Dogie Days 2027 will be June 9-12, 2027
What: Dogie Days is an annual town celebration and tradition that includes a carnival, food booths, parade, and town barbecue. The climax is the raffling of a new vehicle on the midway Saturday night. This will be the 79th Dogie Days in 2026. The name Dogie comes from a motherless calf, pronounced "Dough-gie," as in the cowboy phrase "get along little Dogie." The only year that we did not hold our annual event was in 2020 because of Covid-19.
Why: Dumas Dogie Days first began in 1946 to help meet commitments made to the Llano Estacado Boy Scout Council to aid the Don Harrington Ranch near Amarillo into a Boy Scout headquarters for this entire region. It evolved from an event called the Dumas Annual Old Settler's Reunion and Rodeo. Today, the Dumas Noon Lions Club donates the proceeds to local charities and buys eyeglasses for needy people. Proceeds also go to certain Lions causes such as the Leader Dogs for the Blind and the Texas Lions Camp for handicapped kids to name a few. Lions usually feed approximately 6,000 people at the town barbecue, roughly half the population of Dumas.
Who: Dogie Days is sponsored solely by the Dumas Noon Lions Club. Members man the food and game booths while the carnival rides are operated by an independent carnival operator. No outside organizations are allowed to run booths.
When: Dogie Days normally occurs the 2nd Wednesday through Saturday of June. The midway and booths open at 6:00 P.M. Wednesday through Friday. All nights begin with an armband for the rides. The midway and booths open at 12:00 P.M. Saturday afternoon (after the parade) and closes down at 11:00 P.M that evening.
Where: Dogie Days is held in Dumas, Moore County, TX.
Population 21,358 as of 2025.
The carnival midway, booths, and barbecue are in McDade Park, which is on the very south side of town, north of the football stadium.
Other: There is no admission charge. BBQ tickets are $15.00 until day of BBQ, then go up to $17.00 the day of BBQ. Chances on the vehicle are $10.
Dogie Days Facts
General
First Dogie Days was held July 31-Aug 3, 1946. It evolved from what was formerly called the Dumas Annual Old Settler's Reunion and Rodeo. It was sponsored by the Noon Lions in an effort to meet commitments made to the Llano Estacado Boy Scout Council to aid the Don Harrington Ranch home in scouting.
Barbecue
Starting in 2023 we started cooking in smokers instead of in a covered pit.
Changing a 79-year tradition isn't something we do lightly. Dogie Days BBQ has a rich history, and while some of our methods have changed over the years, our commitment to quality remains the same. For many years, we cooked our BBQ the old-fashioned way—digging pits, burying the meat, and cooking it over hot coals for genuine pit BBQ. That tradition continued until 2022, when heavy rains flooded our pits and forced us to adapt. This year, we made another change to our preparation process. Instead of wrapping the meat in butcher paper and then aluminum foil, we now double-wrap it in aluminum foil. We also place the wrapped meat directly into our walk-in cooler rather than returning it to a refrigerated truck. The techniques may evolve, but the dedication of our volunteers and the quality of the Dogie Days BBQ remain unchanged. The first batch heads to the smokers on Tuesday as we prepare for another great Dogie Days celebration.
8000 pounds of meat is cooked at the the covered side of our warehouse with 15 cords of wood for 24 hrs.
40 gallons of barbecue sauce
800 pounds of beans
200 pounds of onions
228 gallon cans of peaches
300 loaves of bread
Approximately 5,000 to 6,000 people are fed at the barbecue every year.
Hamburger Stand
14,500 hamburger patties are ordered each Dogie Days.
Cokes
Approximately 8,000 cans of soft drinks are used each year.
Curley Q's
2500 pounds of potatoes are cooked into curly Q fries.
Rooster Eggs
5760 cans of biscuits are deep fried into rooster eggs or approximately 57,000 individual rooster eggs. And they normally sell out every night.
Hot Dog Wagon
600 hot dogs are sold.
