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May 4 Bangtail Muster. The festival was given its name to honour the importance of cattle in Central Australia. Pastoralists used to "bang-tail" their cattle - cut the tip of their tails to count how many head they had in their muster. June 6, 7, 8 Come and experience a truly unique outback event. Finke Desert Race from the 6th - 8th June For 3 days, it is estimated that more than 12,000 people camp beside the racetrack, sleeping under the stars in tents and swags. 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. Alice Springs Rodeo August 15 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. Legends of Australian Music August 21 Variety, The Children’s Charity, is proud to present the ‘Legends of Australian Music' concert, a line up of who’s who in Australian music. This unique concert will feature some of Australia’s finest music legends, and a few young legends in the making. There’s something for everyone, from ‘True Blue’ John Williamson to nine times Golden Guitar winner James Blundell, to pop icons Leo Sayer and John Paul Young. Also appearing during the night are the Screaming Jets, Adam Harvey, Mike Brady, Brian Cadd, On The Prowl – Wilbur Wilde and Frankie J Holden, and the trio of Cotton, Keays and Morris. Henley-On-Todd Regatta August 22 [[Font:Tahoma|ffac05|11]]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 Oxfo