Sisters creating space for feminine role models

SØSTRE Collective

A collective founded by Melissa “Inya” Kakooza, in collaboration with Mai Lan Doky, with support from Judd Byrne, Fergus Murphy & Ken Lin Doky to represent the past through the living present.

SØSTRE Collective Presents: 100 Years of Jazz Heroines in Denmark

The first project from the SØSTRE Collective, a journey to represent Jazz Heroines like Ella Fitzgerald & Rosita Thomas, who have been written out of the Danish Jazz Story, in alignment with Jazz Danmark’s “Danish Jazz 100 Years” through a festival comprised of concerts, musical performance, documentary premiere and visual art, with support from Koda Kultur.

SØSTRE Collective Presents:

Jazz Heroines

SØSTRE Collective Presents: Jazz Heroines

Where we’re at now?

Jazz Heltinder

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2026

3 day festival, comprised of performance, film screening & exhibition.