In 2015, dancers in the Victorian town of
Horsham set the first
Guinness World Record for the number of people doing the Nutbush, with 254 dancers. On 19 October 2017, students at
Rivermount College in
Yatala, Queensland doubled this record with 522 dancers.
[5] On 12 July 2018 the record was broken again at The Big Red Bash, a music festival situated beneath the Big Red Dune on the edge of the
Simpson Desert in outback Queensland.
[6] Crowds lined up to take part, dancing along to "Nutbush City Limits" as 1,719 people took part in the challenge.
[7] On 16 July 2019, a new record of 2,330 people performed the Nutbush at the Big Red Bash, breaking the previous year's record.
[8] On 7th July 2022, a new record of 4,087 people performed the Nutbush at the Big Red Bash, breaking the previous record.