Arts & Entertainment WATCH: Long Beach Magician Builds Brand With Social Media Videos Logan Kohn, a professional magician, performs private events ranging from weddings to bar mitzvahs.
A magician from Long Beach is taking his brand of trickery to Instagram. (Jerry Barmash/Patch)
LONG BEACH, NY — A magician from Long Beach is branching out with online content. Logan Kohn, a popular street magician who also does private performances, is now expanding his reach with videos on Instagram.
When Kohn was 9 or 10 years old he got his first paid gig performing at a birthday party. “I don’t how much it was,” he said. “But whatever it was, it was the world to me.”
As Kohn built a following, the contacts grew and more calls for parties, ranging from bar mitzvahs to restaurants across the tri-state area. For the last several months, Kohn has added interactions with the community as he shows some of his tricks to the social media audience.
“We’ve been amazing and astounding people and people have been really liking it,” Kohn said. Using Instagram (@logankohn) has also gotten him connected with people who wanted to hire him.
Kohn posted a handful of videos to YouTube several years ago. However, knowing he recently had recorded good clips, he posted them to Instagram. The reaction was positive and the content increased. “We went out the West End and started doing it on a very consistent basis,” he said.