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

St Louis Magician · Corporate Events · Fundraisers

Interactive comedy magic for St Louis galas, fundraisers, and company events.

Built around your guests, so the people in the room become the story instead of watching one.

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

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Based in St Louis

A St Louis magician who actually lives in St Louis

Search for a St Louis magician and a lot of what comes back is someone who would be flying in for your date. Josh Weidner is here year round. He co-founded Disbelief: Cocktails & Conjuring, the monthly magic show in the upstairs lounge at the Golden Hoosier on South Kingshighway, and performs in it every month in front of a paying St Louis crowd that chose to be there. Great Day St Louis, Studio STL, and Show Me St Louis have all put the show on air.

That matters more than it sounds. Your entertainment does not depend on a February flight landing at Lambert, which is worth something on a night you cannot reschedule. You can sit down with him beforehand rather than taking a call from another time zone. And the room you are booking is very likely one he has already worked.

What kind of events does Josh perform at in St Louis?

Company holiday parties and sales kickoffs, awards banquets, client-appreciation nights, grand openings, conference receptions, and nonprofit galas and fundraisers where the room has to still be paying attention when the ask arrives. 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.

Why St Louis 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 the reason people are still repeating it at the office on Monday. St Louis audiences have sat through plenty of hotel-ballroom entertainment. What they have usually not had is the part where a colleague they work with every day ends up holding the impossible in their own hands while the rest of the room watches.

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
TravelBased in the metro, so your date never depends on a flight landing.
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 St Louis event

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

St Louis 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 St Louis 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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St Louis 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 St Louis

St Louis is a bi-state metro, and a lot of performers here quietly behave as though it isn't. Josh works both sides of the river. Downtown and Clayton for the corporate calendar, St Charles County for galas and chamber nights, and Edwardsville, Belleville, and O'Fallon on the Illinois side, which get the same show and the same preparation as a hotel ballroom downtown.

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What St Louis clients say after the show

★★★★★

"Josh was amazing to work with. Very timely in response to questions. We had him at a corporate event where he did magic while walking the room during our reception time and then his magic and comedy show after dinner. He was fantastic! Everyone loved him! We will definitely look at using him again!!"

Beth Berner · Lutheran Church Extension Fund
★★★★★

"We had Joshua for our annual company dinner. He was fantastic! Both his up-close and on-stage performances were engaging, impressive, and funny. He's very personable, and I highly recommend him for your next event."

Desiree Clayton · Woods Basement Systems
★★★★★

"The SIUE Meridian Society hired Josh Weidner to serve as a Mingling Magician for their 20 Magical Years celebration! Josh wowed guests with his amazing magical tricks and ended the evening with a comedy magic show."

Julie Babington · SIUE Meridian Society
St Louis magician Josh Weidner revealing a written prediction on stage with a volunteer
Guests laughing at their tables during a black-tie gala in St Louis
A packed crowd reacting during a comedy magic show in St Louis
A donor raising her paddle during a fundraising gala in St Louis
Guests reacting to close-up strolling magic at a St Louis company event
Guests seated at round tables watching a corporate holiday party magic show in St Louis

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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St Louis magician Josh Weidner performing close-up card magic

Common questions about booking a St Louis magician

Do you perform in St Louis?+
Yes, St Louis is home. Josh lives in the metro and performs corporate events, galas, holiday parties, and fundraisers across the region. That covers downtown and Clayton, Creve Coeur and Chesterfield, Ballwin, Kirkwood and Webster Groves, St Charles County out through Cottleville and Wentzville, and the Metro East including Edwardsville, Belleville and O'Fallon. He also co-founded a monthly magic show here, so he is in front of a St Louis audience year round rather than passing through. He tours nationwide, but this is where it started. Local dates do not carry travel costs.
Can we see you perform before we book?+
Yes, and that is unusual for this business. Josh co-founded Disbelief: Cocktails & Conjuring, his monthly residency at the Golden Hoosier, so you can buy a ticket and watch him work a room full of strangers before you commit a date and a budget. Most magicians can only offer you a highlight reel.
How much does it cost to hire a magician in St Louis?+
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 St Louis?+
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.

Josh lives in the metro, so a call can just as easily be a coffee before the date. And if you would rather see him work a room first, he's at his residency at the Golden Hoosier every month.

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