The Architects: Leon Ramakers part 2
In the second part of the feature, Ramakers charts the trajectory of Mojo Concerts and looks back on his five decades in the business
Feature By Gordon Masson | 20 March 2026
This is part 2/2 of The Architects: Leon Ramakers, following the first instalment published yesterday. Bust Mojo Concerts disappeared for a short period of time.
This is part 2/2 of The Architects: Leon Ramakers, following the first instalment published yesterday.
Bust
Mojo Concerts disappeared for a short period of time. Visser laments, “The 1970s, in which Mojo’s survival sometimes hung by a thread, ended gloriously with our first stadium concert (Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton), and a youth fair called Casa Nova, which ultimately cost Mojo its head – and I was to blame. We went bankrupt, but at the same time, we had found the path to success.”
Recalling that 1979 financial disaster, Ramakers says, “Berry’s vision was that companies could present their products in creative…
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