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Interactive comedy magic for corporate events, galas, and fundraisers in Chicago and nationwide.
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Serving Chicago & Chicagoland
When you are planning a corporate event, gala, or fundraiser in Chicago, the entertainment you choose sets the tone for the entire night. Josh Weidner is a Chicago magician who builds an interactive comedy magic show around your guests, so the people in the room are not just watching a performance. They become the stars of it.
Chicago brings together sharp, busy professionals who have seen the standard hotel-ballroom entertainment before. Josh's magic works differently because it is built on participation. Guests are pulled into the moment, they laugh, they react, and they walk away with a story they retell at the office on Monday morning.
From downtown hotels and River North event spaces to convention floors near McCormick Place and lakefront venues along Navy Pier, Chicago hosts every kind of corporate gathering. Josh is a natural fit for holiday parties in the Loop, company milestones, conference receptions, client-appreciation nights, and nonprofit fundraisers in the suburbs, and he tailors the format and the material to fit your audience and your room.
An interactive show does something a band or a DJ cannot: it makes your guests the center of the entertainment. For a Chicago audience that has seen the usual event fare, that participation is what turns a nice evening into the one people bring up for weeks. Josh reads the room, keeps every moment clean and corporate-appropriate, and sends people back to their tables with a story to tell.
You can bring Josh in for strolling close-up magic during a cocktail hour, a stand-up comedy magic show as your headline entertainment, or both for a full evening of interaction. Every option is clean, corporate-appropriate, and customized around your company, so it feels built for your team rather than dropped in from a template.
What are you hoping to create: a team that finally mingles, a fundraiser that opens wallets, a conference crowd that stays in the room?
Josh builds every performance around your audience, so the guest who steps forward walks back to their seat having become the story their colleagues retell all week.
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The best magic doesn't happen to your guests. It happens with them.
Every option is built around audience interaction, so your guests aren't just watching a show. They ARE the show.
Josh works the room during cocktails and receptions, performing close-up magic right in your guests' hands. It breaks the ice fast and gets everyone talking before the program even starts.
Learn More →A 20 to 45 minute stage show packed with comedy, magic, and mind reading. Your guests become the stars, and the whole room shares a moment they'll be retelling Monday morning.
Learn More →Strolling magic during cocktail hour, then the full stage show after dinner. It bookends your event with entertainment and gives your guests the most to talk about, start to finish.
Learn More →Josh regularly performs at corporate events, galas, holiday parties, and fundraisers throughout Chicago and the surrounding communities, including Naperville, Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Evanston, Rosemont, Downers Grove, Arlington Heights, Oak Park, Skokie, Elmhurst, Hoffman Estates, and Lombard.
Check Your Date"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."
"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."
"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."
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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