"Las Vegas Magic Stars," with Jeff McBride, Greg Gleason, Ariann Black, Dean Gunnarson, Will Bradshaw, Bill Cook and Tobias Beckwith, will be touring China this summer.
Have a look at their teaser on the Red Spade Entertainment YouTube channel:
03 June 2017
02 June 2017
Winners of the 2017 Allan Slaight Awards
01 June 2017
Thank you to our June 2017 Friends!
Thank you to John Smithman, John Harrison, Richard Lyn, Joan Caesar, and The Outerbridges, for being Friends of Canada's Magic!
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31 May 2017
Top 5 posts in May 2017
Out of the 30+ posts at Canada's Magic this month, here are the 5 most viewed posts in the past 30 days:
and the most viewed post this month ...
5. Toronto: Seol Park lecture - Always something going on in the 6.
4. Hamilton: "Strange and Unusual" with Nicholas Wallace - Reviews to share?
3. Greg Frewin Theatre: Attractions Ontario finalist - It's my understanding you can vote once per day. Support Greg and his theatre!
2. Sign up for The Newest Trick in the Book - Do it now to receive timely updates.
and the most viewed post this month ...
1. Barrie: James Harrison - Canada's Pickpocket Magician - How'd it go?
30 May 2017
ReginaCadabra in the CBC
To learn more about ReginAcadabra (featuring: Chester McBain, Chris Funk, David Merry, Doug Arden, Jeff Richards, Keegan Duck, Paul Romhany, Richy Roy, Sean Watson, and Shawn Farquhar), visit ReginAcadabra.com
Watch Tracy Fahlman and Brent Kloeble talk about the upcoming ReginAcadabra event on CTV News.
From CBC News:
From the ReginaCadabra Twitter feed:
Watch Tracy Fahlman and Brent Kloeble talk about the upcoming ReginAcadabra event on CTV News.
From CBC News:
Brent Kloeble has high hopes for the new ReginaCadabra Magic Festival, which makes its debut July 26 in the city.
Kloeble, who is the chairman of the event, hopes the festival gains enough momentum to become an international attraction.
"It's an exciting event for Regina. There's nothing really like that around here," Kloeble said.
"We can make this a big tourism event," Kloeble said of the family-friendly festival, which will feature 10 performers throughout the week. "We know people will travel in to come see it."
Read more.
From the ReginaCadabra Twitter feed:
Close- up magic by Chester McBain @EscapeRegina see Chester and many other #magicians @ReginaCadabra #magic #festival in #yqr this summer https://t.co/4ujqDywTko— ReginaCadabra (@ReginaCadabra) May 24, 2017
29 May 2017
Montreal: "Illusions" at the McCord Museum
From the McCord Museum:
26 MAY 2017 — 7 JANUARY 2018
ILLUSIONS: THE ART OF MAGICThe exhibition will take on the period of magic shows’ golden age and its advertising and promotional mechanisms that relied on phantasmagoric imagery. A selection of breathtaking posters, mostly dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, will retrace the social history of this still active phenomenon. These posters, halfway between art and advertisement, are magnificent, large format chromolithographs that immortalise the magicians and the acts that marked the world of modern magic.
Read more.
28 May 2017
Will Tsai on America's Got Talent
If you haven't seen Will Tsai's AGT performance, do yourself a favour and watch now. It's well worth the 3 and a half minutes!
Go Will, go!
From Will Tsai's YouTube channel:
Go Will, go!
From Will Tsai's YouTube channel:
Rounding the Western rings in June 2017
Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.
Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.
| City | Club | Event(s) |
| Calgary, AB | Ring 66 (Calgary Magic Circle, Les Brocklesby Ring) | - “Silly Billy” David Kaye Lecture |
| Edmonton, AB | Edmonton Magic Club | - “Silly Billy” David Kaye Lecture |
| Winnipeg, MB | The Magic Club of Winnipeg | - “Silly Billy” David Kaye Lecture |
| Fraser Valley, BC | IBM Ring 387 (Fraser Valley Magic Circle, Celeste Evans Ring) | - “Silly Billy” David Kaye Lecture - Third Monday Magic. |
| Vancouver, BC | Ring 92 (Vancouver Magic Circle) | - TBA. |
| Vancouver, BC | SAM 95 (Carl Hemeon Assembly) | - TBA. |
| Victoria, BC | Ring 183 (Victoria Magic Circle) | - Mirth and Magic! - “Silly Billy” David Kaye Lecture |
Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.
Rounding the Central rings in June 2017
Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.
Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.
| Montreal, QC | Ring 62 (20th Century Ring) | - Free Form First Fridaze. - Ring executives meeting. - Second Saturday Night Special. - Special Sunday spring event. - Ring 62 showcase. - End of season BBQ. - Charter night - 69 years! - Sunday SpRing brunch. - Instagram Tuesday |
| Hamilton, ON | Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club) | - TBA. |
| London, ON | Ring 265 (London Magician's Guild) | - Charming Cheat show. (Change in date / time.) |
| Kitchener, ON | Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle) | -Annual BBQ. |
| Ottawa, ON | Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians) | - TBA. |
| Ottawa, ON | Ottawa / Gatineau magicians | - TBA |
| Toronto, ON | Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club) | - Year end banquet featuring The Sentimentalists. |
Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.
