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Chicago magician Josh Weidner performing comedy magic for guests at a corporate event

Chicago Magician · Corporate Events · Fundraisers

Interactive comedy magic for Chicago galas, conferences, and company events.

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★★★★★ 5.0 · 63 Google reviews from corporate clients nationwide

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Corporate Events & Fundraisers across Chicagoland

Looking for a corporate magician for your Chicago gala or fundraiser?

By the time your guests reach the evening reception, they have been sitting in sessions since breakfast. What you put in front of that room decides whether they stay in it or drift quietly toward the elevators. It is the one line on your run of show you cannot afford to get wrong, and everyone remembers who booked it.

Josh Weidner is a Chicago magician who builds his performance around the people in the room. With mingling magic for the crowd during the cocktail hour and clean comedy magic on stage, Josh makes sure the event is remembered long afterwards. For the right reasons.

Josh has spent years in corporate rooms learning what works well and what to avoid, the material is clean by default, and nothing about your night gets improvised at your expense.

What kind of events does Josh perform at in Chicago?

Sales kickoffs, awards banquets, client-appreciation nights, company holiday parties, and donor galas and fundraisers. A lot of the work here is the evening half of a conference, where the program has run all day and the reception has to do something different with the same people.

Why Chicago companies book an interactive magician

A band plays at your guests. A DJ plays for them. An interactive magic show makes them the entertainment, which is a different thing entirely, and it is why people are still repeating it at the office on Monday. The guest count runs from a boardroom of ten to a ballroom of a thousand, and the format changes to fit it rather than the other way round.

You can book strolling close-up magic for a cocktail hour, a comedy magic show as the headline, event hosting to run the whole program, or a combination that covers the night. Everything is clean, written for a professional room, and built around your organization rather than dropped in from a template.

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Ready to book Josh for your event?

Fill out the form with some basic information about what you're planning. Josh reads every inquiry himself and will follow up if he is the right fit to keep your team:

  • I.Mingling with each other, whether they know each other or not
  • II.Engaged right through the program, not drifting out after dessert
  • III.Still talking about it at the office on Monday
TravelPerforming nationwide.
InsuranceLiability coverage carried; Certificate of Insurance on request.

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The Josh Weidner Approach

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Three ways to book Josh for your next Chicago event

Every option is built around audience interaction, so your guests aren't just watching a show. They ARE the show.

Chicago magician Josh Weidner performing strolling magic for guests during a cocktail hour
Cocktail Hour

Mingling Magic

Sometimes called strolling magic, Josh works the room in small groups, performing close-up magic right in your guests' hands. It breaks the ice fast, so people who walked in not knowing each other are talking before your program even starts.

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Guests at a Chicago gala applauding during a comedy magic show
Main Event

Comedy Magic Show

A stage show packed with comedy, magic, and mind reading. Your guests become the stars, and the whole room shares a moment they'll still be retelling back at work the next week.

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Chicago magician Josh Weidner hosting an event from the stage with a volunteer
The Full Night

Event Hosting

Beyond the magic, Josh can run your whole program as host and emcee, keeping the night on schedule, handling the transitions, and holding the energy from the welcome to the final toast.

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Where Josh performs around Chicago

Josh performs across the city and the suburbs, from downtown and River North out through Oak Brook, Naperville, and the North Shore. Downtown hotel ballrooms and suburban corporate campuses both come up on the calendar, and the show works the same in either.

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See what past clients say

★★★★★

"He was incredibly entertaining and kept everyone engaged the entire time. Our group was a corporate crowd with a wide range of personalities, and he read the room very well. I’ve already added Josh to my go-to list for future events."

Alyssa Argentati · MedSpeed
★★★★★

"Josh was incredible for our company holiday party. He kept everyone amazed with his tricks and somehow managed to keep track of everyone at the party to make sure each person was included at least once. He even remembered everyone’s names!"

Brooke Tyson · Munich Reinsurance
Chicago magician Josh Weidner revealing a written prediction on stage with a volunteer
Guests laughing at their tables during a black-tie gala in Chicago
A packed crowd reacting during a comedy magic show in Chicago
A donor raising her paddle during a fundraising gala in Chicago
Guests reacting to close-up strolling magic at a Chicago company event
Guests seated at round tables watching a corporate holiday party magic show in Chicago

Meet Josh Weidner

As a nationally touring corporate event magician, Josh has spent years learning precisely what makes a corporate crowd lean in.

