Our Emcees for the 50th National Women’s Music Festival 2026
Lisa Koch – singer-songwriter-comedian-actor-raconteur…
“Tina Fey meets Randy Rainbow with Joan Jett guitar chops…”
— Welcome to the mishmash that is singer-comedian Lisa Koch.
Twisted songs, wicked social satire, and singing vulvas, Lisa brings the funny, with velvet pipes and razor-sharp parody. With 5 solo recordings, she is an alumnus of Seattle’s loony sketch comedy duo, Dos Fallopia (My Breasts are Out of Control, Ham for the Holidays), and cult quartet Venus Envy (I’ll Be A Homo for Xmas). She has shared the stage with Steve Martin, Janis Ian, Lily Tomlin, Karla Bonoff, Kate Clinton, and more. Lisa has co-written such warped shows as “The Carpeters: Uncomfortably Close To You,” “Two’s Company, I’m a Crowd,” and “The Hamchurian Candidate.” Koch has been featured on Olivia and LOGO, is the composer of Off-Broadway musical “27, Rue de Fleurus”, and is proud to report that one of her songs has actually been sampled by Jay-Z.
Dr. Bonnie Morris – Professor. Author. Speaker. Historian. Lecturer at Berkeley. Oprah Book Club choice for Women’s History Month. Bonnie’s research interests include women’s sports, the women’s music movement since the mid-1970s, Jewish women’s history, and other female-identified communities across time.