67 Years Of Tradition!
The First Mancos Days Celebration
took place in Boyle Park in 1958.
LIBRARY BOOK SALE
Come one come all to the Mancos Library Book Sale from 10AM to 5PM!
VENDORS BOOTHS AT BOYLE PARK
Local Vendors will be set up at Boyle Park in downtown Mancos from 12PM to 6PM!
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AT BOYLE PARK
Don't forget to sign up for this years adult softball tournament at Boyle Park!
MANCOS DAYS PARADE
Don't forget to register to be in this years Grand Ave Parade!
CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT AT BOYLE PARK
Be a part of this year's Cornhole tournament at Boyle Park!
WATER DISPLAYS ON MAIN
Local Montezuma County Firefighters compete with water hoses right on Main St!
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
Don't miss out on this year's Volleyball tournament at Boyle Park!
ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CAR SHOW
Come one, come all, to this years car show at Boyle Park! Whether watching or participating, we'd love to see you there!
BEER GARDEN AT BOYLE PARK
Listen to live music and catch up with friends at the 4TH Annual Beer Garden!
5K FUN RUN
A Mancos Days Tradition, participants follow a course around the town of Mancos.
LIVE BANDS & MUSIC
Live music Friday - Sunday in both the Beer Garden and the Boyle Park Pavilion!
SUNDAY CHURCH & BREAKFAST
Wrap up Mancos Days with fellowship, live music, and good food on Sunday morning.
Mancos Days Parade
Welcome to the 'Little Town Big Top' Parade, the heart of the Mancos Days celebration! Let's fill Grand Avenue with the magic of the circus!
Design a spectacular float and don your most whimsical costume and join the parade. The 'Greatest Festival on Earth' is here!
MANCOS DAYS PIONEER QUEENS
It is tradition to honor a woman from the community as "Mancos Colorado Days Pioneer Queen." This queen is selected from the community and is a long time resident.
To celebrate Mancos Royalty, The Mancos Days Queen and Past Queens ride in the Annual Parade. There is also a Queens' Tea at the Bauer House on Friday and a Queens' Luncheon on Saturday after the Parade.
The 2025 Mancos Days Queen is Frances (Martinez) Maestas!!
The family of Frances Maestas would like to take a moment to honor our beloved mother and grandmother–a woman of deep Catholic faith, quiet strength, and extraordinary talent.
Frances was born in 1940 to Cesario and Lela Martinez in McPhee, Colorado. Growing up in a close-knit home alongside her two brothers, she learned early the importance of family, faith, and hard work, values that would guide her for the rest of her life. Frances attended the Mancos School District and graduated from Mancos High School in 1958. That same year, she married Ruben Maestas, beginning a union that has lasted 67 years. Together they built a family grounded in love, raising their eight children, with humility, warmth and unwavering commitment. Together they have 11 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.
After living in Denver, the love she had for her hometown and the importance of a smalltown upbringing drew them back to Mancos. In 1977, she worked alongside her husband and opened up Ruben’s Corner, which included a beauty salon. During this time, she went back to school to become a beautician and help run and operate the salon. Later, she began working in the school cafeteria where she worked for several years before retiring.
Frances’ life has been rooted in faith. She has rarely missed a Sunday Mass and approaches each day with prayer and grace. Her belief in God is the foundation of her kindness, humility, and the unconditional love she shows to everyone around her.
She is also a gifted quilter. With every stitch, she pours love and intention into blankets that warm not just bodies, but hearts. Many of us still wrap ourselves in her creations, comforted by the beauty and care she wove into every piece.
She loves to bake from scratch in her cozy kitchen and decorate for the holidays. One of her favorite things is to host family gatherings and watch her grandchildren and great-grandchildren run around the yard.
Throughout her life, whether she is tending to her home, supporting her husband, raising her children, or enjoying her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she has done so with quiet dignity and boundless heart.
CURRENT & PAST MANCOS COLORADO DAYS PIONEER QUEENS
2025 - Frances (Martinez) Maestas
2024 - Mary Alice Gonzales
2023 - Clara McNeil
2022 - Jeanne Smith
2021 - Dolores Martinez
2020 - Cancelled due to Pandemic
2019 - Roma Ewing
2018 - Susy Noland
2017 - Esther Cook
2016 - Joyce Wilkerson
2015 - Ellen Paquin
2014 - Ophelia Rivera
2013 - Shirley Whipple
2012 - Wanda Goode
2011 - Florence Archibeque
2010 - Faye Culp
2009 - Evelyn Eppich
2008 - Sally Weaver
2007 - Lois Humiston
2006 - Rowena Robbins
2005 - Jane Yeomans
2004 - Vergie Edwards
2003 - Betty Dillon
2002 - Roma Riffel
2001 - Irene Sheek
2000 - Grace Pickens
2000 - Elsie Bauer
1999 - Mary Coppinger
1998 - Jean Bader
1997 - Betty Alexander
1996 - Verna Towne
1995 - Lela Martinez
1994 - Serena Everett
1993 - Bea Cox
1992 - Mildred Spencer
1991 - Eileen Everett
1990 - Alice Willden
1989 - Alpha Smith
1988 - Irene Doerfer
1987 - Edna Robb
1986 - Daisie Malone
1985 - Mary Wallace
1984 - Carrie Bauer
1983 - Geraldine Wallace
1982 - Fern Ellis
1981 - Maurice Ritter
1980 - Glee Smith
1979 - Louise Halls
1978 - Mae Willden
1977 - Mattie Cantrell
1976 - Florence Roberts
1975 - Mae Elliot
1974 - Gladys Pilcher
1973 - Grace Swenk
1972 - Ethel Bowling
1971 - Ada Gibbs
1970 - Esma Bauer
1969 - Mattie Holston
1968 - Christine Smith
1967 - Mary Ellis
1966 - Myrtle Burnham
1965 - Eva Hayes
1964 - Cecilia Jensen
1963 - Mary Wilson
1962 - Joyce Trotter
1961 - Maria Decker
INTRODUCING "LITTLE MISS MANCOS"
2025 marks the fourth year of a new tradition for the younger generation, "Little Miss Mancos". This is a young lady that was in 3rd grade last year at Mancos Elementary School and was named by the teachers in the elementary school.
