July 30 (UPI) — A drag show at the Cowboys Music Festival in Alberta broke a Guinness World Record with 7,423 attendees — including RuPaul.
The “Drag Me to Cowboys” show on July 11 featured drag performers including RuPaul, Sasha Velour, Sasha Colby, Nearah Nuff, Roxxy Andrews and Coco Montrose.
The festival, which marked its 30th anniversary this year, broke the Guinness World Record for the largest attendance at a drag artist stage show. Guinness World Records Adjudicator Tina Shi remotely reviewed the event and used specialized software to confirm there were 7,423 people in attendance.
“It shows that queerness is celebrated and welcome in Alberta,” Farrah Nuff, who hosted the show, told the Calgary Herald. “It shows that on the biggest stages and in the biggest celebrations in Canada and Alberta, that queerness is absolutely a vibrant part of our communities.”
