Morgan Margolis

CEO of Knitting Factory Entertainment

Margolis joined Knitting Factory Entertainment in 2000 as Operations Manager of Los Angeles’ flagship Knitting Factory concert house. Later he took over as VP of West Coast Operations as the company expanded into the Pacific Northwest, where KFE opened concert houses in Boise and Spokane, and produced tours and concerts at other high-capacity venues nationally. In 2007, Margolis was promoted to VP National Operations. Within a year, he was named CEO of KFE and for the past fourteen years has helmed the company. Margolis has guided the corporation from a three-unit venue company to a twenty-unit, multiple tiered operation, and portfolio company with six hundred employees nationally and abroad. Today, KFE comprises multiple bars / restaurants and national Knitting Factory concert venues; partnerships with Boomtown Brewery, in DTLA and Arrive Hotel Palm Springs, CA; 2021 partnership with iconic venue / bar Pappy and Harriet’s , Joshua Tree, CA. A partnership with The Buckhead Group in several restaurants in California; The Regent Theatre Los Angeles; KF Records’ ownership of Brooklyn / UK-based indie label Partisan Records (Music Week UK Label of The Year 2020, with multiple Grammy nominations annually); Left Music Publishing; Knitting Factory Management; Selby Artist Management; Giant Step Marketing and Media, TBA theatrical agency, Fandiem, a digital fundraising platform; and Sweet Management culinary management. KFE also owns the tastemaker web and podcast property, Talkhouse. Margolis created a strategic partnership with world Afro Beat star, Seun Kuti in 2022 with Dundee Partners. KFE’s national touring and promotions arm tied the knot with CMoore Concerts in 2019 expanding its footprint. Booking national acts across multiple states including, but not limited to Outlaw Field, ID, Big Sky Brewery Amphitheatre in MO and Wine Country Amp in Walla Walla WA, these venues safely serve more than 200,000 fans outdoors annually. KFE holds and has held numerous promoter contracts including but not limited to The Slowdown, NE; Elevation 27, VA; Alma in Tacoma WA, The Olympic ID, Hop Springs, TN and The Myth, MI as a talent buyer. Partnerships have also included Rachel Ray’s Feedback in Chicago, Hortons Hayride in California, the iconic Desert Daze Festival in Moreno Valley, Maha Festival, NE, Bogus Fest, ID and Underground Music Showcase, CO.