Todd Street, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Colourful stands and characters combine to bring the Todd Mall alive on Sunday Market Days.
The clanging bell signals the arrival of the town crier, who tells of stands with souvenirs, local art and craft including hand crafted jewellery, delicious local produce, alfresco dining and entertainers. Enjoy a leisurely Sunday morning brunch and stroll down the pedestrian mall, explore the arcades, p ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Sunday 20th February 2011 - Sunday 11th December 2011
RedHOT Arts Central Australia, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
The Alice Desert Festival is Central Australia's premier arts and cultural festival, celebrating the desert and its peoples.
The Alice Desert Festival shares the stories, songs and the unique lifestyle of Central Australia's arid region. Featuring a vibrant program borne out of the desert landscape, they celebrate the dynamic exchange between cultures in the heart of Australia.
Artists, danc ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Friday 9th September 2011 - Sunday 18th September 2011
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Desert Mob 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.
In 2011 this annual exhibition marks its 21st anniversary and will feature art works from 40 community based ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Friday 9th September 2011 - Sunday 23rd October 2011
Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
An opportunity to listen and discuss indigenous art.
The Desert Mob Symposium provides a forum for visitors to come and listen to indigenous artists and Desart member art centre representatives talk about their art and the creation of artworks. There will be presentations by a variety of indigenous artists from the Central Australian regions, with the opportunity for further discussion with the ...
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Desert Mob Marketplace is presented in association with the annual Desert Mob Exhibition, which is held in Alice Springs in September every year and a great chance to view and buy Central Australian artwork.
Desert Mob draws together Aboriginal art centres in Central Australia to display a wide variety of art and crafts, with artists and art centre managers on hand to sell, inform and inspire.
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Alice Springs Desert Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
The Red Centre Bird Week is your chance to get to know the Northern Territory's plumed inhabitants better.
Filled with diverse habitats, the Red Centre is a haven for birds. They hide in spinifex, dance around waterholes and soar over rocky ranges. Red Centre Bird Week is your chance to get to know the Territory's feathered inhabitants better. There's plenty to chirp about with bird walkabouts, ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Sunday 9th October 2011
Wills Terrace, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
A night to remember - as THE CONCERT happens again in Alice Springs.
THE CONCERT will be one of the biggest events happening in Alice Springs this year with two top Australian acts performing. This year Missy Higgins and The Living End will be performing along with a local band as the support act.
Both Missy Higgins and The Living End are multi Aria award winning artists and are know for wow ...
Todd Mall, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
The Alice Springs Night Markets are held monthly from August to November on a Thursday evening from 5pm to 9pm.
The markets have many assorted stalls that can be explored, giving visitors that enjoyable outback experience. You can shop for authentic Indigenous art and craftworks, recycled treasures, books, photos, handmade clothing and jewellery. You'll be surprised at what you may find.
Tan ...
Corner Gap Road and Traegar Avenue, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Your chance to watch a tennis champion in the making.
The Alice Springs Open, held in Alice Springs in November, attracts players from all over Australia. Many of the players compete all around the world and have ATP and WTA points. Invitational and B Grade events are also included in the Alice Springs Open, as well as an Under 14 national points event.
Entry is free for spectators. ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Friday 18th November 2011 - Sunday 20th November 2011
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
A chance to browse the craft stalls for that special gift or to create your own gift.
Central Craft rounds out the year with Wrapt in Xmas. Here you will be able to purchase last-minute, hand-made items from a variety of craft stalls. Wander through the studios and chat with the members of Territory Craft as they demonstrate a variety of crafts. With both galleries full of quality locally made ...
Alice Springs Town Council, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
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 Secret Solar Garden, with activities to keep them entertained for hours.
Whilst you shop amongst ...
Traeger Avenue, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Your chance to watch Alice Springs only Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) game.
Central Australia is set for WNBL action when Round 16 comes to Alice Springs. Women's National Basketball League teams the West Coast Waves will clash against Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) at the Traeger Park Indoor Stadium.
Come along and cheer for your team, in the only official ...
various addresses, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Watch all-Indigenous teams take part in the hotly contested Imparja Cup.
