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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 →

If you’d like to produce a show at the 2022 Melbourne Magic Festival, applications are now open! Just CLICK HERE and fill out your application online – but don’t forget to read the PRODUCERS GUIDE first! Read More →

The Melbourne Magic Festival starts THIS MONDAY and already a LOT of shows in WEEK 1 have SOLD OUT! If you were thinking of going to the CLOSE UP MAGIC GALA THE NICK KAY LECTURE THE OPEN MIC NIGHT They are now all SOLD OUT THE LANEWAY THEATRE EXPERIENCE THE DAVENPORT SEANCE THE... Read More →

Each year The Melbourne Magic Festival hosts two categories of The Australian Junior Championships: The Stage Magic Championship, and The Close Up Magic Championship. Past champions have gone on to present their own solo shows both here and at other festivals, while others have... Read More →

From April 19 to April 30 Magic Fans will be able to get early access to Melbourne Magic Festival show tickets at 20% off! On May 1, when the tickets go on sale to everyone, they revert to their regular prices. By registering for our pre-sale, not only will you get 20% off but... Read More →

Welcome to 2021 and only 178 days away from the start of the next Melbourne Magic Festival! As promised, here is the online application for those wanting to produce a show in the Festival Hub CLICK HERE The Producer Guide can be found HERE Pics and Videos of the Hub can be found... Read More →

Every year during the Melbourne Magic Festival, we are proud to present a showcase performance of our AIM Junior Magicians celebrating their progress in the art of magic. Of course, thanks to Covid, this was not possible to do live this year so we are going virtual. On Saturday,... Read More →

We are very saddened at the news of the passing of beloved AIM Member Ron Dorre. Ron was instrumental in the success of The Australian Institute of Magic as a very pro-active committee member, and he was key to the growth of the Melbourne Magic Festival as our main videographer... Read More →

Less than two weeks to go now before the 2019 Melbourne Magic Festival begins. Make sure you BOOK NOW for your favourite shows because many are already SOLD OUT! LU CHEN: LIVE IN MELBOURNE – July 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 – SOLD OUT THE MMF STAGE GALA SHOW – July 1... Read More →

Last night at Arts Centre Melbourne, AIM Juniors we saw the competitors in The Australian Junior Championships of Magic testing out their magic together for the first time. Josh Staley gave some excellent coaching advice while Lee Cohen helped them prepare for what, for some of... Read More →

Dom Chambers, former Australian Junior Champion of Magic, has finally exposed himself to the world by auditioning for America’s Got Talent. Judging by the judges reactions, and the 49,000 positive comments his YouTube clip (which has almost 2.5 million hits in just one day)... Read More →