Canada's Magic

08 May 2025

Mission: FVMC General Meeting and Originality Contest [May 8]

From FVMC General Meeting and Originality Contest Facebook event:

07 May 2025

Harvey Station and Fredericton: Mystique & Magic [May 22 & Jun 4]

From the April 4th Facebook post by Nigel Harrison:

Wednesday, June 4
Mystique & Magic @ Monarch
Ages 19+
MYSTIQUE - Nigel Harrison - Nothing is what it seems!

Read more and buy tickets.

[With thanks to Gwyn Auger for letting us know!]

06 May 2025

Montreal: Lectures by Eric Leclerc [May 12] and James Harrison [May 18]

Tickets at the Montreal Magic Jam for Eric and James.

Early bird pricing ends TODAY!

From the Montreal Magic Jam event Eric Leclerc Conférence:

Après avoir brillamment mystifié Penn & Teller et été la vedette d’une série sur Netflix, Éric Leclerc débarque à MONTRÉAL avec sa magie… et son chaos parfaitement dosé!

Ce magicien canadien survolté présente une toute nouvelle conférence pleine de matériel inédit, absurde, hilarant — et surtout, conçu pour fonctionner dans le monde réel.

Que vous présentiez de la magie devant des enfants ou des adultes, Éric a quelque chose de percutant à partager. Attendez-vous à des tours utilisant des pailles, des sous-vêtements, des desserts, des substances douteuses (rassurez-vous, tout est presque légal), et même le souffle humain!
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From the James Harrison Lecture:

James Harrison is a pickpocket magician and security consultant who has turned his uncanny sleight-of-hand skills into a tool for awareness and defense. With a background in street magic and the art of misdirection, he now exposes the tricks of thieves by demonstrating live pickpocketing techniques at major security conferences, including NorthSec (Montreal), BSides (Florida), SecT (Sweden), and DefCon (Vegas) —where audiences watch in awe as wallets, phones, and even neckties vanish without a trace. His engaging talks blend entertainment with real-world security insights, teaching professionals how to spot and stop theft before it happens. Whether baffling crowds with his magic or arming them with anti-theft tactics, James proves that the best defense is knowing the thief’s playbook.

The Lecture will be two parts.

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05 May 2025

Benevolence of: Chris Ramsay

Longtime readers may remember that friend of the blog Dennis Schick (Assistant Editor of The Linking Ring magazine) used to run a series about the "Benevolence of Magic."

Before his passing in 2020, Dennis had documented the benevolent acts by the following Canadians:

Magicana for My Magic Hands, Senior Sorcery [The Linking Ring (v92, #12)],
the Tony Eng Youth Fund initiative [The Linking Ring (v92, #12)],
Marien Hopman and "Busking for Hunger" [Linking Ring (Vol 94, #2)],
Mike D'Urzo fundraising for "Dental Volunteers for Israel" and volunteering at functions for children with developmental challenges [Linking Ring (Vol 94, #2)],
Magic Mike Segal for benevolence born out of Sorcerers Safari Magic and Performance Camp [Linking Ring (Vol 94, #2)],
Matt DiSero and David Peck in their effort to reduce the incidence of malaria via "Mosquitos Suck" [Linking Ring (Vol 94, #2)],
Jeff Christensen's Celebrate the Child Foundation [Linking Ring (v95,12)], and
John Kaplan's Fundraising Magic program [Linking Ring (v95,12)].

It's time to build on Dennis' work. This is the first of an irregular series titled "Benevolence of" with a focus on Chris Ramsay. This series will focus on sustained fundraising efforts that span an extended period of time beyond a single show fundraiser.

From the May 2nd Facebook post by Chris Ramsay:

Thanks in part to our Youtube and Patreon Members on @area52investigations , we were able to send out over 300 puzzles to Veterans across the Province of Quebec.

Every few months, a portion of the membership revenue is put towards giving Canadian Veterans something to keep their minds busy and their spirits up.

Good for you Chris! Well done.

04 May 2025

Alexandra in the UK Edition of The Sun

Updated May 4th at 9am to add:

a Facebook link to the performance (embedded at bottom of post).

We previously posted about Alexandra's Britian's Got Talent audition. Given that Lee Asher nominated Alexandra as an "Inspirational Canadian Magician" last December, it should come as no surprise that
Alexandra knocked it out of the park in her May 3rd appearance on the BGT semi-finals!

From the May 2rd article "Off the scale -- BGT fans go wild over ‘sexiest act ever’ as magician turns up the heat on ITV show and judge brands her ‘smoking hot’" by Jake Penkethman at The Sun - UK Edition:

"Simon Cowell even suggested that she could become Las Vegas' next big act."

Read more and watch clip of performance.

[With thanks to Alex McAleer for tipping us to the article.]

From the May 3rd Instagram post by BGT: