813: Magifest 2024 - Day Three Report

Saturday 27th January 2024

10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Dealer’s Room Open

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

John Guastaferro's One Degree: An Afternoon of Music, Magic, and Motivation

John G combines his love for music (classical guitar), motivational speaking (he runs a non-profit for a major corporation) and magic (he has developed some truly world-class card magic) in this one-of-a-kind event. You will leave feeling inspired and with an array of new card moves and tricks.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Youth Event

Final call for young magicians. Surprises await, just for our young attendees.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Asi Wind and John Graham: Magic Between Friends

Two fan favorites join forces to present a lecture and talk on how collaboration will improve our magic.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Jay Sankey Lecture

Join Jay Sankey to celebrate the relaunch of his Definitive Sankey books and learn his latest magic!

8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Gala Show

Featuring Juliana Chen, Trigg Watson, Alexander Koblikov, Montreal Trio, Art Benjamin. Hosted by Andi Gladwin.

10:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.

Bar Magic (Blaise Serra)

Time stamps for this episode: (to be filled in after I’ve had some sleep)

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617: U.K. Kid Show Magicians

Kids are kids the world over and they all love magic. But there are some subtle differences in how and where magic is presented to children in the U.S. versus how it's done in the U.K. This week we chat with family and children show entertainers from the U.K. about these differences and some of their challenges (i.e. taking the tube and/or train in London between shows) and how they brand themselves by using memorable names for their characters.

Listen this week to our chat with Martin "Mr. Biscuit" Cox, Dave "Magic Dave" Allen and Paul "Colonel Custard" Megram as we hear how it's done "across the pond."

This week’s podcast episode on YouTube.

This week, Paul Megram, Dave Allen and Martin Cox represent a small sample of the complex and multi-levels of children’s show magicians in England. Someone could easily make a podcast devoted to just the kid show industry in the U.K. by featuring a different entertainer each week, but that’s not what The Magic Word Podcast is about. So please enjoy this 35,000 foot (or 10,668 meters) overview of this lucrative industry and accept our apologies if we have left out you as a guest or topics that you think we should have discussed.

Martin Cox at 2018 Blackpool Convention

A big "THANK YOU" goes out to Martin Cox who sent in his report from the largest magic convention in the world, Blackpool Magic Convention in Blackpool, England. In this Un-Numbered, Special Edition, he roams around the Winter Garden through the Dealer's Hall and elsewhere grabbing some conversations with dealers, registrants, organizers and talent. This gives you a pretty good feel of what went on during this event.