World's Largest Disco
| World's Largest Disco | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Electronic music, disco |
| Location(s) | Buffalo, New York |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Founded by | People in murica |
| Attendance |
13,000+ (1979) 7,000 (since 1998) |
| Website | |
| Official Web site | |
The World's Largest Disco is an annual event held at the Buffalo Convention Center in Buffalo, New York each year the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The event, widely popular in the area, is a tribute to the disco era and features live performances by 1970s-era musicians, along with dancers dressed in 1970s attire; it also bills itself as "the greatest people watching event on Earth."
The current event began as an annual occurrence in 1994, but it traces its history and name to a disco held in Buffalo in 1979, featuring The Trammps and Gloria Gaynor. That disco is marked in Guinness World Records as the largest disco in the history, with 13,000 people in attendance. The current incarnation of the event draws 7,000, though this is only because of capacity issues; ticket sales were capped at 7,000 after the 1997 event also drew over 13,000 fans, well over the convention center's capacity. Tickets for the event regularly sell out within minutes of being put on sale, which usually occurs in early August.
The event is a charity fundraiser held by Conesus Fest for Charity to raise funds for Camp Good Days and Special Times, a summer camp for children with cancer.
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References
- Hundreds flock to World's Largest Disco. Associated Press. 27 November 2008.
- Watson, Stephen. World’s Largest Disco gains more national attention. The Buffalo News. 29 November 2008.
- Buffalo: World's Largest Disco. The Travel Channel travel guide.