26 September 2025

Magic Festivals and Conventions in Canada through the years

What are we missing?  Leave your knowledge in the comments!

 

Magic Festivals

  • Magic and Film event, Calgary, 1970s?  [submitted by Ryan Pilling]
  • Stouffville Magic Festival, Stouffville, 1982 - 1986  [submitted by Ken McCreedy]
  • Magical Arts Festival, Toronto, ~2001 - 2002
  • The Capital Magic Festival (Ottawa) August 2008  
    Talent included Harry Anderson, Jeff McBride, The Pendragons, Kreskin, James Biss, Mitch and Mike Hrycan, and Eric Buss.  [submitted by Adam Goldberg]
  • The Magic Festival, Vancouver, ~2013 - ???
  • WOWFest, Calgary, 2012 - 2019  (organized by Gywn Auger and Ryan Pilling)
  • Festival de magie de Québec, Quebec City, 2011 - present
  • ReginaCadabra, Regina, 2016
  • Ontario Week of Wonder (OWOW) now Ontario Magic Festival, Fergus, 2019 - present
  • Magic and Shenanigans, Waterloo, 2025 - present

 

Magic Conventions

  • Passport to Magic, Inn on the Park Hotel, Toronto (organized by Norm Wyvern and Larry Silverman.  Attendees included Doug Henning and Dai Vernon.) [submitted by Chris Pilsworth and Ken McCreedy]
  • Magie Montreal (organized by Phil and Evelyn Matlin)  [submitted by Chris Pilsworth] 
  • Comedy Magic conference (organized by Anthony Lindan) [submitted by Chris Pilsworth]
  • NYCAN  
  • PCAM  
  • CAMaradarie (organized by the Canadian Association of Magicians), 2021 - 2022)
  • The Browser's Bash (organized by The Browser's Den of Magic, Jeff Pinsky, Jeff Hinchliffe, and John Talbot), 2015 - 2019, 2024)
  • Montreal Magic Jams (organized by Marc Trudel and Derrick Chung)   [submitted by Chris Pilsworth] 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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