Read our interview, Canada's Got Talent: Getting to know Alexandra Burgio.
From the April 12th upload "How Did She Do That?!?! 🤯 Magician Alexandra Burgio SHOCKS Everyone!" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Alexandra is a 33-year-old magician from Niagara Falls, Ontario. After working as a magician’s assistant for many years, Alexandra is finally ready to take the CGT stage as the main attraction.
From the April 17th Facebook post by the Canadian Association of Magicians:
Amazing news for all members! Interested in group insurance rates & discounted VANISH - International Magic Magazine? Check out this video!
Read our interview, Canada's Got Talent: Getting to know Mitchell Hrycan.
From the April 2nd upload "Mitchell Hrycan's Magic Act is Double the Fun!" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan’s Mitchell Hrycan's act has the judges seeing double!
Read our interview, Canada's Got Talent: Getting to know Mark Lewis.
From the April 2nd upload "GOLDEN BUZZER | Mark Lewis Receives Surprise Golden Buzzer!" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Quirky 79-year-old, Mark Lewis, performs a card trick that captivates audience and judges, earning him the group Golden Buzzer!
From the April 2nd Instagram post by Canada's Got Talent:
From the March 28th upload "You Won't Believe Your Eyes | Nicolas Ribs' Magic Act" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Howie admits this is the best magic he's ever seen after watching Nicolas Ribs' unexplainable performance!
From the March 19th upload "Magic Like You’ve Never Seen Before | Mark Clearview’s MIND-BLOWING Act" at the Canada's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Mark Clearview leaves us wanting more with his genius magic routine dedicated to his late father.
In addition to Eric Leclerc and the Montreal Trio (Marc Trudel, Yannick Lacroix, and Michel Hout), Magic Ben also spent some time on France's Got Talent last season!
Watch his audition on the November 15th upload "♠️ Magic Ben Brings Magic On Stage, Young but Bold he does an amazing performance 🃏" at the France's Got Talent YouTube channel:
Watch his quarter final perfomrance on the December 6th upload "Magic is in the Air with Magic Ben - The public go crazy in France's Got Talent - Quarter Finals" at the France's Got Talent YouTube channel:
From the December 13th Facebook post by David Acer:
I tried to kick off this digital holiday special for The Official SuperDogs with some decorum but no such luck... Writing it was a blast and a phenomenal team of trainers came together to make it one of the cutest, sweetest holiday celebrations you'll ever see. If you like dogs this is a no-brainer—grab some eggnog and watch the full 17-minute special here:
From the December 19, 2020 upload on the Official SuperDogs YouTube channel:
Join The President's Choice SuperDogs for their magical, musical holiday celebration, "Happy Pawlidays."
Sixteenth in this year's Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase, is Wes Barker!
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Submitted by Matt DiSero
The show
Wes Barker: Live on Tour
dropped on
Wes Barker's YouTube channel
this morning:
Congratulations Wes! Keep up the great work!
Thank Matt for your excellent submission!
To learn more about Matt DiSero, visit his website
MattDiSero.com and follow him on
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Instagram.
ICYMI, on November 9th, Shawn was featured in a segment of This is BC. Watch the segment about Shawn in This is BC: Magician follows family tradition with Jay Durant.
Here are the first three days! Follow along with Rich for the next couple of weeks on Instagram or Facebook!
From the December 2nd Instagram post by Richard Forget:
You got to love advent calendars. They’re usually filled with chocolate, but I found one that is filled with… Magic! I’m going to open one every day in December. Then when it is finished, I’m going to give it to somebody as a gift in between Christmas and New Year’s day.
From November 13th upload at the Toronto Magic Company YouTube channel:
Jonah Babins and Ben Train try to Fool Penn & Teller with a couple of pieces of paper!
S10E3, The CW Channel. Original air date: Nov 10/2023
We couldn't find the YouTube video mentioned by Michel below, so at the bottom of this post we embedded their fantastic performance from a video on Facebook.
From the November 22nd Facebook post by Michel Hout (translation by Facebook):
In September and October, I visited France twice. One of these times was because we had been invited Marc Trudel , Yannick and I: The Montreal Trio) to come perform an original number at France's got incredible talent.
