Toronto: Steve Beam workshop [Apr 18] and lecture [Apr 20]

From the Sid Lorraine Hat & Rabbit Club website entries for:

Steve Beam Workshop

Saturday, April 18th, 2026 

The Hat and Rabbit Club is thrilled to host the legendary Steve Beam for a special, hands-on workshop you won’t want to miss.

Drawing from over 1,300 effects across his 12 published volumes and 15 years of the Trapdoor. Steve will guide us through some of his favourites from his brilliantly deceptive semi-automatic and sleight of hand card magic. Effects that are as powerful as they are practical. Expect clever thinking, layered methods and routines that truly connect with spectators.

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Steve Beam Lecture

Monday, April 20, 2026 

From the man who brought you the Trick that Could Not be Printed, the Flaming Heckler Illusion, and the Vanishing Earthworm, you are now about to be subjected to Magic with No Entertainment Value. Also known as Lecture #17 (and the only one he does) it features some of the finest in comedy magic direct from the instigator.

You will find more usable and practical material in this one lecture than you culled from your entire photocopy of Greater Magic. (Photocopies of Greater Magic will also be available at the lecture.) Best of all, remember Steve’s motto regarding his lecture: Less than 3% filler. 

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Montreal: Steve Beam lecture

A quick reminder that Steve will be lecturing in Toronto on November the 13th.

From the Montreal Magic Jam:

Monday November 14

From Las Vegas to Barcelona and from London to Vienna. Steve Beam has lectured all over North America and Europe. His lectures feature the latest in sleight of hand interwoven with the hottest semi-automatic magic from the guy who coined the term. The magic is designed and presented with the audience in mind – magic that will enthrall and entertain.

You will learn clever principles, witness devious subtleties, and experience eye candy with a purpose. All of this while seeing how these ingredients can form more than just tricks. Beam has created well over a thousand magic effects. In addition to publishing The legendary Trapdoor magazine for 15 years (1983-1998), writing 10 volumes of Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, he has published effects and articles in dozens of other magazines throughout the world. He not only creates and publishes his own magic; he also performs and teaches it. So, pull up a chair, take a card, sit back, and prepare to be amazed.

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Toronto: Steve Beam lecture

A quick note that Jeff is now accepting 'used magic tricks, books, dvd's, etc' for his upcoming November 6 Anniversary Party AUCTION. 

From the Browser's Den of Magic:

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Dear Magic Friends,

You are in for a real treat!

Internationally acclaimed creator, lecturer, two-time Lou Gallo award winner, 2014 Literary Fellowship from the Academy of  Magical Arts, author of the best-selling 'Semi-Automatic Card Tricks' book MR. STEVE BEAM will be giving a lecture at Browser's Den.

From Las Vegas to Barcelona and from London to Vienna Beam has lectured all over the world.

His lectures feature the latest in sleight of hand interwoven with the hottest semi-automatic magic from the guy who coined the term.

Attendees learn clever principles, witness devious subtleties and experience eye candy with a purpose!

So we hope that you will support this lecture by buying a ticket, pulling up a chair sitting back and preparing to be amazed... all while learning some cool new material.

And I, Jeff, have seen Mr. Beam before. I can tell you that nobody in attendance will be disappointed.  He is not only hilarious fun but is a wonderful teacher of magic.

BONUS: AND FOR THE FIRST 30 PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE A TICKET TO THIS LECTURE YOUR NAME WILL BE ENTERED INTO A RAFFLE TO WIN ONE OF 5 PRIZES TO BE DRAWN AT THE LECTURE. EACH PRIZE IS WORTH NO LESS THAN $40.00!

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