Toronto: "Dark Holiday Magic and Mentalism"

From the Revival Bar:

Happy Holidays?

Familiar holiday customs often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated for modern use.

Customs that encourage little children to be good, so as to deserve their Christmas gifts from Father Christmas, often come with a dark side: the punishment you’ll receive from a monster or evil being of some sort if you aren’t good!

Dec 27th Join Mysterion for an evening exploring characters such as Krampus, Hans Trapp, Jolakotturinn, and other Christmas creatures that snatch away children who have been bad all year. A full show of supernatural effects that will leave you wishing you’ve been extra good this year.

Special Guests include Magician James Alan of Toronto’s weekly magic showcase Magic tonight and The Coney Island Corndogs Tricksie and Lucky.

Be good, you’ve been warned.

(This is a magic show and themed to Pagan and European holidays customs that may offend some beliefs).

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Germany: Shawn Farquhar

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Ich bin nach Deutschland kommen! Meine erste Vortragsreise im Land. Sorry, ich weiß nicht Greman sprechen. But if you...
Posted by Shawn Farquhar on Friday, 2 October 2015

Darcy Oake's TV special

From Clive Court's Facebook page: [editor's note: emphasis mine]

CBC-TV have scheduled Darcy Oake's ITV special Edge of Reality for 9pm. on December 10. Thanks to everyone who pitched the TV network bosses last year---we have a TV magic special starring a Canadian illusionist (Is the the first since Doug Henning in the mid-70s?)*. Now the important thing is to do whatever we can to get it big ratings (you can't rely on the CBC to do a good promotional job for a magic special because they do not like magic or magicians on TV). So Canadian magicians have to make the most of this opportunity. So my advice to Canadian magicians is contact your friends in print and radio (eg. CBC morning/afternoon radio shows) to do what you can to promote the show. If it gets a poor ratings---they will have the best excuse not to run another TV magic special. This is your chance to make a difference.

* I'm talking about the CBC-TV English Network (The French TV Network enjoys working with Canadian entertainers including magicians like Luc Langevin)

Darcy Oake in the news:

• CBC: Winnipeg's Darcy Oake finishes Canadian tour in hometown at MTS Centre
• Winnipeg Metro: Magic man: Darcy Oake comes home to Winnipeg
• CBC: Canadian illusionist Darcy Oake plays magic trick on CBC's Andrew Chang
• Calgary Herald: Canadian Darcy Oake uses his illusions in making a magical career
• The Guardian: Darcy Oake brings Edge of Reality to the Confederation Centre
• Rocky Mountain Outlook: Can you believe your eyes?
• CBC: Illusionist Darcy Oake holds memorial for friend killed in Paris attacks

The Outerbridges Southern Lecture Tour

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This is very exciting! For once we won't be driving in blizzard land.
Posted by Marion Outerbridge on Tuesday, 13 October 2015

From the Ted Outerbridge - Touring Secrets Lecture Tour - January 11 through February 14, 2016 Facebook event:

Sunday, January 10, 2016 Lexington, KY - CONFIRMED Monday, January 11, 2016 Charleston, SC
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 open, no lecture Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Atlanta, GA Thursday, January 14, 2016 Nashville or Murfreesboro, TN Friday, January 15, 2016 Memphis or Knoxville, TN Saturday, January 16, 2016 Louisville, KY or Evansville, IN Sunday, January 17, 2016 open, no lecture Monday, January 18, 2016 Pewaukee, WI - CONFIRMED Tuesday, January 19, 2016 Chicago, IL Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Springfield, IL Thursday, January 21, 2016 St. Louis, MO Friday, January 22, 2016 Springfield, MO Saturday, January 23, 2016 Branson, MO Sunday, January 24, 2016 open, no lecture Monday, January 25, 2016 Little Rock, AR Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Kansas City, MO - CONFIRMED Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Tulsa, OK Thursday, January 28, 2016 Oklahoma City, OK Friday, January 29, 2016 open, no lecture Saturday, January 30, 2016 open, no lecture Sunday, January 31, 2016 Dallas, TX Monday, February 1, 2016 Lake Charles, LA
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Houston Wednesday, February 3, 2016 San Antonio Thursday, February 4, 2016 Austin Friday, February 5, 2016 McAllen, TX Saturday, February 6, 2016 open, no lecture Sunday, February 7, 2016 Lubbock, TX Monday, February 8, 2016 open, no lecture Tuesday, February 9, 2016 open, no lecture Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Phoenix, AZ Thursday, February 11, 2016 Las Vegas, NV Friday, February 12, 2016 Long Beach, CA Saturday, February 13, 2016 Vista, CA - 3 Generations of Magic Sunday, February 14, 2016 The Magic Castle

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Montreal: The Outerbridges, Richard Sanders, and Marc Trudel

From the Comedy Nest:

Spectacular Sunday – Sunday December 6th

A hilarious and mind-boggling spectacle featuring world-class magicians breaking so many laws of physics, Stephen Hawking might show up and give them a ticket! Catch the mind-bending miracles of TED OUTERBRIDGE (YTV’s Mystery Hunters), the comedy magic of RICHARD SANDERS (Just For Laughs), the sleight-of-hand of MARC TRUDEL, culinary phenom ANGELO THE AMAZING FOOD MAGICIAN and so much more! Buy your tickets now!

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