St Louis Magician | Josh Weidner Magic
Interactive Entertainment for Corporate Events & Fundraisers
Looking to hire a St Louis magician for your next corporate event?
From Clayton to Chesterfield, Josh Weidner brings clean, hilarious, high-impact magic to events across the St Louis area.
You’ve got the venue. You’ve got the guest list. Now you just need something that actually keeps people engaged.
Josh is a nationally touring magician in St Louis who works with companies, nonprofits, and planners to create unforgettable events.
Whether it’s a corporate awards night at the Chase Park Plaza or a fundraiser at The Sheldon, Josh brings magic that’s smart, fun, and tailored to your crowd.
Let’s make your St Louis event stand out for all the right reasons.
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Entertainment Options That Actually Work for events in St Louis
Three flexible formats to fit your vibe, your space, and your St Louis audience.
Strolling Magic
Strolling magic is one of the best ways to break the ice at a St Louis event. It's close-up sleight of hand right in your guests' hands, cards, coins, and mind-reading that gets people laughing, connecting, and asking, "How did he just do that?" Perfect for cocktail hours, networking mixers, and receptions where guests are mingling.
The Comedy Magic Show
A fully interactive stage show built to engage the whole room. It's smart, clean, and hilarious, and your guests become the stars. Great for banquets, appreciation dinners, or any time you want a shared experience the whole team talks about after. Josh’s St Louis Magic Show runs on clean comedy and high-impact audience interaction.
The Full Experience
Start the night with close-up magic as Josh works the room during cocktail hour. Then bring everyone together for the main event: a full comedy magic show that ties the whole evening together. Double the engagement, zero extra stress. It's why companies book me as a corporate magician in St Louis, Missouri again and again.
What St Louis Corporate Clients Say After the Show
"We had 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 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."
Matthew Chaidez, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
Common Questions From St Louis Planners
What does it cost to bring a corporate magician to a St Louis event?
Most corporate dates land between $2,500 and $5,000, and where you fall depends on the format, the headcount, and how long you need entertainment. Being based in St Louis means local events don't pick up the flights and hotel that out-of-town bookings do, so they usually sit in the $2,500 to $3,500 range. That number covers the performance, the planning calls leading up to it, insurance, and the bits Josh scripts specifically for your company. A full stage show usually costs more than a strolling close-up set because it asks for more equipment, more setup, and more rehearsal.
Which format works best for a St Louis corporate event?
There are three: strolling close-up during cocktail hour, a stage show after dinner, or both together. Strolling warms the room up while people are still arriving and haven't met yet. The stage show is the headline moment your team keeps quoting back at the office. Most of Josh's St Louis clients run the combo so the entire night is handled.
Can you tailor the show to our company?
Definitely. Josh folds in your company name, the people on your team, your products, and the inside references your group will catch, so it feels made for that room instead of copy-pasted. The more detail you give Josh on the planning call, the more of it ends up in the show.
How does close-up magic differ from the stage show?
Close-up runs for small groups in a relaxed setting like cocktail hour, with the magic happening right in their hands, personal and conversational. The stage show plays to the full room at once, everyone facing forward, bigger and more theatrical, with a payoff the whole crowd feels at the same time.
What do you need from us for setup and sound?
Depends on the format. Strolling needs nothing but space to move and a crowd of guests ready to be amazed. The stage show calls for an appropriately sized performance area, a wireless headset mic, and a proper sound system. Budget about an hour to set up before doors. Josh will send a full tech rider once the date is booked.
Do you cover the whole St Louis metro?
Yes! St Louis is home, and Josh performs all over the area, Clayton, Chesterfield, St Charles, and the Metro East included. Local dates carry no travel or lodging fees. Josh also tours nationally, so anything outside the region gets priced to cover flights and a place to stay.
How early should we book?
The earlier the better, especially through the holidays and the spring gala season, when St Louis dates go quickly. Josh keeps his calendar limited so every show stays sharp, which means prime Fridays and Saturdays often fill months ahead. If your event is close, reach out anyway, openings do come up.
How large or small can the audience be?
