Wisconsin every week, anywhere in the country on request

HuntsvilleAL

Engineers, defense contractors, and a room that would rather work out how it was done

Magician in Huntsville →

AnchorageAK

The longest trip on my calendar, so it is worth building the week around your date

Magician in Anchorage →

PhoenixAZ

The season runs October to April, and those resort weeks go a long way out

Magician in Phoenix →

Little RockAR

Ten hours down through St. Louis and Memphis, which means nothing gets checked

Magician in Little Rock →

Los AngelesCA

A big market with one planning problem, and the problem is the drive across town

Magician in Los Angeles →

San DiegoCA

Convention hospitality, biotech, and a climate that lets a reception happen outdoors

Magician in San Diego →

San FranciscoCA

January is the busiest week of the year here, and it is not a coincidence

Magician in San Francisco →

DenverCO

Two hours in the air from Milwaukee, which makes a single evening date workable

Magician in Denver →

BridgeportCT

P.T. Barnum was mayor here, which sets an awkward bar for a visiting entertainer

Magician in Bridgeport →

WilmingtonDE

Close-up magic for Wilmington law firms, banks and the corporate calendar

Magician in Wilmington →

WashingtonDC

More national associations are based here than anywhere, and each one holds an annual dinner

Magician in Washington →

JacksonvilleFL

Corporate close-up magic in Jacksonville, from downtown finance to the Beaches

Magician in Jacksonville →

MiamiFL

December to April is the whole season, and the good dates disappear first

Magician in Miami →

OrlandoFL

Trade show and conference magic in Orlando, built around the convention calendar

Magician in Orlando →

TampaFL

Magic for Tampa corporate events, defense-sector meetings and private parties

Magician in Tampa →

AtlantaGA

Corporate magic in Atlanta, from Buckhead boardrooms to the convention floor downtown

Magician in Atlanta →

HonoluluHI

Incentive trips and award weeks, planned a year out and worth every bit of the notice

Magician in Honolulu →

BoiseID

Close-up magic for Boise corporate events, company parties and private bookings

Magician in Boise →

ChicagoIL

Ninety minutes south, and the market I work most outside Wisconsin.

Magician in Chicago →

RockfordIL

An easy drive southwest for corporate and community events.

Magician in Rockford →

IndianapolisIN

Drivable from Milwaukee, and a city I have performed in before.

Magician in Indianapolis →

Des MoinesIA

Insurance and financial-services corporate work, close enough for a weeknight date.

Magician in Des Moines →

WichitaKS

Aviation sets the calendar. Wichita's corporate year runs on Textron, Spirit and their suppliers

Magician in Wichita →

LouisvilleKY

Derby distorts the whole year, and the first Saturday in May books furthest ahead

Magician in Louisville →

New OrleansLA

Strolling magic and mentalism for New Orleans conventions, receptions and private events

Magician in New Orleans →

PortlandME

A short season on the coast. June through October is when Portland fills up

Magician in Portland →

BaltimoreMD

Hopkins, the harbour and the defence corridor: three calendars that rarely overlap

Magician in Baltimore →

BostonMA

Kendall Square audiences are technical and sceptical, which makes them the best room for this

Magician in Boston →

DetroitMI

A drivable Midwest market for corporate hospitality and private events.

Magician in Detroit →

Grand RapidsMI

Western Michigan: corporate hospitality, churches and community events.

Magician in Grand Rapids →

MinneapolisMN

The Twin Cities: corporate hospitality and conference work.

Magician in Minneapolis →

JacksonMS

The calendar bends around the legislature. January to April is when Jackson books

Magician in Jackson →

Kansas CityMO

Corporate and convention work, usually a fly-in date planned further ahead.

Magician in Kansas City →

St. LouisMO

Corporate hospitality and conference receptions, plus a deep parish and community scene.

Magician in St. Louis →

BillingsMT

The trade centre for four states' worth of country, which is why the associations meet here

Magician in Billings →

OmahaNE

Omaha is a drive, not a flight, which keeps a one-evening booking a one-evening booking

Magician in Omaha →

Las VegasNV

Trade shows and hospitality suites: convention-season work.

