A trade show magician performing close-up magic for visitors on an exhibition stand

Trade show magician hire.Your competitors have a stand. You'll have a crowd.

A magician for your trade show does what a pull-up banner can't. He stops people on the floor, holds them there, and hands them to your team already talking. Lead generation that doesn't feel like lead generation.

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The problem

Most stands just wait for footfall.

You have paid for the space, the build, the flights and the team. Then the doors open and the aisle walks straight past. Lanyards down, eyes forward, heading for the coffee. Your people cannot step out and start a conversation without it feeling like an ambush, so they hang back and wait to be approached. The stand opposite is waiting too.

That is the walk-past we stop.

The solution

We make your stand the busiest spot on the floor.

A trade show magician works your stand in short, sharp bursts. Ninety seconds of close-up magic, performed at the people already walking past, close enough that they have to stop to see it.

One person stops. The two behind them stop to see what stopped the first one. Within a minute there are nine people deep on your stand and the aisle is looking over. That is why the crowd gatherer has been a stand tactic for as long as there have been stands. The crowd is the advert.

And while every eye is on the magic, your team is not chasing anyone down the aisle. They are standing in a group of warmed-up, delighted people who are already talking to them. This is trade show entertainment with a job to do.

Visitors gathered around a trade show magician performing close-up magic at a busy stand

The result

From walked past to nine people deep.

A crowd on your stand all day, a team having conversations instead of chasing them, and a follow-up list on Monday that is actually worth working.

The proof

A crowd of visitors watching a trade show magician on a corporate stand — “Non-stop crowds.”Rydall Comms

Trade show visitors reacting to close-up magic at a stand — “Drawing in crowds and relaxing people.”Felicity, Corporate Event

A trade show magician performing close-up magic for delegates — “Entertaining? Off the scale.”EU Automation

Visitors astonished by a close-up magician on an exhibition stand — “This is a class act.”Halfords

A group of trade show visitors gathered around a magician mid-performance — “Everyone was talking about you.”Ladder Association

A trade show magician holding a crowd on a busy stand — “The best decision we made.”Corporate Event, London

Ready when you are

Ready to stop the aisle?

Tell us the show, the stand and the dates, and we'll match the right magician to your floor.

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Right for your stand?

Six ways to gather a crowd.

A trade show magician is the brief, not the act. Which one we send depends on what your stand is selling and who is walking past it. Each of these pulls a crowd a different way.

Roaming Magicians Mind Readers Pickpocket Magicians Tech Magicians The Close-Up Corner Con Artists

A word of honesty

This isn't for every stand.

If the plan is to lay the brochures out and hope the right person wanders over, save your money. We draw the crowd. Your people still have to work it.

If your team will be head down on laptops all day, the crowd builds and then drifts, and you have paid for a queue nobody spoke to.

But a stand, a team ready to talk, and a hall full of people walking past? That is exactly what we are for.

Before you ask

The questions we get asked most.

Short, sharp bursts rather than a set show. Your magician works the front of the stand and the aisle beside it, performing close-up magic at the people already walking past. Ninety seconds is usually enough to stop the first person, and the crowd does the rest. He works the room in cycles all day, so there is always something happening when a buyer looks over.

No. No stage, no table, no power, no tech. Close-up magic happens in the hands, standing up, wherever your visitors are. If there is room for people to stand, there is room for us. It is the only exhibition entertainment that costs you nothing in floor space.

Yes, and on a stand it is worth doing. Your product, your brochure, your key message or your logo can end up at the centre of the effect, so the thing they remember and the thing you are selling are the same thing. For product launches and demos, our tech magicians build digital effects around the product itself.

One magician comfortably holds a stand for a show day. If you are on a large stand, on a corner with two open sides, or you want coverage while one is on a break, two works better. Tell us your stand size and hall and we will tell you straight which you need.

A full show day, worked in bursts with breaks built in, because nobody performs for seven hours straight and nor should they. Half days are available if the hall only gets busy after lunch, and multi-day bookings are common. Tell us the show hours and we will build it round them.

Yes. Trick Photography is our event photography add-on, and it exists because reactions to magic are the best content a stand produces all week. Our photographers know the magicians' repertoire, so they are already framed up when the moment lands rather than catching the second after it.

Very often the best value in the booking. The hall closes, the bar opens, and the same magician who pulled crowds all day now works your VIP guests and the people you actually flew out to meet. Same performer, same day, and it turns a generic drinks reception into the bit they remember.

It depends on the show, how many days, how many magicians and where in the country you are, so there is no one-size price. Tell us about the stand and we will send a clear quote, no obligation.

As early as you can. Trade show magicians get booked out around the big show weeks because every exhibitor in the hall is chasing the same dates, and we would rather turn you down in March than in September. If you know your show, get the date held.

Enquire in two minutes

Tell us about your event.

Give us the essentials and we'll match the right act to your room and come back with a clear price. No call centres, no chasing.

One booking, one point of contact.
Every magician fully insured.
A fast reply with the right act and a clear price.

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Your competitors will be hoping. You'll have a queue.

Tell us the show, the stand and the dates, and we'll match the right magician to your floor.

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