660: MagiFest 2022 - Day Two Report

Friday 21st January 2022

10:00am - 6pm Dealers Open

10:00am - 11:00am Magifest University Session One

Choose from:
• Impromptu Card Magic with Caleb Wiles
• Maximum Entertainment with Ken Weber
• Scripting Magic with Pete McCabe
• Creativity in Magic with Garret Thomas

11:15am - 12:15pm Magifest University Session Two

Choose from:
• Impromptu Card Magic with Caleb Wiles
• Maximum Entertainment with Ken Weber
• Scripting Magic with Pete McCabe
• Creativity in Magic with Garret Thomas

1:30pm - 3:00pm The Magifest Session

With a performance by Rachel Wax, A Presentation on Comedy Writing in Magic by Pete McCabe, A Card Magic Demonstration by Bernardo Sedlacek, Gahanna Students Performance, and a Talk on the Art of Performance by Stuart MacDonald

2:30pm - 3:30pm Youth Program Event Session 2

3:30pm - 5:00pm Denis Behr Show and Lecture

7:00pm - 8:00pm Jason Ladanye Lecture

8:30pm - 9:30pm Guest of Honor Darwin Ortiz and Friends

10:00pm - 11:00pm Nick Defatte One Man Show

9:30pm, 11pm, 11:30pm Mike Pisciotta Bar Magic Performances

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Rick Herbert and Scott recap the previous day’s activities

00:05:10 - Randy VanderWall and Rick Howard chat about traveling to this convention and why they attend the MagiFest and why people should attend live conventions rather than depending upon social

00:12:46 - Gonzolo Ortiz Hahmann from Guatemala is attending his second magic convention ever. We talk about magic in his country and why he traveled to attend MagiFest.

00:18:34 - Tom Craven has attended the MagiFest for 58 consecutive years and he talks about his histtory in magic a bit in our chat

00:26:38 - Jared Schaugaard talks about this being his first convention in 10 years and why he attended.

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659: MagiFest 2022 - Day One Report

Thursday 20th January 2022

5:00pm - 10:00pm Dealer’s Room Open

6:00pm - 7:00pm Jason England Lecture

7:00pm - 8:30pm Garrett Thomas Show and Lecture

9:00pm - 9:45pm Matt Holtzclaw One Man Show (suitable for 14 and up). Hosted by Michael Kent.

9:00pm - 9:45pm Youth Program Welcome Event

10:00pm - 11:00pm Mike Pisciotta Lecture

Magic and Martinis Thursday Virtual Happy Hour from the Magifest in Columbus, Ohio.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Scott Wells takes off from Houston for his trip to Columbus, Ohio and the MagiFest

00:03:33 - Organizers Joshua Jay and Andi Gladwin talk about what we might expect at this year;s MagiFest and why it will be different from past and future events.

00:12:46 - Mike Powers is a frequent registrant at the MagiFest and he tells us why

00:21:49 - Shawn Popp from Denver, Colorado and Cosmo Solano from Colorado Springs, Colorado discuss the upcoming MINDvention and Cosmo’s new magic theater.

641: MagiFest - Day Three Report

Saturday 18th September 2021

10:00am - 6pm Dealers Open

10:00am - 11:00am Simon Aronson Memorial Event

11:30pm - 12.30pm Steve Cohen Guest of Honor Ceremony and Event

2:00pm - 3:00pm Carisa Hendrix Lecture

3:30pm - 5pm Nate Staniforth Show and Lecture

5:30pm - 6:30pm Asi Wind Lecture

8:30pm - 10:00pm Gala Show hosted by Lucy Darling with Danny and Stacy Cole, Jeff and Tessa Evason, The Passing Zone and Alex Ramon.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Richard Hatch gives us an overview of the coming days activities and a look back at last night’s shows

00:13:39 - Scott Robinson reflects on the late Simon Aronson

00:26:00 - Brent Braun was the first lecturer of the convention and also a dealer at this year’s Magifest. He now consults for magicians including those who have performed and won on Britain’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent

00:38:06 - Erik Tait is the podcast host for Penguin and chats about replacing Dan Harlan as the host of lectures

00:45:00 - Alex Boyce encourages magicians to compete and also consider performing with doves

00:50:35 - We catch up with Reuben Moreland who was a young winner of several magic contests

00:59:08 - We close the convention with the other partner and organizer of Magifest, Andi Gladwin