Magician in Las Vegas →

ManchesterNH

New Hampshire dates are a flight for me, and Manchester is where most of them land

Magician in Manchester →

NewarkNJ

Newark is a fly-in that works: one direct flight, and northern New Jersey inside an hour

Magician in Newark →

AlbuquerqueNM

Albuquerque is a fly-in date, and October belongs to the Balloon Fiesta

Magician in Albuquerque →

New York CityNY

The most competitive magic market in the country, and mostly a corporate booking

Magician in New York City →

CharlotteNC

Charlotte runs on banking, and its corporate events show it

Magician in Charlotte →

RaleighNC

Triangle audiences try to work out how it was done, which is exactly the point

Magician in Raleigh →

FargoND

Nine hours from Milwaukee, which makes Fargo an overnight rather than a day trip

Magician in Fargo →

CincinnatiOH

Brand and agency nights, where somebody has to wake the room up after a full day of slides

Magician in Cincinnati →

ClevelandOH

Medical meetings are hard to impress and easy to bore, which is exactly the point

Magician in Cleveland →

ColumbusOH

Columbus books conferences harder than its size suggests, and it is a six-hour drive

Magician in Columbus →

Oklahoma CityOK

A Milwaukee magician who flies to Oklahoma City for corporate events and galas

Magician in Oklahoma City →

PortlandOR

Close-up magic in Portland for tech, apparel and private events

Magician in Portland →

PhiladelphiaPA

A magician and mentalist for Philadelphia corporate events, conventions and weddings

Magician in Philadelphia →

PittsburghPA

Magic in Pittsburgh for corporate events, research crowds and fundraisers

Magician in Pittsburgh →

ProvidenceRI

A lot of what lands here is work that did not fit Boston's prices

Magician in Providence →

CharlestonSC

Two wedding seasons a year, and the good dates in both go early

Magician in Charleston →

Sioux FallsSD

Banking back offices and two health systems, nine hours up the road from Milwaukee

Magician in Sioux Falls →

NashvilleTN

Fly-in corporate and convention work in one of the country's busiest event cities.

Magician in Nashville →

AustinTX

Tech-sector corporate events and conference hospitality.

Magician in Austin →

DallasTX

Fly-in corporate work in one of the biggest event markets in the country.

Magician in Dallas →

HoustonTX

Energy-sector corporate hospitality and conference work.

Magician in Houston →

San AntonioTX

Delegates walk back along the river, which is why evening receptions here actually hold together

Magician in San Antonio →

Salt Lake CityUT

Many Salt Lake events are dry and family-inclusive, and the show leans on neither

Magician in Salt Lake City →

BurlingtonVT

Barn-and-inn weddings rather than ballrooms. Burlington rooms are close enough to watch the hands

Magician in Burlington →

Virginia BeachVA

The Navy sets the calendar: change-of-command, retirements and unit balls, all year round

Magician in Virginia Beach →

SeattleWA

The Eastside is half the work. Bellevue and Redmond book as much as downtown does

Magician in Seattle →

CharlestonWV

The associations are headquartered here because the legislature is, and every one holds a banquet

Magician in Charleston →

CheyenneWY

State government, the air force base and the railroad: Cheyenne's three standing calendars

Magician in Cheyenne →

PeoriaIL

Caterpillar's home town, and a convention calendar built around heavy industry.

Magician in Peoria →

SpringfieldIL

The state capital, so the calendar follows the legislative session.

Magician in Springfield →

ChampaignIL

A university town, which means banquet season runs on the academic calendar.

Magician in Champaign →

St. PaulMN

The quieter half of the Twin Cities, and where the state association banquets sit.

Magician in St. Paul →

RochesterMN

Mayo Clinic is the economy, and its conference calendar runs all year.

Magician in Rochester →

DuluthMN

A lake port and a summer destination, so the season is short and busy.

Magician in Duluth →

St. CloudMN

Central Minnesota's trade centre, with a strong church and school calendar.

Magician in St. Cloud →

Cedar RapidsIA

Insurance, aerospace and cereal: three large employers with big holiday calendars.

