Araluen Art Centre, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.araluen.nt.gov.au
Phone Number: 61 08 8951 1122
Fax Number: 61 08 8953 0259

From 06-Sep-2009 to 18-Oct-2009
Share the story and history of the Aboriginal arts phenomenon in Central Australia. Desert Mob is an Aboriginal art and festival event, held in Alice Springs, that celebrates and defines a living art movement that is expressed through the heritage values of the oldest living culture in the world. The art is diverse and complicated, vibrant and intense, and reflects the expansive cultural landscape that is the inspiration of the stories. The annual exhibition, presented by the Araluen Art Centre at the Araluen Cultural Precinct, features art works from Aboriginal art centres in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia, which are Aboriginal owned and governed, non-profit organisations. The exhibition gives visitors a complete overview of the work by Aboriginal artists in this vast region and the opportunity to purchase artworks from both new and established artists all in one place, directly from the art centres. Nearly every year, a new art centre has emerged and developed, which adds new energy and dimension to the exhibition.

Stuart Highway, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.aileronbushclub.com.au
Phone Number: 61 08 8956 8827
Fax Number: 61 08 8956 8660

From 03-Apr-2010 to 04-Apr-2010
A weekend full action, adventure and fun for everyone. Come and see the cowboys and cowgirls as they pit themselves against the beasts for that elusive eight seconds. This extreme rough stock rodeo has plenty of action and excitement and plenty of spills and thrills. Activities over the weekend are the notorious Mexican donkey race, a Ladies Boot Throwing competition, a tug-a-war and plenty of kids’ sports and novelty events. Test your skills in the Iron Man / Iron Woman. Watch the local kids rev it up in the dust, in their home made (usually from cardboard) Utes and watch the best bubs’ Ute/Pram parade. On Saturday night, adults and kids can join in the fun with the local talent quest and afterwards hit the dance floor and dance the night away with live entertainmen. Camping is available from Friday night to Monday morning. Food will be available from Saturday morning to Sunday night. Please byo alcohol as there are no bar facilities.

Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Phone Number: 61 03 5528 4224
Fax Number: 61 03 5528 4206

From 14-Aug-2010 to 14-Aug-2010
See the amazing skills of the country’s top professional cowboys. As part of the Australian Professional Rough-riders Association official circuit, the Alice Springs Rodeo kicks off early Saturday evening. Watch the bareback bull riders hold on tight-fisted for the required eight seconds. Watch man and beast face-off in the steer wresting competition. Other events include calf roping, team roping, breakaway roping and the ladies’ barrel race. There are junior barrel races and the ever-reliable comedy clown. Full catering is available and buses will be running every half hour from the Post Office to Blatherskite Park and back, starting from 5pm.

Todd River Bed, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.henleyontodd.com.au
Phone Number: 61 08 8952 6796
Fax Number: 61 08 8952 6731

From 21-Aug-2010 to 21-Aug-2010
A boat race with a unique difference - on the dry sands of the Todd River. The ASSA ABLOY Henley-On-Todd Regatta is a day of fun where teams and individuals race ‘boats’, in the dry bed of the Todd River in outback Alice Springs. Have fun and enjoy the hilarity as you watch seemingly sane people race in bottomless 'eights', 'oxford tubs', 'bath tubs' and 'yachts' through the deep coarse sand. The event has its origins in 1962, when Reg Smith, an Alice Springs local, and his work colleagues proposed holding a regatta based on the famous Henley-on-Thames, a race between Cambridge and Oxford Universities. The idea was taken up by the Rotary Clubs of Alice Springs and the fact that the town was 1,500 kilometres from the nearest large body of water was never seen as a problem. So the ASSA ABLOY Henley-On-Todd was born. Food and drink stalls are available, with all proceeds going to the three local Rotary clubs in Alice Springs, and ultimately back to the Alice Springs Community.

7 Gall Street, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.beaniefest.org
Phone Number: 61 08 8952 2615

From 25-Jun-2010 to 28-Jun-2010
There are hats and hats - these beanies stretch the definitions like never before. The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is a unique event that celebrates this great Australian icon. It's the place people can come to find the perfect beanie from among more than 4,000 beanies displayed at the Araluen Cultural Precinct in Alice Springs. A full weekend with music, the famous tea shop, the Beanie Olympics, and a fantastic program of textile workshops and crafts for kids. Indigenous artists from local communities demonstrate their ancient spinning techniques and basket making. There are textiles on display and for sale for any budget. Opening Night party is not to be missed - come and enjoy the entertainment and see the prize winning beanies paraded under the stars. The competition exhibition remains on display for several weeks after the festival. The festival also runs Beanies, Baskets and Bushtucker tours all year round. Come and have some wild and woolly fun, the last weekend in June. Entry is via a gold coin donation, and there is a visitor's entry fee into the Araluen Galleries.