Indigenous teams representing all states and territories in Australia, as well as major centres and communities of the Northern Territory, come together in Alice Springs for the annual Imparja Cup. Various competition formats are played, including 20/20, 40 overs per side and Super 8s. The Imparja Cup gives players the opp ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Monday 6th February 2012 - Saturday 11th February 2012 (TBA)
Milner Road, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
The Children's Literature in the Centre Festival will provide children, young people and the wider community of Alice Springs with a rare and exciting opportunity to meet, listen to and learn from some outstanding Australian children's authors, illustrators and storytellers. Seven talented presenters will conduct workshops, which you will be able to participate in, during this lively community li ...
DATE / TIME: Wednesday 28th March 2012 - Sunday 1st April 2012
Various venues around Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Explore the heritage sites of Alice Springs.
The Alice Springs Heritage Festival is a week-long celebration of local heritage. Jailhouse Folk is a night of Aussie music, come and enjoy a meal and show at the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. The Heritage Bus Tour - join artist, blacksmith and engineer Dave Leonard on a stimulating educational and relaxing journey of heritage properties.
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DATE / TIME: Sunday 8th April 2012 - Monday 16th April 2012 (TBA)
South Stuart Highway, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Join the excitement at the heart of Central Australia to experience Outback Racing at its finest.
XXXX Gold Alice Springs Cup Carnival is a five-day race program, over four weeks of April/May culminating in the final weekend, hosting XXXX Gold Cup.
Girl's Day - a retail fashion day to promote businesses that get ladies ready for the Carnival Glamour.
Family Day - the ASTC has been one of ...
DATE / TIME: Saturday 14th April 2012 - Monday 7th May 2012
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
View an exciting mix of multicultural experiences, including Aboriginal, Asian and European artistic backgrounds.
The Alice Prize is the Northern Territory's largest contemporary art prize and welcomes artists from around Australia. The Prize was first awarded in 1970, after a group of volunteer administrators led by businessman and MLA Bernie Kilgariff, established a national art competition t ...
DATE / TIME: Friday 11th May 2012 - Sunday 10th June 2012
North Simpson Desert, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
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 nig ...
Alice Springs and MacDonnell Ranges, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Five days of incredible mountain bike racing along the sweet single track and dusty trails of the majestic MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia.
The Ingkerreke Commercial a Mountain Bike Enduro captures the spirit of the Red Centre with a series of off road races in the very heart of outback Australia. Coming together as a festival of mountain biking with seven races over five days, competito ...
DATE / TIME: Monday 14th May 2012 - Friday 18th May 2012
Shop 1, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
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 ...
DATE / TIME: Saturday 9th June 2012 - Monday 11th June 2012
Corner of Larapinta and Memorial Drive, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
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 Ol ...
DATE / TIME: Friday 22nd June 2012 - Monday 25th June 2012
Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Join in the fun and excitement of a large rural show.
The Alice Springs Show is a traditional rural show with a very close association with the regional cattle stations, and is based on agricultural produce, livestock and craft. The show encompasses business displays, competitions, photographic, cooking and other contests and outback sporting events. It also brings the rides, attractions and si ...
DATE / TIME: Friday 6th July 2012 - Saturday 7th July 2012
Len Kittle Drive, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
The quirky, annual Lasseters Camel Cup attracts visitors to Alice Springs from all over the world.
While camels may have a reputation as dedicated 'ships of the desert', these magnificent beasts are certainly not short on personality. Racing them can prove a nightmare for riders and handlers but fantastic viewing for spectators. Entertainment is assured, with nine unique races scheduled around ...
Harts Range, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
The Harts Range Bush Sports Weekend is a great family outback event.
Located 200 kilometres north east of Alice Springs, is the home of the annual Harts Range Bush Sports Weekend. This action-packed event starts off with a gymkhana, then the running of the first Harts Range Races - unregistered horse race for local station riders. Two more races follow and the auctioning off of the horses for t ...
DATE / TIME: Saturday 4th August 2012 - Monday 6th August 2012
446 South Stuart Highway, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
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 loaded with traditional 'fete' treasures, preserves and cakes (as only a mum can make them), food stalls, and oodles of bric-a-brac.
There's the old favourite 'Chocolate Wheel' ...
in and around, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia
Come along and challenge yourself at the biennial Friendly Games.
Alice Springs Masters Games are known as 'The Friendly Games', a unique event that enables mature aged athletes to embrace the thrill of their favourite sport in a friendly environment. 'The Friendly Games' has a large number of sports on offer, and Alice Springs' sporting facilities are up there with the best. See you at the gam ...
DATE / TIME: Saturday 13th October 2012 - Saturday 20th October 2012
