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Melbourne has long been the Southern hemisphere’s “mecca of magic”, to quote Teller; not only a destination for magic’s legends to aspire to perform in, but a hotbed of creativity where future legends are born. Read More →

Join us on Thursday, 6th November from 7–9pm at Ballers Clubhouse Carlton, for an unforgettable night of live entertainment. Read More →

It won't be announced until next week, so this is an advance notice for all Melbourne Magic Fans. If you'd like to catch a TOP CLASS show featuring stars of The Melbourne Magic Festival in a secret city venue - complete with drinks, pizza, snacks, dinner and games to play Read More →

Earlier this year, a journalist from THE BIG ISSUE attended The Australian Junior Championships of Magic. This week, their article was published and it's well worth grabbing a copy of THE BIG ISSUE. Read More →

Why does magic fool us so easily? Is our perception of reality just an illusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Gary O’Reilly explore the neuroscience behind magic with magician Teller (of Penn & Teller) and neuroscientist Susana Martinez-Conde. Read More →

MagicSports returned to The Laneway Theatre last night and once again it was an unmitigated night of hilarious chaos! The improvising magicians were set challenges by the audience that resulted in Davide Kaufmann performing magic on a crashing plane, Josh Staley performing a... Read More →

Anthony Street’s full scale illusion show SPELLBOUND is currently touring Australia until April 6. You can catch him all through Victoria (including Plenty Ranges, Ringwood, Essendon, Clayton, Nunawading, Narre Warren, and the Atheneaum Theatre in Melbourne) as well as... Read More →

Master magician Anthony DeMasi, star of Kids WB on Channel 9, is running a January school holiday magic program from January 14th-22nd 2025Discover the amazing world of magic these school holidaysPerfect For Ages 5 – 12 YearsBuilds Confidence and Communication SkillsEach... Read More →

Tonight, Saturday January 11, is opening night for Penn & Teller’s 50th Anniversary Tour and Australia is ready! All shows in Sydney (Jan 11 to 18) AND Melbourne (Jan 21 to 26) were showing ALLOCATION EXHAUSTED last week! There were only a handful of tickets left for... Read More →

Over 30 shows for 2025! That’s right, there will be over 30 different magic shows from all over the world presented in Adelaide from February 14 to March 23. The Australian Institute of Magic is well represented with DOM CHAMBERS and his show A BOY AND HIS DECK, SAM &... Read More →

MMF Award Winners – 2024 Our 17th Annual Melbourne Magic Festival has concluded. Tickets Sold = 6,208 Total shows = 46 Total performances = 176 You can check out all of the photos BY CLICKING HERE AWARD WINNERS FOR 2024 WERE: THE 2024 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPION OF MAGIC Sam... Read More →

To celebrate the 50th year of PENN & TELLER, the bad boys of magic are returning to Australia with shows at the Sydney Opera House from 11-18 January 2025, Arts Centre Melbourne from 21-26 January 2025 and Queensland Performing Arts Centre from 29 January to 7 February 2025.... Read More →

If you attended the Magicians At Work Show on Wednesday April 11 at The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne, you will have enjoyed a night jam-packed with incredible magic. If you didn’t, CLICK HERE to see some incredible photos taken on the night by the talented Kayj Barbosa Read More →

Melbourne has long been known as the mecca of magic in the Southern Hemisphere, but did you know that, in addition to events like The Melbourne Magic Festival, we have an ongoing history of dedicated theatres specialising in magic? The 1970s to 1990s in Melbourne Though we have... Read More →

It’s official – our 16th Melbourne Magic Festival was the best one yet. Tickets on sale = 14,450 Tickets sold = 10,479 Total shows = 158 Sold Out Shows = 90! AWARD WINNERS FOR 2023 WERE: The Australian Junior Championship – Aryan Mahtani Volunteer of the Year... Read More →