Matt DiSero in the Edmonton Journal

The Edmonton Comedy Festival runs from October 10th to the 13th.


From the August 29th article, "Edmonton Comedy Festival Sponsored by Edmonton Comedy Festival Steve Patterson, K. Trevor Wilson and more headline Edmonton Comedy Festival" by L. Harrison Kelly in the Edmonton Journal:

This year’s bill breaks new ground. For the first time in its history, the festival will feature stand-up comedy’s dark cousin: magic.

“As a festival producer, you have to wear more than one hat, and sometimes put one in the closet and not look at it,” says Grose. “As a standup comic, I don’t bring props on stage. We standups kind of turn our noses up at anybody who uses more than their voice. But there is demand for magic, and we’re going to provide it.”

That market demand will be met by Mathew Disero, a talented Canadian magician who has worked with Penn and Teller.

Read more.

Thank you to our September 2018 friends!

Updated at 7:30pm to add:

• Thank you also to Matt DiSero!

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Vancouver: Absolute Magic at The Fringe

The Vancouver Fringe Festival runs from September 6th to the 16th.


From the Vancouver Fringe:

Expect the unexpected from world-class Magician Keith Brown. He’s inspired wonder in over 22 countries and counting. Toronto’s best magician and he’s not even from Toronto! Prepare to be engaged in extraordinary feats of magic that you have to see in order to believe!

Read more.

From Keith Brown's Twitter feed:

Photo by @averyschaffer during @londonfringe
Absolute Magic plays @vancouverfringe September 6 to 16th on Granville Click link in bio or go to https://t.co/muJH2JjaYC for details!#portrait #vanfringe #blackandwhite#photography#londonfringe #yyz #… https://t.co/IxJKsQniMZ pic.twitter.com/v9rQCEJh9J

— Keith Brown (@KeithHBrown) August 28, 2018

W. C. Shelly

John Smithman posted a while back, that "W.C. Shelly was the second president (1944-1945) of the Vancouver Magic Circle. He was a prominent business man and politician in Vancouver who had a park named in his honour."

Not to shabby to have a park named after a magician!

Here's a photo of John at the park:





I think he started a trend, because Shawn Farquhar recently posted a similar photo!


From Shawn Farquhar's Twitter feed:

The VMC annual picnic held at a park named after one of our members! #farquharfun #shawnfarquhar #vmc75 https://t.co/BG7ewp9REj pic.twitter.com/5tm5X7wvXn

— Shawn Farquhar (@magiChampion) August 20, 2018

Catching up with The Sentimentalists

Scroll down to see upcoming public appearances by Steffi and Chris at Magic Monday (Santa Monica) and The Revival Bar (Toronto).


From Facebook, watch The Sentimentalists on CHCH:

Top 5 posts in August 2018

Out of the 35+ posts at Canada's Magic this month, here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:

5. Toronto: Grumpy old magicians - Sounds like fun, non?

4. Winnipeg magicians on "The Amazing Race Canada" - So fabulous to see Carey, Dan, and Greg on The Amazing Race Canada!

3. Dundas: The Amazing Kreskin - How was his show?

2. Video: Shawn Farquhar Fool Us REVEALED - The people want to know how Shawn fooled Penn and Teller.  This video explains it.  Sort of.

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. News so big, it's worthy of a second post! - Most viewed for the second consecutive month.  Definitely big news. Congratulations again to Renee-Claude Auclair and the FISM Quebec team (Renee-Claude Auclair, Jocelyn Guertin, Pierre Hamon, Joan Caesar, and Shawn Farquhar) for securing the first North American FISM!!!