World Buskers United

Updated April 25th to add:

•  Eric Woolfe is also participating (Buster Canfield and his Circus), as is Canadian comedy juggler Mike Wood

Updated April 23rd to add:

• Lukas Stark is directing the initiative and will be performing mind reading at 5pm EST.

Calgary's James Jordan will be joining in on Saturday at 8pm (MST) and 9pm (MST).


From NOW Toronto:

Apr 25, 2020 8:00 AM to Apr 26, 2020 8:00 AM

An online global busker festival for the times. 24 hours of live performances from all over the world streamed into the homes of thousands. Watch 60 world-class performers show the world some love with an array of amazing talents, in situations you won’t believe — performing from wherever they happen to be while practising safe social distancing. Starts on April 25 at 8 am ET. Donations appreciated.

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Saturday 8pm and 9pm MST I am joining hundreds of Street Performers from around the world in the first ever online buskers festival. 👏👏👏👏 #streetperformer #magic #magicianlife #performerlife #calgary #yyc

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Carisa Hendrix on the cover of Genii

Congratulations to Carisa Hendrix, who is on the cover of the May 2020 edition of Genii magazine!

Read "Uncovering Carisa Hendrix and Lucy Darling" by Dustin Stinett.

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Thank you so much to the team at Genii, this turned out great and it’s just a huge honour.

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Luc Leduc Facebook Live event

Luc Leduc
Facebook Live
Thursday, April 30 at 1:00 p.m.

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Julie Eng interviewed by Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse has started a new web series from Isolation Studios.  His first guest?  Julie Eng!


From Julie's Facebook page:

My pal Richard Crouse invited me to "Isolation Studios" for a socially-distanced conversation about what it's like to be a magician stuck at home trying to make the minutes disappear. We talked about some magic projects I am involved in, including the Art Gallery of Ontario's poster exhibition, Illusions: The Art of Magic, and another program that is extremely near and dear to me, the Allan Slaight Relief Fund for magicians. Richard is reaching out and finding creative ways to brings us together in these challenging times when we are told to say apart. I am so honoured to be a guest on this wonderful series—where I get my own magical surprise at the end of our conversation! Thank you, Richard

Hey Everybody! Check out episode one of my new web series, broadcast directly from Isolation Studios (a.k.a. my home office)! Today we meet magicienne Julie Eng who has been performing magic on stage since she was just three years old. https://t.co/J3H4wsX6KC

— Richard Crouse (@RichardCrouse) April 11, 2020

Murray SawChuck returns to Pawn Stars

This Friday, Murray SawChuck is back on an all new Pawn Stars.


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This Friday I am back on an all new @pawnstars Don't miss it!

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Greg Frewin in the St. Catherines Standard

A reminder that Greg's hosting his second International Stars of Magic show livestream April 15 @7PM EST to benefit the Niagara SPCA Humane Society on his YouTube channel at:

https://youtu.be/6moYdHS8TYc 

From the April 13th article "Magician Greg Frewin on his anger over ‘Tiger King’" by John Law in The Standard:

Instead of shock and outrage over Joe Exotic's behaviour or whether Baskins killed her husband (and fed him to tigers), Frewin wishes viewers keyed in on a statistic the show shared in its final episode: There are 8,000 tigers in captivity in the United States, and only 4,000 left in the wild.
 
"Why is there only 4,000 tigers left in the wild, and we're worried about 'Did Carole Baskins kill her husband?'" he says. "Why aren't people talking about that? That's the part I'm interested in.

"Those characters are so extreme that the facts that are important got completely brushed over. All we talk about are how crazy they are, how abusive this and that. There's a whole bunch of stuff in this show that's been completely missed."

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Welcoming a new Friend: Robin Dawes

Please join me in welcoming our newest Friend, Robin Dawes!

Based out of Kingston, Ontario, Robin writes annual reports about the FFFF convention for the Linking Ring and FFFFmagic.  He is also a a member of The Magician's Forum.

In 2011 he received an IBM Award of Excellence for the article "The Maltese FFFFalcon."

You can follow Robin on Flicker (for FFFF photos), Twitter (@DawesRobin) and Instagram (@robindawes9042).

Thank you Robin, for becoming an official Friend of Canada's Magic!