905: AbraCORNdabra 2025 - Day Three Report

Sunday May 18, 2025

9:00 AM magiK-MART Opens with FREE DONUTS with the dealers! (Bring your own drink) magiK-MART Dealers Room

10:00-1030 AM Intense Lecture #6 - DAN FLESHMAN

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Interview #8 - MYSTERY MAGICIAN LECTURE

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EXTRA CHARGE MASTER CLASS with ALLAN ACKERMAN! - LIMITED SEATING FOR THIS MASTER CLASS!

11:30 AM AbraCORNdabra 2025 closes! THANK YOU FOR COMING! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR FOR AbraCORNdabra’s 16th year!

Time Stamps: These will be posted after I have gotten some sleep.

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904: AbraCORNdabra 2025 - Day Two Report

Saturday May 17, 2025

9:00 AM magiK-MART Opens with FREE DONUTS with the dealers! (Bring your own drink) magiK-MART Dealers Room

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Lecture #5 - ALLAN ACKERMAN

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Break

10:30 AM – 3:30 PM The WORLD FAMOUS F.O.V. SILENT MAGIC AUCTION – raising funds for the Young Magician’s Fund. SIDE LOBBY

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM The Kernels Showcase Show BALLROOM WEST

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM FREE PIZZA & POP LUNCH ON ABRACORNDABRA! (Kernels & Parents Pizza & Pop Lunch critique in private dining room) Enjoy an AbraCORNdabra FREE PIZZA & POP LUNCH!

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Show & Lecture #6 - JEKI YOO

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Break LAST CHANCE TO BID ON SILENT AUCTION ITEMS! (Silent auction closes at 3:15 PM) HEARTS, DIAMONDS, CLUBS, SPADES, JOKERS, GAFFS

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM THE MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIP OF CLOSE-UP MAGIC Downstairs

TWELVE Performers
SIX rooms
TWO Awards
ONE CHAMPION!

“Who will it be?
Will it be YOU?”

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Pay & Pick up Auction Winnings

6:00 PM magiK-MART Closes (dealers)

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM Dinner on your own

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM OscEARs Awards Party

Doors open – mingle with magical friends – cash bar

Come dressed in your best Gangster’s outfit or Flapper attire! You may take your own photos in front of the “Police Line-up Wall”, find the Maitra D’ who will show you the “back alley entrance.” Figure out the password to gain entrance into the SPEAKEASY where surprises await you! - Hotel Lobby

8:30 PM – 9:00 PM Old Maid’s Staff Show

9:00 PM -9:30 PM Awards Presentations with surprise guest

9:30 PM – 10:00 PM The OscEARs Wrap Party MYSTERY MAGICIAN & GUESTS SHOW!
THIS WILL BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS OSCEARS PARTY EVER!
(What happens at THIS YEAR’S OsEAR’s Awards Party will be talked about for years to come!)

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM Meet & Great with the Magical Stars – Souvenir Poster Signing

Time Stamps: These will be posted after I have gotten some sleep.

903: AbraCORNdabra 2025 - Day One Report

Friday May 16, 2025

11:00 AM CHECK-IN TO PICK UP REGISTRATION PACKETS
Registration Opens

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Flea Market

12:45 PM Grand Opening / Welcome Greeting/ FREE MAGICAL GIFT

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Show & Lecture #1 - PETER SAMELSON

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Break

2:30 PM – 7:30 PM magiK-MART Opens (dealers)

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Dinner on your own

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM LECTURE (Lecture #2) - ERIC TAIT

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM Break

8:00 PM magiK-MART closes (dealers)

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Show & Lecture #3 - THE COSMIC ROMANTICS

9:30 PM – ???? JOLLY TIME JAM – NEW FOR 2025
Super Special Late Night Jam Session featuring some very popular “name” magicians!
If you are a “nite-owl” – you will enjoy “hanging out” with fellow magi trading magical secrets & such. This special room for late-night jamming of magic is set up JUST for you & your magical friends!
Enjoy free flavored popcorns and soda sponsored by JOLLY TIME POPCORN!