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AutoFest

THE first AutoFest was held in 2016 at Mystery Creek, Hamilton. The event was held there for the next four years and was open to all makes and models. However, in 2020 the event company Downtime Entertainment took time out to re-invent the event and with new ideas and a huge amount of enthusiasm, they had to sit out 2021 as it was cut short by COVID.

So, with the future looking a lot brighter for event organisers, the Downtime Entertainment team announced AutoFest was going to happen in 2022 with a new date, a

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