Magician in Cedar Rapids →

DavenportIA

One city of four, so an event here draws from both sides of the river.

Magician in Davenport →

Iowa CityIA

University and teaching hospital, so the calendar is academic and medical at once.

Magician in Iowa City →

Sioux CityIA

A tri-state trade centre where agriculture sets the meeting calendar.

Magician in Sioux City →

Fort WayneIN

Indiana's second city, with a manufacturing and insurance corporate calendar.

Magician in Fort Wayne →

EvansvilleIN

The Ohio River tri-state hub, where a booking draws three states of guests.

Magician in Evansville →

South BendIN

Notre Dame drives the calendar, and everything else works around it.

Magician in South Bend →

BloomingtonIN

Indiana University sets the year. Book inside the semester or not at all.

Magician in Bloomington →

Ann ArborMI

University and research money, and an audience that likes being fooled properly.

Magician in Ann Arbor →

LansingMI

State capital and Michigan State, so the association calendar is dense.

Magician in Lansing →

KalamazooMI

Close enough for a weeknight, with pharma and craft brewing setting the tone.

Magician in Kalamazoo →

SpringfieldMO

Southwest Missouri's centre, with a large church and conference calendar.

Magician in Springfield →

ColumbiaMO

Mizzou and two hospitals, halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis.

Magician in Columbia →

BransonMO

A live-entertainment town, which changes what a booking here is for.

Magician in Branson →

ToledoOH

Glass, cars and a port: an industrial calendar with a strong holiday season.

Magician in Toledo →

DaytonOH

Wright-Patterson and aerospace engineering, with an audience that likes a method.

Magician in Dayton →

SarasotaFL

Gulf-coast money and a season that runs January to April.

Magician in Sarasota →

Fort WorthTX

Not Dallas. A separate market with its own calendar and its own character.

Magician in Fort Worth →

SacramentoCA

California's capital, so the association calendar follows the legislature.

Magician in Sacramento →

San JoseCA

Silicon Valley corporate work, for an audience that wants to solve it.

Magician in San Jose →

GreensboroNC

The Triad's centre, with a manufacturing and logistics calendar.

Magician in Greensboro →

DurhamNC

Duke, the Research Triangle and biotech: highly educated rooms.

Magician in Durham →

Winston-SalemNC

Old tobacco money turned medical and academic, with a strong arts scene.

Magician in Winston-Salem →

AllentownPA

The Lehigh Valley: logistics money and easy reach from three big cities.

Magician in Allentown →

HarrisburgPA

State capital, so associations meet here to be near the Capitol.

Magician in Harrisburg →

ScrantonPA

Northeastern Pennsylvania, where the parish hall calendar is still the calendar.

Magician in Scranton →

AugustaGA

Masters week reshapes the whole year. Plan around it or into it.

Magician in Augusta →

SavannahGA

A destination wedding and conference town with genuine atmosphere.

Magician in Savannah →

ColumbusGA

Fort Benning and insurance: a military town with a corporate core.

Magician in Columbus →

MaconGA

Central Georgia's hub, with a deep church and music tradition.

Magician in Macon →

TucsonAZ

A university and resort town where the season runs backwards from the north.

Magician in Tucson →

ScottsdaleAZ

Resort and incentive-trip country, with the budgets that go with it.

Magician in Scottsdale →

MesaAZ

The East Valley's own market, with a large family and church calendar.

Magician in Mesa →

FlagstaffAZ

Mountain town at 7,000 feet, the summer market Phoenix escapes to.

Magician in Flagstaff →

Colorado SpringsCO

Military, ministry and Olympic sport: three calendars in one city.

Magician in Colorado Springs →

Fort CollinsCO

A university town with a brewing industry and an outdoor culture.

Magician in Fort Collins →

BoulderCO

Research labs and startups, for a sceptical and delighted audience.

Magician in Boulder →

AspenCO

Two short seasons, very high budgets, and private events that stay private.

Magician in Aspen →

BuffaloNY

A rebuilt rust-belt city with a fierce local loyalty and a real winter.