Little Miss Mancos is recognized as being kind and helpful to not only the teachers, but to her fellow classmates and friends. She is a young lady that promotes happiness with a smile and a kind word or gesture; she is someone who helps others when they are feeling sad or down.
Miss Vivian Gardner
Little Miss Mancos 2025
Vivian Mae Gardner was born and raised here in beautiful Southwest Colorado. She lives in Mancos with her dad, mom, brother, and sister.
Vivian is a student of Mancos Elementary where her wonderful teachers have instilled her love of learning. She excels at math, P.E., and library. Vivian enjoys traveling across the country to see new things. One place she frequents is Cincinnati Ohio where she gets spoiled while visiting family and hanging out with cousins.
Vivian has an appreciation of food matched by no other fourth grader. Some of her favorites are cantaloupe, veggie sushi, spaghetti, and a La Mesa bean and cheese burrito. She also likes being outside, playing with her animals, and sports.
Past LMMs
MANCOS DAYS 2025 SCHEDULE
2025 Schedule
The schedule is subject to change and will be updated.
*Live Music in Italics
FRIDAY JULY 25th
10AM-5PM Library Book Sale @ Library
10AM Kiddie Parade
10:30 AM Kids Games in the Park (Ages 4-12)
12PM-6PM Vendor Booths in park
12PM-7PM Beer Garden (Boyle Park)
1PM Queens’ and Little Miss Mancos Tea (Community Center)
3PM Marilyn Kroeker (Boyle Park)
5PM BluPhunk Collective (Boyle Park)
5:30PM Lost Highway (Mancos Brewery)
6PM One Heart Orchestra (Fenceline)
7:30PM Soluna (El Rio Cantina)
SATURDAY JULY 26th
6AM-9AM Pancake Breakfast (Community Center)
7AM Softball Tournament Begins
7AM 5K Fun Run Registration (Community Center)
7:30AM 5K Fun Run Starts
8AM Volleyball Registration (By Pavilion)
8AM-6PM Vendor Booths in park
9AM Parade Registration Lineup (Spruce Street)
Volleyball Starts in park
10AM Mancos Days Parade Starts (Along Grand Ave)
10:30AM Classic & Antique Car Show (Grand Avenue)
11AM Cornhole Registration (Mancos Days Booth)
Horseshoe Tournament Registration (Mancos Days Booth)
11AM-3PM Library Book Sale @ Library
12-8PM - Beer Garden (Boyle Park)
12PM Flag Ceremony by MoCo VFW Post 5231 (Pavilion)
Mancos Days Queen and Little Miss Mancos Intros
Mancos Days NonProfit Donations
Parade Winners Announcement
Queens’ Luncheon
12:30PM - Jamie & The Dreamers (Boyle Park)
1-5PM Beech Street Mobile Skate Park (Boyle Park BB Ct)
1PM Horseshoe Tournament Starts (Boyle Park Pits)
Cornhole Tournament Starts (Near Boyle Pavilion)
2PM Water ("Beer") Pong Registration (Boyle BB Court)
2-4PM Home Run Derby (Boyle Softball Field)
2pm-5pm Print Jam (Mancos Commons)
3PM Flashback (Boyle Park)
3PM Water Pong Tournament (Boyle BB Court)
5PM Goathead (Pavilion)
6PM Helter Smelter (Fenceline)
7PM The Burnsville Band (Pavilion)
7-10PM Teen Movie & Food (Mancos Library)
9:30 PM Escape the Badlands (El Rio Cantina)
SUNDAY JULY 27th
7AM Softball Tournament
8AM-12PM Vendor Booths in park
9AM Live Music by Donnie Johnson and the Southwest Cowboy Church Band (Pavilion)
Church Breakfast (Near Pavilion)
9:30AM Sunday Church Service (Pavilion)
Mesa Trails Cowboy Church Band (Pavilion)
10AM Mancos Cattlemen's Ranch Rodeo (Cox Arena)
Rodeo Arena Address: 7445 Rd 41
OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
Working Together
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Town of Mancos
GOLD SPONSORS
Waste Management
The Journal
BEER GARDEN SPONSORS
Doobie Sisters
Mancos Brewing Company
BANNER SPONSORS
Alpacka Raft
Cloud Goddess Enterprises
Colorado Ranch & Home Realty
First National Bank, Cortez
Majestic Dude Ranch
Mancos Valley Lions Club
Run + HIke
Southwest Health System
The Valley
Thank you to all of our 2025 Sponsors!!