All of Josh's magic and mindreading is heavy on audience interaction so everyone leaves the show with a great story to tell Monday morning.

Whether you're looking for a mingling act to liven up your cocktail hour or a stage performance to bring the entire room together, Josh's magic is designed to break the ice instantly, hold attention start to finish, and create an experience people genuinely remember.

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Chicago magician Josh Weidner performing close-up card magic

Common questions about booking a Chicago magician

Do you perform in Chicago?+
Yes. Josh performs corporate events, galas, holiday parties, and fundraisers throughout Chicago and the greater Chicagoland region. That covers downtown, the Loop and River North, plus Oak Brook, Naperville, Schaumburg and Downers Grove, the North Shore through Evanston, Oak Park and Skokie, and the northwest suburbs including Arlington Heights, Elmhurst, Hoffman Estates and Lombard.
Can you work an evening reception after a full day of sessions?+
Yes, and it is a lot of what Josh does here. A room that has been in sessions since morning does not want another thing to sit through, so the strolling set gets people talking to each other before anything is asked of them, and the stage show is built to be the lightest part of the day.
Do you perform at the downtown hotel ballrooms?+
Yes. Most Chicago bookings land in a downtown or River North ballroom, and Josh works with whatever AV the venue already has. He sends a tech rider once the date is confirmed so nothing gets discovered on the night.
How much does it cost to hire a magician in Chicago?+
Most corporate and gala bookings run $2,500 to $5,000. Where a date lands depends on the format, the guest count, and how long Josh is on. Most settle in the $2,500 to $4,000 range. The fee covers the performance, the planning calls, liability insurance, and material written around your organization.
How far in advance should we book?+
It depends more on the time of year than the type of event. 2 to 4 months out is normal. Peak dates, like weekends and the holiday season, can book up 6 to 12 months ahead. If your date is sooner than that it is still worth asking, because openings come up.
What format works best for our event?+
Three options: strolling close-up while guests arrive and mingle, a stage show once everyone is seated, or both. Strolling carries the early part of the night and breaks the ice when people do not know each other yet. The stage show is the moment the whole room shares. Most clients book the combination.
Can the show be customized for our company?+
Yes, and it is most of what makes the set land. Josh folds in the company name, the people the room knows, the product, and the references only your team will catch. That comes out of the planning call, so the more context you share, the more of it ends up on stage.
What size group does the show work for?+
Anywhere from a boardroom of 10 to a ballroom of 1000. Smaller rooms get a more conversational version of the show. Large rooms need staging and screens so the back of the room sees it properly.
Can Josh also host or emcee our event?+
Yes, and a lot of clients book it that way. Josh can run the whole program as host: opening the night, introducing speakers and award winners, covering the transitions, and keeping the schedule honest. The event hosting page covers how that works.
What if some of our guests do not want to participate?+
You're not really hiring a magician. You're hiring someone whose job is getting your guests interacting and enjoying themselves. Nobody is embarrassed, and nobody is pulled up in front of the room who isn't comfortable being there. The guests who would rather watch have just as good a night.
Is the material clean enough for our crowd?+
Yes. The whole act is built clean for a mixed professional room of executives, clients, and staff. The comedy comes from the magic and the guests who volunteer, never from putting someone on the spot.
What do you need for setup and sound?+
Strolling needs nothing but room to move. The stage show wants a performance area, a wireless headset mic, a handheld mic for volunteers, and a sound system the whole room can hear, plus about an hour to set before doors. Josh sends a full tech rider once the date is booked.
Do you carry insurance and provide a Certificate of Insurance?+
Yes. Many venues require a Certificate of Insurance before a performer is allowed on site. Josh carries liability coverage and provides a COI on request, usually the same day.
Do you perform outside Chicago?+
Yes. Josh performs nationwide, so if your company runs events in more than one market the same show works in every one of them. The quote is all-in before anything is signed.

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Let's get your date on the calendar.

Send over the date and a little about the evening. Josh reads every inquiry himself and will come back on whether your Chicago room is one he can do something with.

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