Magician in Buffalo →

RochesterNY

Optics, imaging and universities: a technical audience that likes a method.

Magician in Rochester →

SyracuseNY

Central New York's hub, where the university sets the social calendar.

Magician in Syracuse →

AlbanyNY

The state capital, so the association season runs with the legislature.

Magician in Albany →

Jersey CityNJ

Wall Street's back office, with Manhattan across the water.

Magician in Jersey City →

Atlantic CityNJ

Casino and convention town, where the work is in the private rooms.

Magician in Atlantic City →

TrentonNJ

The capital, midway between Philadelphia and New York.

Magician in Trenton →

PatersonNJ

One of the most diverse cities in America, with a community event calendar to match.

Magician in Paterson →

WorcesterMA

New England's second city: colleges, hospitals and biotech.

Magician in Worcester →

CambridgeMA

Harvard, MIT and biotech. Possibly the hardest room in the country, in the best way.

Magician in Cambridge →

SpringfieldMA

Western Massachusetts' centre, with a casino and a college belt.

Magician in Springfield →

LowellMA

An old mill city turned university town, on the New Hampshire line.

Magician in Lowell →

AnnapolisMD

State capital, Naval Academy and sailing money in one small city.

Magician in Annapolis →

FrederickMD

Biotech and government science, in a historic downtown that hosts well.

Magician in Frederick →

RockvilleMD

Montgomery County's biotech and federal-contractor heartland.

Magician in Rockville →

ColumbiaMD

Planned community between Baltimore and Washington, and a corporate middle ground.

Magician in Columbia →

SpokaneWA

The Inland Northwest's capital, serving four states' worth of country.

Magician in Spokane →

TacomaWA

A port and military city with its own identity, thirty miles south of Seattle.

Magician in Tacoma →

BellevueWA

The Eastside's own downtown: technology money without the Seattle traffic.

Magician in Bellevue →

VancouverWA

Across the river from Portland, with Washington's tax rules and Oregon's shopping.

Magician in Vancouver →

MemphisTN

Logistics capital and a music city with a deep church tradition.

Magician in Memphis →

KnoxvilleTN

University, national lab and the gateway to the Smokies.

Magician in Knoxville →

ChattanoogaTN

A revived river city with famously fast internet and a startup scene.

Magician in Chattanooga →

FranklinTN

Williamson County money, twenty minutes from Nashville and quite separate from it.

Magician in Franklin →

RenoNV

Casinos, logistics and Tahoe an hour away: three markets in one.

Magician in Reno →

HendersonNV

Where Las Vegas actually lives: family and community rather than Strip.

Magician in Henderson →

SparksNV

Reno's industrial twin, where the warehouses and the workforce are.

Magician in Sparks →

Carson CityNV

The state capital. Small, but the legislature brings the state to it.

Magician in Carson City →

HartfordCT

The insurance capital of America, and the calendar that comes with it.

Magician in Hartford →

New HavenCT

Yale, a teaching hospital and a biotech corridor.

Magician in New Haven →

StamfordCT

Corporate headquarters country, forty minutes from Manhattan.

Magician in Stamford →

WaterburyCT

An old brass city with a strong parish and community calendar.

Magician in Waterbury →

LexingtonKY

Horse country money and a large state university.

Magician in Lexington →

Bowling GreenKY

Corvette country, a state university and a strong church belt.

Magician in Bowling Green →

OwensboroKY

An Ohio River city with a serious bluegrass and festival tradition.

Magician in Owensboro →

CovingtonKY

Across the river from Cincinnati, with lower costs and its own character.

Magician in Covington →

North CharlestonSC

Where the region's industry and its convention centre actually are.

Magician in North Charleston →

ColumbiaSC

State capital, flagship university and Fort Jackson in one city.

Magician in Columbia →

GreenvilleSC

The Upstate's boom city: international manufacturing and a downtown that works.

Magician in Greenville →

Myrtle BeachSC

A resort strip with a conference season either side of summer.

Magician in Myrtle Beach →

ProvoUT

BYU and Silicon Slopes, and the cleanest audience expectations in the country.

