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

Columbia Magician · Corporate Events · Fundraisers

Interactive comedy magic for Columbia association banquets, donor events, and company parties.

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

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Corporate Events & Fundraisers across Mid-Missouri

Are you booking a corporate magician for a Columbia banquet or fundraiser?

A donor event has a number attached to it, and the evening either helps you reach it or quietly costs you. The entertainment sets whether the room is warm by the time the ask comes. That is a lot riding on the line most people book last.

Josh Weidner is a Columbia magician who shapes the evening around the room you invited. Mingling magic through the reception and clean comedy magic on stage, so the room is warm and paying attention by the time the evening turns serious.

Josh has spent years in banquet rooms working out what warms an audience and what cools one. The material runs clean throughout, and nothing is tested on your evening.

What Columbia events does Josh work?

Association banquets, donor events, company holiday parties, awards nights, and charity galas and fundraisers. The university, insurance and healthcare drive most of the calendar, and the guest lists pull in from across mid-Missouri.

Why Columbia organizations choose interactive magic

A band plays while people talk over it. Interactive magic gets the room facing the same direction, warm and paying attention, which matters a great deal when there is an ask coming later in the evening. It scales from ten people to a thousand.

Open with strolling close-up magic, headline with a comedy magic show, or give Josh event hosting and the whole program. Any two of them pair well. Everything stays clean, it suits a professional audience, and it is written around your organization rather than a stock routine.

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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 Columbia event

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

Columbia 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 Columbia 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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Columbia 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 Columbia

Downtown and the campus district carry most of the work, with hotel ballrooms and university venues handling banquets, donor dinners, and recognition nights. The surrounding towns feed the same calendar through Jefferson City and Fulton.

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See what past clients say

★★★★★

"We had a wonderful experience with Josh at our corporate holiday party. He brought clean, magical fun to our event and everyone loved it. I highly recommend Josh Weidner, and we will definitely use him again."

Troy Squires · American Family Insurance
★★★★★

"We had Josh perform at our office/lab grand opening and he killed it. He captivated the crowd, had them involved and laughing, and entertained well beyond my hopes. This is the guy you want to hire."

Matthew Chaidez · Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
★★★★★

"We hired Josh for our Holiday Dinner and could not have been more impressed. One guest said they expected a 5/5 show and were given a 10/5-star show. I'd highly recommend Josh to anyone looking to be entertained and flabbergasted."

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

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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Columbia magician Josh Weidner performing close-up card magic

Common questions about booking a Columbia magician

Do you perform in Columbia?+
Yes. Josh performs corporate events, galas, holiday parties, and fundraisers throughout Columbia and mid-Missouri. That covers Jefferson City, Fulton and Ashland, Boonville, Centralia and Hallsville, plus Moberly, Mexico, Rocheport, Marshall, Holts Summit and Sturgeon.
There is an ask at our donor event. Where should the magic go?+
Before it. The point is to have the room warm, attentive and enjoying themselves by the time you make the ask, rather than trying to lift them afterwards.
Do you work university events?+
Yes. The campus calendar is a large part of the work here, and Josh performs at university venues, donor dinners and recognition nights.
How much does it cost to hire a magician in Columbia?+
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 Columbia?+
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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