festival each year. Its original intent was to celebrate Dodge City's great Western heritage. And it still accomplishes that goal 60 years later. The Chamber and the Dodge City Days Committee strive to make the festival bigger and better every year.

Schedule of Events:

08:00 am - 01:00 pm: Slack (Wpra) Followed By Prca Slack - Dodge City Roundup Arena
08:00 am - 10:00 am: Miss Rodeo Kansas and Teen Horsemanship Competition - Ford County Fair Grounds
09:00 am - 04:00 pm: Landmark National Bank Art Show - Landmark National Bank
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Landmark National Bank- Artist Children's Book Reading - Landmark National Bank
11:00 am - 01:00 pm: Miss Rodeo Kansas Queen and Teen Contestants In Wright Park - Wright Park
11:00 am - 01:00 pm: Pepsi Dog Day Afternoon - Wright Park
12:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Custom Cowboy Hat Bar and Live Music - Cumming Carousel
12:30 pm - 01:00 pm: Miss Rodeo Kansas Queen and Teen Contestants At The (South) Mcdonald's - Mcdonalds
01:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Family Fun At The Long Branch Lagoon - Long Branch Lagoon Aquatics Park
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: The Arkansas River Program - Boot Hill Museum
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Women's Chamber - National Beef - Pepsi Taco Night - Dodge City Roundup Arena
07:45 pm - 11:00 pm: Dodge City Roundup Prca Rodeo - Dodge City Roundup Arena
10:00 pm - 11:59 pm: Central Station Ourdoor Concert - Jon Wolfe - Central Station