The term was coined in the summer of 2005 by Cherry Lix,[1] a burlesque solo artist based in San Francisco.
The first guerrilla burlesque event was performed with Cherry Lix's suggestion by Diamond Daggers,[2] a San Francisco burlesque troupe, at Jim Sweeney's (Kingfish) 2005 birthday party at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco.
[citation needed] After the troupe was successful with the Kingfish, Daisy Delight suggested that they guerrilla the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's Easter Picnic in the Park, a yearly event in San Francisco's Dolores Park.
Later that fall, four members of Diamond Daggers "guerrillaed" on various street corners in the Castro, a popular gay neighborhood in San Francisco.
[citation needed] In February 2006, Cherry Lix and Daisy Delight started Twilight Vixen Revue,[3] a new gay burlesque troupe, and they have continued the guerrilla burlesque tradition, most recently descending upon Miz Margo's birthday party at the DNA Lounge in July 2006.