Why a Roving Magician is the Best Roving Entertainment
What is a roving magician?
A Roving a Magician is a magician that goes group to group. 5-10 people at a time, performing close up magic. The guests get to experience the magic up close and personal. “Right in front of there eyes”. Often people see magicians on TV but seeing one in real life so intimate is a unique experience for your guests. It is the perfect way to get your guests warmed up, laughing, mingling and having a good time. Roving magic can also be referred to as close up magic or close up mingle magic. Watch the videos in this blog to experience the kind of atmosphere you can expect when you hire a roving magician for your event.
How does a roving magician work
Typically a roving magician will be at your event for 1 or 2 hours. This is all dependent on how many guests you have attending. If it is a larger event, say 200+ guests than a second magician may be worth consideration. Typically a professional magician will be able adapt the pace of his/her performance dependent on how many guests to make sure everyone gets to experience the magic. No special set up is required for this style of entertainment.
What are the benefits of having roving magician?
No other form of roving entertainment compares with a having a roving magician at your event. Most roving entertainment will simply be used to theme an event. For example stilt walkers, fire twirlers etc A roving a magician will build atmosphere. The moment a magician works a room you feel hear guests applauding and laughing. This builds excitement and energy in the room which is exactly what you need to create a successful event. A roving a magician can very intimately and personally interact with guests at an event. People will experience there own unique “mini magic” show. Often people have a seen a magician on TV but very rarely do they get to experience it up close and personal. As the event planner. All you want to see is your guests smiling and having a good time. The roving magician will provide light hearted, fun, interactive magic that leave your guests coming up to and telling how good the magician was.
Works effortlessly into any event
The advantage of having a roving magician as entertainment is this style will work seamlessly into any event type. Whether is a large gala sit down dinner or stand up a cocktail reception at your wedding or just a small gathering of 20 people for your a roving magician will work in every single scenario.
The magician will have all his tricks contained within his suit, so he can wander the room easily not needing to carry any elaborate props. That way he weave from group to group and adapt to any performing environment. Say there is a interruption and someone wants to do a speech. The magician can simply finish his trick and step aside. As soon as the speech finishes the magician can resume the magic. The magic can be flexible and ready to adapt to any circumstance that may arise. I have personally performed magic is almost every scenario imaginable from large corporate events where I brisk through 100’s of people, to spending more time at an intimate 15 person private party, to in a aquarium at sea world, to in a call center and even a funeral! All events had a slightly different approaches with pace and timing but the end goal was to lighten the mood and make the person planning the event look like a legend for choosing a magician.
Roving Magic creates moments of laughter and wonder
Nothing beats watching your guests laughing, mingling and having a good time. The roving magician will use his magic tricks a tool to achieve this. By getting people to laugh and witness some incredible illusions. Example of tricks a magician will perform.
⦁ Making objects appear and vanish
⦁ Classy Card Tricks
⦁ Bending Silverware with the power of the mind
⦁ Solving Rubik’s Cubes instantly
⦁ Changing money from $5 into $200
⦁ Unlocking pass codes on phone
⦁ Making things float and move without touching them
⦁ and much more!
These will magic tricks will make the toughest of people turn into children again as they share together in some incredible moments of wonder. People love surprise, this is exactly what magic achieves. People also love to laugh, a polished roving magician will not only perform some amazing magic but also have witty, funny interactions along the way.
Roving Magic can be themed
Often event have some kind of theme to them, for example circus, white party, halloween, masquerade, harry potter the choices are endless. A magician can easily costume to suit the theme.
Roving Magic can create social media content
Lets face it people are more and more living in digital world. With the age of social media, sometimes people want to document and show off the event they are attending. This can be good for building brand for companies, creating buzz around an event and building awareness for a charity or cause . You want to give your guests exciting things to look at. Magic provides yours guests with great video footage. People can film the magic on their phone and post it online showcasing how amazing the event they are attending is. FOMO, ‘Fear of missing out’. Once people see online what they missed out on they be lining up to come next year.
Conclusion
I may be biased because being a magician is my job but after performing 1000’s of events I can literally promise that a roving magician is the best roving entertainment. No other roving entertainment can the achieve the same amount “awe”, “wonder” and thunderous round of applause that magician will. No other roving entertainment can achieve the same level of interaction. If your planning an event yourself and you like the idea of having a magician simply reach out, I am here to help.
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Roving Magician FAQ
What is a roving magician?
A roving magician is a magician that will go group to group performing up close and personal magic tricks. Typically the magician will entertaining 5-10 people at a time getting everyone laughing, mingling and having a good time.
How much does a roving magician cost?
This depends on the level of skill and experience the roving magician has had. It also depends on factors such as how long you would like the magician to stay at your event for. Your best to contact the magician direct to get a custom quote.
How long will a roving magician stay for?
A roving magician will stay for 1-2 hours. Larger events may required multiple magicians.