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:

07:00 am - 03:00 pm: Dodge City Roundup “Cowboy Classic” Golf Tournament - Dodge City Country Club
08:00 am - 01:00 pm: Slack (Wpra) Followed By Prca Slack - Dodge City Roundup Arena
09:00 am - 04:00 pm: Landmark National Bank Art Show - Landmark National Bank
10:00 am - 05:00 pm: Custom Cowboy Hat Bar - Cummings Carousel
10:00 am - 11:00 am: Landmark National Bank- Artist Children's Book Reading - Landmark National Bank
11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Miss Rodeo Kansas and Teen Contestants 
01:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Family Fun At The Long Branch Lagoon - Long Branch Lagoon Aquatics Park
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm: Miss Rodeo Kansas and Teen Speech Competition - Boot Hill Museum
03:00 pm - 08:00 pm: Dodge City Days Arts and Craft Show - Dodge City Civic Center
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Cargill Barbeque - Dodge City Roundup Arena
07:45 pm - 11:00 pm: Dodge City Roundup Prca Rodeo - Patriotic Night - Dodge City Roundup Arena
10:00 pm - 11:59 pm: Central Station Outdoor Concert - Micky and The Motorcars- Bri Bagwell - Central Station