Des Moines, IA
Magician in Des Moines
Insurance and financial-services corporate work, close enough for a weeknight date.
Des Moines is comfortably drivable, which makes weeknight corporate dates realistic rather than a two-day commitment. I can leave Milwaukee in the morning, work an evening reception downtown or out in West Des Moines, and be home the next day. Travel is either built into the package or itemised on your quote, agreed before anything is booked.
What gets booked in Des Moines
Insurance and financial services set the tone for the corporate calendar here: agent conferences, customer appreciation nights, service-award dinners and December parties that land in the same downtown hotels year after year. Agribusiness and state government add their own meetings. Because so much of the work is agent- and broker-facing, the ask is usually close-up magic during a reception rather than a stage slot. Church and school programs fill in steadily across central Iowa.
Getting there
About 4.5 hours by road from Milwaukee. That is a regular run, and travel is either built into the package or itemised on your quote, agreed before anything is booked.
Also covered nearby: West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Clive, Johnston, Ames.
In Des Moines
The kinds of events I work
Corporate events
Client hospitality, customer nights and company celebrations in Des Moines.
Holiday parties
December books early in Des Moines. Strolling magic between courses works best.
Churches & gospel shows
The gospel show, built around your message rather than bolted onto it.
Schools & family shows
Assemblies and family programmes that hold a room of any age.
Private parties & weddings
Cocktail hours, receptions and birthdays, without touching your timeline.
Nearby
Other places I perform
Dates go fast
Bringing magic to Des Moines
Tell me the date, the venue and roughly how many guests, and I will come back with a straight answer and a price.
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