Forever Fresh, a group of female DJs all over the age of 60 has been turning up the volume after a pop festival in Cologne, Germany, started looking for ways to involve older demographics.
“It was a summer booking meeting and we gathered to discuss and brainstorm what our lineup might look like the following year,” the C/O Festival’s Pia Leohart told RTL West, a German TV station. “We realized there really wasn’t anything for women over 60.”
That gave the festival promoters a notion: Would older ladies want to DJ?
The organizers soon sent out a query. Senior women who were interested would learn all the intricacies of being a DJ—mastering mixes, transitions, volumes, fades, and all the buttons and sliders of the audio equipment. Then, they would hit the stage. (See the videos below…)
The task is even more impressive considering some of the women who responded had never even owned a computer before.
“The challenge is part of the appeal,” DJ Sedaction, one of the group’s instructors, told the German news agency DPA. “Several women said they hadn’t faced something this demanding in years—and that’s exactly why it was so exciting.”
One of the mixmasters is DJ Miss Crazy Irma, who is the group’s oldest member at 90 years old. She travels through her daily life with a walker, but once she gets on stage, she’s fully upright, moving and grooving with her hands in the air.
“I don’t do things halfway, you know” Irma said in a translated video from CNN.
The Forever Fresh DJ collective was finalized in April of 2025 and has now performed seven different gigs, including this year’s festival in Cologne in late April.
While the seniors benefit from the well-documented effects of dancing—weight loss, improved blood pressure and better mental health—everyone in the building is having a blast, too.
“It’s exciting because we thought only our families and friends would come,” said Uschi Ophir, the group’s youngest member at 64. “But the younger people were amazing! Really, really great.”
“I’ve been waiting for this, even though I didn’t know I’ve been waiting for this,” Edeltraud Stecher-Breckner said. ”I thought, this is exactly what I want to do now.”
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Of the selections played on stage, there was EDM (Electronic Dance Music) from David Guetta, pop from Pink and Miley Cyrus, and of course “Dancing Queen” from Abba. The eclectic mix of music in the air and women on the stage seemed to be a massive hit with everyone in attendance.
“To be honest, it was fantastic,” one partygoer told RTL. “I really didn’t expect it to be so captivating.”
“The girls on stage had such good energy,” another spectator added. “It swept us all away. I’m sweating!” (Watch the full 4 minute news report below…)
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