It was a bit crazy because on August 29th in the evening, I was performing in Prévost and had to go directly to the airport. Immediately heading to the recording studios upon arrival. So 2 shows in 18 hours on two different continents. Hehe. Watch 28 Nov on M6. For America, the whole thing will be on YouTube the next day.
From the November 26th Facebook post by Michel Huot (translation by Facebook):
Several years ago I watched the show Whose Line is it Anyway and saw this principle there. I have always wanted to do something similar After the very good Chick N Swell had done some circus themed floor (excellent). We decided to get involved in magic. 🙂
ICYMI, here's Alexandra (from the Greg Frewin Theatrical Centre) on last week's episode of Penn and Teller's "Fool Us."
Well done Alexandra!
From the November 9th upload at the Greg Frewin Theatre YouTube channel:
From the October 26th Instagram post by Wes Barker:
This is the Sobriety Test… you passing?
From the November 1st Instagram post by Chris Mayhew:
I don’t ever do TV magic, I much prefer to perform live, but I was asked to do a lil segment on CP24’s breakfast television for Halloween! 🎃 Here’s a clip of the performance 🤗 Shout out to Richard Sanders for this awesome piece of magic. I was a lil nervous because I don’t do this sort of thing ever, but I think I did alright considering this is my first live TV performance 😅 Anyways enjoy everyone and come watch me perform live weekly in downtown Toronto at @coctoronto
Bonne chance Eric!
From the October 25th upload at the Eric Leclerc YouTube channel (translated via Google Translate):
I traveled to Paris to appear on the show LA FRANCE A UN INCROYABLE TALENT! What do you think of my number?!
Follow me on Instagram @magic4yourbrain
Eric Leclerc has been practicing his magic since the age of nine. He is often seen on television on shows like Brain Games on Netflix BIG TRICK ENERGY on TruTV and TRICKED on Disney+. Eric is a Guinness World Record holder and also the only magician to have won the title of Canadian Magic Champion twice.
Updated at 9am to embed Instagram post from CAM at bottom of post.
As part of the Canadian Association of Magician's monthly interview series, Ryan Joyce interviewed Julie Eng, Executive Director of Magicana.
From the CAM website:
In this interview with Julie Eng, we discuss:
- Importance of Learning from Magic’s History
- Current State of Magic
- How Magic Has Evolved
- Magicana’s Initiatives, Awards & Publications
- Advice for Magicians
Join CAM and watch the interview at https://www.cammagic.org/post/julie-eng-magicana
While you're logged into the CAM website, have a look at Ryan's October 2023 round-up which includes:
From the October 5th article "DAN MCLEAN JR UNVEILS NEW SINGLE, “KISS ME ONCE” (INTERVIEW)" by Jenna Melanson at Canadian Beats:
I’ve been a musician for … wow … 45 years. I started out singing the hard rock that I loved from when I was a kid in the mid-70s. At some point, I started being drawn to great singers inside and outside of rock, and those singers still motivate me. Gino Vannelli, Daryl Hall, Mavis Staples, Paul Rogers, Sammy Hagar. There’s something transcendent about the sound of their voices and their emotional impact.
Fast-forwarding, I’d stopped singing for 15 years when suddenly I decided to start playing acoustic shows around Toronto. I just wanted to sing. I didn’t want to start another band or write songs. I just wanted to sing. After playing Soul covers in Toronto cafés and small clubs, mostly in Kensington & Parkdale, I decided to film a show to use as promotional material and booked a theatre. A day or two later, I called my old writing partner Dave Dunlop, and asked if we could try writing again. “Oh, by the way, Dave, I have a show in eight weeks and I need enough songs to fill the show”.
Over the next couple of years, we wrote a bunch of songs and I put together “Dan McLean Jr & Some Honey” with three really great backup singers. During lockdowns, we wrote a bunch more songs together online, and we drew on those two groups of songs for the album.
Listen to Dan's single "Kiss Me Once" at Dan's YouTube channel:
