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Wigstock is an annual outdoor drag festival that began in the 1980s in New York's East Village that takes place on labor day. Tradtionally the festival would act as the unoffical end to the summer for the gay community of New York City. The name references the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

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  • Wigstock
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  • Wigstock is an annual outdoor drag festival that began in the 1980s in New York's East Village that takes place on labor day. Tradtionally the festival would act as the unoffical end to the summer for the gay community of New York City. The name references the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
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  • Wigstock: The Movie
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  • Wigstock is an annual outdoor drag festival that began in the 1980s in New York's East Village that takes place on labor day. Tradtionally the festival would act as the unoffical end to the summer for the gay community of New York City. The name references the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Emceed by co-creator Lady Bunny, the festival was held in its first years in Tompkins Square Park. According to Lady Bunny, the event began spontaneously after a group of drag queens (along with Wendy Wild and a couple of Fleshtones) became inebriated at the nearby Pyramid Club and decided to put on a show in the park. As the crowds grew each year, the festival was moved, first to Union Square Park , then to piers on the Hudson River. Lady Bunny said that 2001's Wigstock would be the last, but in 2003, 2004, and 2005, Wigstock and Bunny returned to Tompkins Square, this time under the auspices of the Howl Festival.
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