A Magician At Your Wedding?

Guide For Brides

What is Strolling Magic?

As opposed to a traditional magic show where an audience sits down in front of a magician to watch a performance, strolling magic is where a magician mingles with your guests throughout your event while performing miracles right under their noses! The magician approaches tables or groups of people inviting them to join in a shared moment of amazement and fun!​​

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Perfect Ice Breaker

A wedding is a time to celebrate two lives coming together. All your friends and family are super excited to talk to you and your spouse, but they may feel some awkwardness getting to know the new relatives on the other side of the family. Cue in the magician!

Having a magician approach groups of peoples, bring them together, and initiate conversation removes the pressure of introductions from your friends and loved ones. Add in a couple of mind blowing tricks, and now everyone has a fun and natural conversation starter! The mood is lighter, people are laughing, and your loved ones now have a perfect segue to get to know the family of their new in law completely stress free!

Amazing Photo Opportunities

It is SO important to capture the fond memories, the laughter, and the magic of your wedding day. These are things you will want to remember forever, and having a magician at your wedding can facilitate just that. Performing magic gets people smiling, laughing, and gasping in astonishment.

These are perfect emotions to capture on camera! Nobody wants to remember the boring average moments. Everyone wants to remember the fun and excitement of the experience, and a magician provides so many of these opportunities!

Non-Intrusive Entertainment

Let's face it, DJ's and wedding bands are LOUD. Whether your guests want to hear the music or not, they don't have a choice. That's not to say that there isn't a time and place for some killer party music, but if people are trying to have a conversation, they're inevitably going to be continually interrupted.

This makes it difficult to catch up with loved ones who you may not get to see very often. Not to mention, loud music adds another barrier when your relatives are trying to get to know the new side of the family (and it's SO important to get these kinds of things started off on the right foot). With a strolling magician, you don't have any of those problems.

If the magician approaches a group and they are in deep conversation or just simply aren't interested in seeing some magic, they can politely decline and the magician moves on. Nobody's forced to deal with something they don't like, and that does A LOT to keep the vibes positive.

Foster Connections

Your wedding is an amazing opportunity to build new relationships, catch up on old ones, and ultimately celebrate your union by bringing your loved ones together. Everything about your wedding day should help facilitate these goals, so why shouldn't the entertainment do that too?

Having a magician mingle with your guests, facilitate interactions, and produce shared moments of wonder is a great way to keep your guests engaged with each other. It sets the mood for fun and laughter, and this ensures the best possible circumstances for you and your guests to build relationships with each other.

It's way too easy to just sit back, keep to yourself, and not engage with others. A magician ensures you and your family don't miss out on the most important day of your life because of social complacency.

Accommodate Your Dream Venue

You shouldn't have to choose between your entertainment and your venue. If you want a small intimate wedding nestled in a mountain cottage, then you go for it! Are you feeling more large, elegant, and grandiose, then do it! Is an outdoor summer wedding more your vibe, then perfect! A strolling magician can do an amazing job in any venue.

There's no need to worry about having sufficient space to set up bulky equipment, providing electricity for speakers or electronics, keeping the volume down per city ordinance, or any of that. With a magician, you can have your wedding wherever you want and there's no need to stress about the logistics of entertainment.

Add A Bespoke Factor

Most weddings follow the exact same routine. There's a ceremony, there's a reception, there's pictures, there's food, and there's music. Sometimes there's a bar/cocktail hour, the occasional wedding breakfast, but ultimately, everyone does some variation of food and ceremonies.

Your wedding day doesn’t have to follow the same scripted pattern as everyone else. How many people do you know have had a magician at their wedding? Probably not many. You have a chance to make your wedding truly unique. Just imagine how refreshing it will be to have miracles happen right in front of your nose instead of just sitting around until it's time to leave. Don't just settle for the same boring things.

Create Lasting Memories

Most people probably won't remember  the specific words said during a wedding ceremony or what they ate at the reception. However, they WILL remember the look on their friend's face when they see something impossible happen right under their nose. They WILL remember meeting their new brother in law when the magician makes things spontaneously appear in his hand. They WILL remember the laughter and the connections they made with the other guests.

You simply don't get this with other forms of entertainment. A magician's craft is specifically tailored to make memories LAST. Of all the memories in your life that you want to last, your wedding day should probably be high on that list.

Appeals To All Demographics

Some aspects of a wedding, such as an open bar, can be inherently exclusive. If that's what you're going for, then no worries! But you shouldn't feel like you have to choose between what you want and who you want at your wedding. Maybe you haven't seen your sister in a few years, but she can't find a babysitter to watch the kids during cocktail hour at the bar. Maybe grandpa has hearing issues and he can't handle the loud music playing through the speakers.

Does your sister just skip socializing at the bar? Does grandpa have to miss the reception? The great thing about a magician is that you won't have these types of problems. Magic appeals to everyone, from kids to adults, no exclusions necessary! And if some people don't want to participate in the magic, then no problem! The magician simply moves on to the next group without interrupting the rest of the event.

Fill Up Down Time

As the newly married couple, you will almost certainly be very busy your entire wedding day, but what about everyone else? What will everybody do while you are off taking pictures with your spouse and family? Just wait around? How about during the transition from the marriage ceremony to the reception? Does everyone just hang out for an hour until everyone arrives and the finishing touches are made?

These are perfect opportunities for a magician to perform to your guests and prevent the mood from getting lethargic going into the reception. Everyone will be grateful that you've provided something to do when there's nothing to do.

Last Minute And Still High Quality

Sometimes, as much as we try to prevent it, disaster strikes. Maybe there was some miscommunication and the venue doesn't provide electricity , so say bye-bye to speakers playing music. Maybe the wedding band's equipment broke and they can't make it to the reception. There could be a number of things that could go wrong and leave you with a void in your wedding that you weren't planning on. Do you just go without?

Well, you shouldn't have too! The great thing about a magician is that the quality of entertainment isn't affected by props or  accessories, but by the magician himself! As long as the schedule is clear, a magician can come in last minute and blow everyone away just as well as if he'd been hired 6 months earlier. I've performed at events where I've been hired literally the day before! Even if you keep magic in mind solely as a backup, a magician is always there to help in any way you need.