Vehicle Raffle
Approximately 32,400 tickets and up are sold for a chance on the vehicle each year.
A vehicle has been given away continuously since Wayne Smith became ticket chairman in 1972. It was a 1972 Plymouth Duster.
The first vehicle ever given away was approximately in 1957.
Why: Dumas Dogie Days first began in 1946 to help meet commitments made to the Llano Estacado Boy Scout Council to aid the Don Harrington Ranch near Amarillo into a Boy Scout headquarters for this entire region. It evolved from an event called the Dumas Annual Old Settler's Reunion and Rodeo. Today, the Dumas Noon Lions Club donates the proceeds to local charities and buys eyeglasses for needy people. Proceeds also go to certain Lions causes such as the Leader Dogs for the Blind and the Texas Lions Camp for handicapped kids to name a few. Lions usually feed approximately 6,000 people at the town barbecue, roughly half the population of Dumas.
Who: Dogie Days is sponsored solely by the Dumas Noon Lions Club. Members man the food and game booths while the carnival rides are operated by an independent carnival operator. No outside organizations are allowed to run booths.
When: Dogie Days normally occurs the 2nd Wednesday through Saturday of June. The midway and booths open at 6:00 P.M. Wednesday through Friday. All nights begin with an armband for the rides. The midway and booths open at 12:00 P.M. Saturday afternoon (after the parade) and closes down at 11:00 P.M that evening.
Where: Dogie Days is held in Dumas, Moore County, TX.
Population 21,358 as of 2025.
The carnival midway, booths, and barbecue are in McDade Park, which is on the very south side of town, north of the football stadium.
Other: There is no admission charge. BBQ tickets are $15.00 until day of BBQ, then go up to $17.00 the day of BBQ. Chances on the vehicle are $10.
Dogie Days Facts
General
First Dogie Days was held July 31-Aug 3, 1946. It evolved from what was formerly called the Dumas Annual Old Settler's Reunion and Rodeo. It was sponsored by the Noon Lions in an effort to meet commitments made to the Llano Estacado Boy Scout Council to aid the Don Harrington Ranch home in scouting.
Barbecue
Starting in 2023 we started cooking in smokers instead of in a covered pit.
Changing a 79-year tradition isn't something we do lightly. Dogie Days BBQ has a rich history, and while some of our methods have changed over the years, our commitment to quality remains the same. For many years, we cooked our BBQ the old-fashioned way—digging pits, burying the meat, and cooking it over hot coals for genuine pit BBQ. That tradition continued until 2022, when heavy rains flooded our pits and forced us to adapt. This year, we made another change to our preparation process. Instead of wrapping the meat in butcher paper and then aluminum foil, we now double-wrap it in aluminum foil. We also place the wrapped meat directly into our walk-in cooler rather than returning it to a refrigerated truck. The techniques may evolve, but the dedication of our volunteers and the quality of the Dogie Days BBQ remain unchanged. The first batch heads to the smokers on Tuesday as we prepare for another great Dogie Days celebration.
8000 pounds of meat is cooked at the the covered side of our warehouse with 15 cords of wood for 24 hrs.
40 gallons of barbecue sauce
800 pounds of beans
200 pounds of onions
228 gallon cans of peaches
300 loaves of bread
Approximately 5,000 to 6,000 people are fed at the barbecue every year.
Hamburger Stand
14,500 hamburger patties are ordered each Dogie Days.
Cokes
Approximately 8,000 cans of soft drinks are used each year.
Curley Q's
2500 pounds of potatoes are cooked into curly Q fries.
Rooster Eggs
5760 cans of biscuits are deep fried into rooster eggs or approximately 57,000 individual rooster eggs. And they normally sell out every night.
Hot Dog Wagon
600 hot dogs are sold.
Vehicle Raffle
Approximately 32,400 tickets and up are sold for a chance on the vehicle each year.
A vehicle has been given away continuously since Wayne Smith became ticket chairman in 1972. It was a 1972 Plymouth Duster.
The first vehicle ever given away was approximately in 1957.