Rounding the Eastern rings in June 2017
Does anybody have current information to share about the Magic Circle of St. John?
Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.
Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.
Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.
| Halifax, NS | Ring 316 (Conjourer's Court) | - Visit their Facebook page. |
| St. John, NB | Magic Circle of St. John | - TBA |
Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.
27 May 2017
Scott McClelland in the Ottawa Citizen
From the Ottawa Citizen:
“And over the heart area is a door, and this is the hook to the show. Now I don’t know how much you should write about this part, but basically, Vissago knows all. It’s groundbreaking and it’s never been done before, and it’s very romantic and will make you believe in the impossible. But I should stop there.”
Read more.
26 May 2017
James Harrison in The Barrie Examiner
From The Barrie Examiner:
Magic is in the air and the fingers of James Harrison.
The Barrie magician has taken pick-pocketing to new heights over the past several years and he will be performing at two shows this weekend at the Mady Centre for the Performing Arts, including one the family and especially for kids.
"The family show will still be entertaining for grown-ups. but the themes will be more generic. It will be my fun and light-hearted, entertaining kind of show," said Harrison, who will be doing some pick-pocketing at both shows, but the family show will be more like an Oliver Twist version.
"I don't ever make fun of the kids, but parents are fair game," he said. "And the kids love that."
Read more.
25 May 2017
Mike Fisher in the St. Thomas Times-Journal
From the St. Thomas Times-Journal:
Making his Fringe debut, St. Thomas-raised and resident Mike Fisher is a fulltime magician who travels North America with his sleight-of-hand.
Local audiences know him best as Corbin the Pirate Magician. He’ll be on stage 5 p.m. on Canada Day at Pinafore Park. And for the kiddies, 2 p.m. July 28 at St. Thomas Public Library. His calendar is full. (Google him for proof.)
But for the Fringe, Corbin offers a rogue of a different colour, The Charming Cheat, a gentleman con artist who may or may not be peeking as he wins hand after hand playing a new effect, as they are called, he developed based on Texas Hold ‘Em.
Why do we like magic?
Read more.
24 May 2017
Steve Dickson and Chris Yuill at Magic Live
From Chris Yuill's Twitter feed:
Steve Dickson and I are scheduled for these events and times at Magic Live:— Chris Yuill (@ChrisYuill1) May 12, 2017
Sunday, August 13th
7:30 – 11:00 p.m.
Opening Party
Monday, Aug…
23 May 2017
The Evasons and Matt DiSero at the Magic Castle
From the Magic Castle:
From Matt DiSero's Facebook page:
JUNE 5 - JUNE 11
THE PARLOUR OF PRESTIDIGITATION
Late Performer
Matthew DiSero
PALACE OF MYSTERY
The Evasons
From Matt DiSero's Facebook page:
22 May 2017
Luc Langevin on "Trucs & Cie"
From Luc Langevin's Twitter feed:
Voici mon passage à "Trucs & Cie". Toutes ces chroniques en lien avec mes intérêts faisaient vraiment mon bonheur ! https://t.co/Fo2PJeF2mQ— Luc Langevin (@LucLangevin) April 23, 2017
21 May 2017
New York, Toronto, and Oakville: Mark Correia
If you're heading to Harbourfront today to see Eric Woolfe / Buster Canfield, you can also catch up with Mark Correia!
Scroll down for the big Broadway announcement. Congratulations Mark!
From Mark Correia's Twitter feed:
From Mark Trick's Facebook page:
Scroll down for the big Broadway announcement. Congratulations Mark!
From Mark Correia's Twitter feed:
Keep up to date with live shows here: https://t.co/lGKIJj3ARA I'M IN SUMMERWORKS THIS AUGUST. #SW17 pic.twitter.com/fMtaw5O0nV— Mark Correia (@Mark_Correia) May 16, 2017
From Mark Trick's Facebook page:
20 May 2017
Toronto: The Circus of Industrious Fleas
Catch Eric Woolfe as Buster Canfield, the world’s greatest flea circus impresario at Harbourfront Centre Sat, May 20 – Mon, May 22, 2017.
From the Harbourfront Centre blog:
From the Harbourfront Centre blog:
Step right up, Toronto! The world’s greatest flea circus impresario is back in town and ready to astound and amaze you with his menagerie of mite sized mini-marvels.
We caught up with Buster Canfield before his performance in the Studio Theatre this weekend to tell us more about the greatest trained fleas to ever hop the Earth and what audiences can expect to see at HarbourKIDS: Circus!
Harbourfront Centre: How did you get your start as a flea circus impresario?
Buster Canfield: Well, ever since I was little, I wanted to run a circus, but I could never afford an apartment big enough to live with all the monkeys and lions and elephants. Let alone the big wagons and tents. And then, once, I lived in this place that had a lousy superintendent who was too cheap to spring for a good fumigator. Pretty soon, I realized if I mixed those two problems together, I could make my dreams come true.
Harbourfront Centre: What do you look for in a circus flea?
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