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Well-Oiled Sisters

Contains 3 performances.

Lesbian C&W band from Edinburgh, featuring singer Lucy Edwards and 'token heterosexual' Alison Jones on fiddle. Made a resurgence in the 2010s.

  • The Well-Oiled Sisters, Belinda Burton, Sue Rossiter, Ann Ziety

    The Well-Oiled Sisters, Belinda Burton, Sue Rossiter, Ann Ziety

    08 November 1991 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Midsummer Poetry Festival (1992)

    Midsummer Poetry Festival (1992)

    21 June 1992 at 
    Victoria Embankment Gardens (8)
    This performance was in partnership with Alternative Arts
  • Pride Arts Festival 1995

    Pride Arts Festival 1995

    10 June 1995 at 
    North Peckham Civic Centre (4)
    The festival also included a series of A&S workshops for young people with LGBT parents.
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