Magician in Provo →

Park CityUT

Ski resort and festival town: high budgets, two short seasons.

Magician in Park City →

OgdenUT

An old railroad city with an air force base and outdoor industry.

Magician in Ogden →

St. GeorgeUT

Red rock country and a fast-growing retirement market, with a winter season.

Magician in St. George →

RichmondVA

State capital and a genuine corporate headquarters city.

Magician in Richmond →

ArlingtonVA

Across the river from Washington: federal contracting and Amazon HQ2.

Magician in Arlington →

NorfolkVA

The world's largest naval base sets the calendar.

Magician in Norfolk →

CharlottesvilleVA

UVA, wine country and a wedding market with real money in it.

Magician in Charlottesville →

EugeneOR

A university town with a track-and-field identity all its own.

Magician in Eugene →

SalemOR

The state capital, in the middle of the Willamette Valley.

Magician in Salem →

BendOR

High desert resort town: outdoor industry, breweries and retreats.

Magician in Bend →

MedfordOR

Southern Oregon's hub, with wine country and a Shakespeare festival next door.

Magician in Medford →

BirminghamAL

Alabama's largest city: medicine, banking and a deep church tradition.

Magician in Birmingham →

MontgomeryAL

State capital, air force base, and a civil rights heritage that draws visitors.

Magician in Montgomery →

MobileAL

A Gulf port with the oldest Mardi Gras in America.

Magician in Mobile →

TuscaloosaAL

Alabama football organises the year more completely than anywhere else.

Magician in Tuscaloosa →

FayettevilleAR

Walmart, Tyson and J.B. Hunt: three giants in one small metro.

Magician in Fayetteville →

BentonvilleAR

Walmart's home town, and a vendor community entertaining constantly.

Magician in Bentonville →

Fort SmithAR

An old frontier town on the Oklahoma line, with manufacturing and a strong church belt.

Magician in Fort Smith →

JonesboroAR

Northeast Arkansas's centre, with a university and an agricultural economy.

Magician in Jonesboro →

Baton RougeLA

State capital, LSU, and the petrochemical corridor.

Magician in Baton Rouge →

ShreveportLA

Northwest Louisiana's hub, where three states meet.

Magician in Shreveport →

LafayetteLA

The heart of Acadiana, with a festival culture and an energy economy.

Magician in Lafayette →

Lake CharlesLA

Petrochemical and LNG money, with casinos on the Texas line.

Magician in Lake Charles →

TulsaOK

Old oil money, art deco downtown, and a serious philanthropic culture.

Magician in Tulsa →

NormanOK

University of Oklahoma, twenty minutes from the state capital.

Magician in Norman →

Broken ArrowOK

Tulsa's largest suburb, with family events and a strong church calendar.

Magician in Broken Arrow →

LawtonOK

Fort Sill sets the rhythm: graduations, balls and change of command.

Magician in Lawton →

Overland ParkKS

Johnson County, the corporate and affluent half of Kansas City.

Magician in Overland Park →

TopekaKS

The state capital, with an association calendar tied to the session.

Magician in Topeka →

OlatheKS

Johnson County's other centre: aviation electronics and big school districts.

Magician in Olathe →

DerbyKS

Wichita's fastest-growing suburb, with McConnell Air Force Base next door.

Magician in Derby →

LincolnNE

State capital and the university, in a city that turns out for both.

Magician in Lincoln →

BellevueNE

Offutt Air Force Base and Strategic Command set the calendar.

Magician in Bellevue →

Grand IslandNE

Central Nebraska's trade centre, where the state fair lives.

Magician in Grand Island →

KearneyNE

Where central Nebraska holds its conventions, right on I-80.

Magician in Kearney →

MadisonMS

Jackson's affluent northern suburbs, where the private events are.

Magician in Madison →

GulfportMS

Casino coast: convention and hospitality work year round.

Magician in Gulfport →

HattiesburgMS

A university town between Jackson and the coast, with Camp Shelby nearby.

Magician in Hattiesburg →

TupeloMS

Northeast Mississippi's centre: furniture manufacturing and Elvis.

Magician in Tupelo →