Harts Range Racing Track, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.hartsrangeraces.org.au
Phone Number: 61 08 8956 9779
Fax Number: 61 08 8956 9793

From 31-Jul-2010 to 02-Aug-2010
The Harts Range Bush Sports Weekend is a great family outback event. 200 kilometres north east of Alice Springs, is the home of the annual Harts Range Bush Sports Weekend. This action-packed event starts off Saturday morning with a gymkhana. At 11.00am sees the first running of the Harts Range Races - unregistered horse races for local station riders. Two more races follow with breaks in between for Truck Tyre Races and the auctioning off of the horses for the third race - their Selling Race. By about 1pm the rodeo commences with Lizard Race, steer ride, station buckjump, novelty events and the first round of the bull ride and saddle bronc. The evening concludes with a themed dance. Sunday morning is for the kids with running races, a lolly scramble, sack races and adult’s tug-o-war. The afternoon is packed with more rodeo and novelty events including the second round of the bull ride and saddle bronc. Later in the day teams of three attempt to 'scruff' a calf, as well as milk a wild cow. Sunday night there is a dance and talent quest. Camping facilities, showers and toilets are available, entry and camping fee applies. Please 'bring your own' as there are no bar facilities. The food canteen will be available all weekend. The c

Old Timers Village, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Phone Number: 61 08 8952 2844
Fax Number: 61 08 8955 5225

From 14-Aug-2010 to 14-Aug-2010
Rummage through bric-a-brac at Alice Springs’ largest fete. The largest annual fete in Alice Springs, the Old Timers Fete, is a fun filled day with 'on tap' entertainment, second hand book stall, craft stalls, preserves and cakes (as only a mum can make them), food stalls and oodles of bric-a-brac. The day is the major fund-raising event of the Old Timers Village.

Shop 1, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.finkedesertrace.com.au
Phone Number: 61 08 8952 8886
Fax Number: 61 08 8955 5456

From 11-Jun-2010 to 14-Jun-2010
Come and experience a truly unique outback event. The Tattersalls Finke Desert Race is Australia's premier off-road racing event that attracts bike, car and buggy entries from around Australia and overseas. It is a multi-terrain, two-day race through desert country from Alice Springs to the small Aputula (Finke) Community and is reputed to be one of the most difficult off-road races in one of the most remote places in the world. The Finke, as the event is commonly known, is run along sections of the Old Ghan Railway service track, adjacent to the railway line, along a winding corrugated track, which snakes through typical outback terrain of red dirt, sand, spinifex, mulga and desert oaks. The Finke enables people from all walks of life to become involved. For 3 days, it is estimated that more than 12,000 people camp beside the racetrack, sleeping under the stars in tents and swags.

Old Andado Station, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.oldandado.com/bash.html
Phone Number: 61 08 8956 0812

From 08-May-2010 to 08-May-2010
Molly’s Bash is a major fundraiser for the Old Andado Homestead and a truly unique outback experience. Originally the bash was held to help raise money for the Alice Springs Pioneer's Women's Hall of Fame, which Molly Clarke founded, but now it's to raise money to keep the Old Andado Homestead and the other buildings in good condition. There will be varied entertainment on throughout the night, making it a family friendly event. A high clearance four-wheel drive is recommended.

Alice Springs Town Council, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0870
Website: www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/astc_site/community/council_markets
Phone Number: 61 08 8950 0505
Fax Number: 61 08 8953 0558

From 11-Dec-2009 to 11-Dec-2009
The Alice Springs Council Christmas Carnival is jammed packed with activities and live entertainment for people of all ages. This family friendly community event will have a mix of magicians, circus performers, buskers and balloon twisters roving the mall. A special treat for the children is the Universal Solar Garden, with activities to keep them entertained for hours. Whilst you shop amongst the numerous market stalls, listen to the sounds of Alice’s local musicians. The stalls offer a variety of arts and crafts, fresh produce, plants, clothes, books, jewellery and global foods that will give that enhanced shopping experience for the last minute Christmas shopper. Come and take part in celebrating the festive season in the colourful carnival atmosphere of the Todd Mall. The carnival starts at 5pm, finishing at 9pm.