[Guest post] Vancouver: Heart of the City Festival

The following is a guest post from an author who wishes to be known as The Magic Demon. 

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There's magic at the upcoming 12th annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival (Oct 28-Nov 8) in Vancouver, BC.

Website: www.heartofthecityfestival.com

The witty Merlin the Magician will "offer hilarious comedy and amazing magic" at the Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre, 920 East Hastings on Friday, October 30th between 4:15pm and 5pm.

This is a free show designed especially for young audiences and families.

According to the festival's program guide, "A magician of many year's standing, Merlin brings fun and fantasy, comedy and delight to his magic".

Also at this year's festival, Downtown Eastside regular Swallow Zhou will "twist wonderful balloon creations" as a special treat new this year at the festival.

Swallow will twice bring her "joyful enthusiasm" and awesome balloon creations to the festival on Friday, October 30th. First, at 3:30pm at the Ray-Cam Cooperative Centre (920 East Hastings) and then at 4:30pm at the EWMA Studios, 800 East Hastings.

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Thank you The Magic Demon for guest posting at Canada's Magic!

Mike D'Urzo in Durham Region

From Durham Region:

Award-winning Mike D’Urzo’s Mega Magic is coming to the St. Francis Centre on Saturday, Oct. 24 and D’Urzo says he has a few tricks up his sleeve.

“My big thing is putting a twist on the classics of magic,” says D’Urzo. “A lot of my stuff has the wow factor.”

The Vaughan native performs hundreds of shows annually and recently won the Canadian Entertainer of the Year Award at the Canadian Special Events Industry Awards.

D’Urzo is well known for his mentalist skills and he says his show Mind Kontrol will be interactive and involve the Ajax audience.

He says to expect a good variety of magic mentalism, flying tables and the odd disappearing act.

Read more.

[via Dennis Schick]

Scott Hammell in "The Trick With The Gun"

Watch the trailer for Christopher Gudgeon and Scott Hammell's "The Trick With The Gun."  [Warning: strong language.]

Some of it was shot during Sorcerers Safari at Camp White Pine!

From Markham Street Films YouTube channel:

Toronto: Ben Train at "Magic Tonight"

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Toronto (Sun):  Ben Train








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Perfect Magic interviews Spidey

From Perfect Magic:

Spidey must have been around 17 years old when he first came to Perfect Magic. His striking feature was his passion for magic. His enthusiasm was contagious and refreshing. He had plans for himself. Did I think he would succeed? It doesn’t matter much what I thought. He thought he would succeed. That, I believe, has a great deal to do with his success as a magician today. He didn’t just sit back and wait to succeed. He worked at it. Spidey was here the other day and I asked him If he would write a post for my blog.  And he did. I was most impressed with it. I asked him 3 questions to base his post on. How old he was when he started, what was his first trick, and if he had any tips for young magicians starting out. Here is his reply.

“Hey Evelyn,

so here are the answers :)

Read more.

Winner of Darcy Oake tickets and book

The contest to win a pair Darcy Oake tickets and his book "Behind the Illusion: Unlocking the 9 Types of Magic," closed last night at midnight.  Thank you to everyone who played!

If you didn't win, don't forget there's another raffle for Darcy Oake tickets going on at The Browser's Den anniversary party!  Canada's Magic readers can also take advantage of a coupon code for Darcy Oake's, "Edge of Reality" in Toronto.

There were some fabulous books mentioned that I'll have to add to my reading list. 

Here's the list of eligible entries:

1	Alec C	13 Steps to Mentalism - Corinder
2	Doug C	Magic for Dummies
3	Doug C	https://twitter.com/magicinfo_ca/status/652855232305741824
4	Taras D	Tarbell Course
5	Taras D	https://twitter.com/TarasDemerson/status/652911044751310848
6	Jeph S	Greater Magic
7	Jeph S	https://twitter.com/BoardGameBrewer/status/653190992909107200
8	Ashley	Hiding The Elephant
9	Daniel L	At The Card Table
10	Neil	Conjuring Anthology
11	Ron M	Mark Wilson's course on magic
12	Jenny  P	Taschen's "Magic 1400s-1950s"
13	Jenny P	https://twitter.com/westgreyjenny/status/653265088409960448?refsrc=email&s=11
14	Mike D	Maximum Entertainment by Ken Weber
15	Mike D	https://twitter.com/MikeDurzo/status/653963167966568448
16	Clive C	The Magic of Robert Harbin
17	Shamus	The burglas effects

Random draw results from Rafflecopter:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations to Jeph who won with his optional Twitter entry!

Thank you again to the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts for generously making these tickets and book available to you!

California: David Ben at A "Day of Lectures 2015"

From A Day of Lectures:

The Magic Apple is proud to present the 8th annual A Day of Lectures, back at the beautiful Sportsman's Lodge in Studio City, CA! 

NOVEMBER 8TH 2015    

This year's A Day of Lecture is one of the most diverse ones we have ever produced!  Three COMPLETELY different styles of magic and teaching!  All 4 of the guests have perfected their own style of magic and you will learn magic and routines no matter who you perform for!  If you are a full time pro and are looking for new routines, if you simply perform for friends and families, or just kids or are a fan of flourishes and unique card magic this is the event for you!    

Read more and register.