During McBride's Magic & Mystery School 2024 FESTIVAL OF MAGIC you will experience - close-up and personal - magic performances, lectures, and teaching sessions, along with party and magic jam sessions with the Senior Faculty of the School.

Along the way, you will see these TWO full-evening shows:

David Williamson starring in Ridiculous! - Superstar comic sleight-of-hand performer; recipient of a Performing Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts.

JEFF MCBRIDE & the Mystery School All-Stars Show - Guinness Book of World Record holder who fooled Penn & Teller.

McBride's Magic & Mystery School 2024 FESTIVAL OF MAGIC in CHICAGO

The 2024 Festival of Magic (May 31-June 2, Friday-Sunday)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(Subject to Change)

The Rhapsody Theater, 1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago, IL 60626

Friday, May 31:

6:00-6:30 p.m.:  Check-In and Meet the Faculty

6:30-6:45:  Magic Secret Teaching with Jeff McBride

6:45-7:15:  Opening Circle

7:30:  Attend Ridiculous! Starring David Williamson

9:00-9:30:  Post-show Conversation with David

9:30-10:30:  Magic Jam and After-party 

 

Saturday, June 1:

9:15-9:30:  Arrival and Magic Secret Teaching

9:30-10:45:  Legendary Routines of the Chicago Masters

10:45-11:00:  Quality Time

11:00-11:45:  Ross Johnson Keynote:  “Mind-Melting Mentalism”

11:45-12:00:  Quality Time

12:00-1:00:  Small-Group Learning, Sessions #1 and #2

1:00-2:00:  Lunch Break

2:00-2:30:  Quality Time with Friends

2:30-3:45:  David Williamson: Special Guest Lecture

3:45-4:00:  Quality Time and Sharing Magic

4:00-5:00pm:  Jeff McBride Keynote:  “My Houdini Séance Exposed!: Tricks 

& Techniques of the Spirit Mediums”

5:00-7:00:  Dinner break

7:30pm:  The Festival of Magic All-Star Show!

9:15-10:30 p.m.:  Eugene Burger 85th Birthday Party and Celebration

 

Sunday, June 2:

10:00-10:15 a.m.:  Arrival and Magic Secret Teaching

10:15-11:00:  Ricardo Rosenkranz Keynote: “The Mystery of the Orange 

Tree Revealed and Decoded”  

11:00-12:00:  Small Group Learning, Sessions #3 and #4

12:00-1:00:  Lunch

1:00-1:30:  Quality Time with Friends

1:30-2:15:  Magic Show & Tell

2:15:  Festival of Magic Community Photo

2:30-3:00:  Magic Shop

3:00-4:00:  Larry Hass Keynote: “Empowering Your Magical Vision”

4:00-5:00:  Final Festival Wrap Party, and Magic Jam

5:00:  Safe Travels!

2024 Festival of Magic FULL-RIDE VIP PASS: $395.00
INCLUDES:
**TWO premium show tickets
**All post-show special events
**FIVE FULL Magic Lectures
**Small-Group Trick-Teaching Sessions with the Faculty
**EXCLUSIVE VIP EUGENE BURGER 85th BIRTHDAY PARTY & MAGIC JAM
(The regular cost would be over $500.00)

Note: A Saturday-Only Pass is also available for $250.00; a Sunday-Only Pass is available for $175.00