Magician in Cincinnati

Cincinnati is a six-hour drive from Milwaukee. I load the car, so there is no airport and nothing shipped ahead, and travel is either built into the package or itemised on your quote, agreed before anything is booked.

The city runs on consumer goods and everything that surrounds them: brand teams, packaging and design studios, market research, advertising. That crowd is professionally suspicious of anything that oversells itself, which suits how I work. The rest is private, from weddings in Mason and Blue Ash to parties across the river.

What gets booked in Cincinnati

Agency and brand-side events are the standout here. Client dinners, launch nights, and internal meetings where somebody has to keep a room awake after a full day of slides. A product message can be built into a routine rather than announced over the top of one, which usually fits this audience better than a straight comedy set.

The downtown convention centre is mid-rebuild, so more of the meeting work has moved into hotels and event venues on both sides of the Ohio. Northern Kentucky is part of this market, not a separate one.

Getting there

About 6 hours by road from Milwaukee — a regular run, and travel is either built into the package or itemised on your quote, agreed before anything is booked.

Also covered nearby: Mason, West Chester, Blue Ash, Covington, Newport, Florence.