A ute muster is an Australian festival which brings together large numbers of utes and their owners. These events typically include competitions and other side events, occur annually, and normally last several days and are held in rural and regional areas of Australia and New Zealand. These events can be seen as a more rural version of the Summernats, a festival which promotes a wider range of car culture. The Caboolture Urban Country Music Festival, which features a "Beaut Ute" competition, is a country music festival established in 2004. Background Often ute musters are combined with a larger festival such as a rodeo, agricultural show or music festival, and are usually sponsored by companies which are local to where the muster is being held. Ute musters are often viewed as being attended by yobbos who like to drink, but they're also an outlet for enthusiastic ute owners to show off their vehicles which are personalized with lights, stickers, bull bars, and various after-market add-ons. They are generally held to raise money for towns, charities and local causes, and have run in conjunction with agricultural shows or Bachelor and Spinster Balls which raise money for local charities. The Deniliquin Ute Muster is the largest event of its kind in the world. It is a stand-alone event which began as a celebration of all things Australian and the Australian icon of the ute, and has developed into a two-day festival, with live music concerts, ute driving competitions, the Australian National Circle Work Championships TM, show and shine arena, and bull ride. Ute enthusiasts tend to have an obsession with bumper stickers, often covering the entire rear window of the ute with them. Accumulating the most different stickers is a sort of status symbol which is often the deciding factor in many of the Beaut Ute competitions (see below). Some of the popular stickers are Bundaberg Rum, Holden, Jim Beam, Ute Muster and the Conargo Pub. Beaut ute The event itself involves a congregation of ute enthusiasts who enter their utes in a number of competitions, sometimes referred to as a Beaut Ute Competition. Some of the typical categories are: Best Feral Ute – the dirtiest, worst maintained, lived-in Ute Best B&S Ute – generally decorated with bullbars, headlights, stickers of alcohol brands or rodeo/ute musters and various pubs Best 4WD Best Classic Ute – pre-1980 in most original condition. Best Chick's Ute