Olly Bengough
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Olly Bengough

CEO and Creative Director

KOKO London

About

Category: Business & Leadership

Track: SXSW London Stage

Industry: Music

Country: United Kingdom

Description

Olly Bengough is the CEO and Creative Director of London’s historic and multifaceted music venue and members club, KOKO.

KOKO relaunched in April 2022 and has become a global benchmark for the future of live entertainment and hospitality while meticulously preserving its 125 year history.

Since the re opening Koko has collaborated with LVMH, Amazon and You Tube as well as Burna Boy, Liam Gallagher, Central Cee, Nas & Wu Tan Clang and some of the most influential musicians alive today.

Bengough envisioned the futureproofing of KOKO via its use of technology, with high-spec livestreaming facilities built into the fabric of the new building and its adjoining new members club The House of KOKO, which together spans 50,000 sq ft.

Forbes stated, ‘KOKO has redefined live entertainment and music culture’ and the Financial Times called it ‘the arts space of the future’

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