Anything from a 20-person team dinner to a 1,000-seat gala. Strolling magic just needs more time to reach a bigger crowd, and the stage show fits any room with a clear view of the stage. Josh matches the set to your headcount so it lands the same in a small group or a packed ballroom.
Do you also work fundraisers and galas?
Yes, often. On top of corporate events, Josh is a regular at St Louis galas and fundraisers, paddle-raiser nights included, where the goal is to loosen the room and build energy right before the ask. A shared moment on stage gives guests something to remember and helps the whole evening land.
St Louis Venues Josh Knows
St Louis has corporate-grade venues across the metro. The Chase Park Plaza, The Sheldon Concert Hall, Westport Playhouse, Union Station, the Hilton Frontenac, the Marriott Grand, the Hyatt Regency at the Arch, and the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton all work for stage shows and galas. Helium Comedy Club and other intimate venues across the metro host smaller comedy and parlor-style shows. The Pageant, the Stifel Theatre, and the Fox host larger corporate productions. Hotel ballrooms and event spaces around Clayton and Chesterfield handle the bulk of annual meetings, sales conferences, and holiday parties.
St Louis Neighborhoods and Suburbs Josh Covers
Josh performs at corporate events across the St Louis metro. Downtown St Louis, the Central West End, Clayton, Maryland Heights, Brentwood, and University City are standard in-city locations. The suburbs of Chesterfield, Webster Groves, Kirkwood, Ladue, Frontenac, Creve Coeur, Town and Country, St Charles, O'Fallon, and Edwardsville (Illinois side) round out the metro. If your event is anywhere in greater St Louis, the booking flow is the same.
Industries Booking Josh in St Louis
St Louis's largest industries are also St Louis's largest buyers of corporate magic. Finance, agriculture, and bioscience firms book Josh for sales conferences and client appreciation nights. Healthcare and pharma teams hosting product launches and grand openings book the comedy magic show as the main event. Manufacturing and professional services teams book the full strolling-plus-show combo for annual meetings and customer appreciation dinners. The audience changes, the structure of the show adapts.
How to Pick the Right St Louis Magician for Your Event
When you hire a magician, it's important to discuss details such as the expected age and size of the audience, the venue layout, and any unique aspects of the event. Top qualities to look for include specialized performance style that matches your event type, strong local client reviews, verified professional insurance, and clear contract terms. The three formats worth knowing are close-up for cocktail hour, a stage show for the full room, and parlor magic for mid-sized groups. Match the format to the room and the moment, not the other way around. The format you book should match the room, the audience, and the run-of-show.
Why St Louis Corporations Pay Professional Rates
There is a difference between someone who performs magic and a corporate magician. Anyone can hand out a deck of cards or pull a rabbit out of a hat. Almost no one can hold a room of 200 executives for 30 minutes and leave them with a story they retell the next day. The fee on a corporate magician is not entertainment cost. It is risk reduction. A bad performance at your annual gala does not get a do-over. The event already happened.
Most professional St Louis corporate magicians and event entertainers charge $2,000 to $3,000 for local bookings, with larger format and full-scale event packages running higher. Insurance, equipment, custom scripting for your company, rehearsed sets that hit on time every time. Josh has spent nearly two decades performing for corporate audiences, and that experience is what keeps a show on time, on tone, and on message for your company. Anyone quoting dramatically less either does this part-time or the price will change before the contract is signed.
Booking professional entertainment for a corporate event can feel like a daunting task. The category ranges from amateur performers to working professionals trained through institutions like Hollywood's Magic Castle, the famed members-only home of the Academy of Magical Arts and the gold-standard club for sleight of hand. Josh is a former member, and that level of professional standard is what shows up at your event.
Who This Page Is For (And Who It's Not For)
Magicians in St Louis are typically hired for birthday parties, corporate events, and house parties. There are two distinct categories of working magicians. The first specializes in private gatherings: birthday parties, house parties, bachelorette parties, anniversaries, family events, and adult celebrations. The second category focuses on corporate audiences: galas, fundraisers, sales conferences, trade shows, and large-scale events. Josh is the second kind. The skills, pacing, content, and pricing for the two categories are different. If you're planning a kids' party, a birthday, or a private family event, this isn't the right page. If you're booking entertainment for a corporate event in St Louis, you're in the right place.
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