Hosted at venues around the world more associated with club nights and live music, Bongo’s Bingo packs in the punters in their hundreds, all dolled up for a night on the town. Sound like your local bingo hall? Didn’t think so. “a crazy mix of traditional bingo, dance offs, rave intervals, audience participation, and countless magical moments.” Named after the man himself, Bongo’s Bingo is bingo like you have never seen it before. In 2015 he fancied a new challenge, and dragged the game of bingo kicking and screaming into the future. However, none of the big bingo brands have managed to reinvent the game quite so drastically as one man named Johnny Bongo.īongo (not his real name) is an Irish fun lover who became famous for hosting the most in demand quiz night in Liverpool, resulting in queues around the block. Things have changed these days though, and bingo halls have been given a new lease of life by the companies that run them, with more young people returning to the game than has been seen in a long time.

To be fair that probably wasn’t too far from the truth a few decades ago. You have probably heard the stereotype about bingo: that it is all old ladies in musty old bingo halls with cringe worthy callers telling awful jokes as the night plods on.

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