I have two models (events & artists) pagy is working fine with my artist model, but my event model isn't displaying last records

Question

I do have a more elaborate index method in my events controller

def index
    if params[:q]
      params[:q][:combinator] = "and"
      params[:q][:groupings] = []
      split_geo = params[:q][:address_or_city_or_state_or_country_or_continent_cont_all].split((/(,\s*)+/))
      split_geo.map! do |a|
        I18n.transliterate a
      end
      split_geo.each_with_index do |word, index|
        params[:q][:groupings][index] = { address_or_city_or_state_or_country_or_continent_cont_all: word }
      end
    end
    @q = Event.ransack(params[:q])
    @pagy, @events = pagy(@q.result(distinct: true))
  end

In my events index page I have:

<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
         <br>
         <%== pagy_bootstrap_nav(@pagy) %>
         <br>
              <div class="event-list-wrapper">
                  <% @events.upcoming_events.each do |event| %>
                    <%= render 'event', event: event %>
                  <% end %>
              </div>

When I remove my upcoming_events scope, the records will display correctly.

In my event.rb model I have:

scope :upcoming_events, -> { where('event_start_date > ?', Time.now).or(where('event_end_date > ?', Date.yesterday)) }

Am I missing something in order to get pagy with work with my event scope?