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Melbourne Magic Festival starts next week

And boy, are we excited!!! In addition to the classic MMF favourites: Best of the Magic Fest, MagicSports, The Galas and Tim Credible’s shows,  there are SO MANY new and exciting events to get into this year – PLUS it’s in our brand new hub the incredible Melba...
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Win tix to PUFFS the play!

Fellow wizard fans! Puffs the Play has opened to rave reviews, do yourself a favour and check it out! Now playing at The Alex Theatre, St Kilda. The record breaking smash off-Broadway hit now in its second year comes to Melbourne. The New York Times says Puffs “Exudes a jovial...
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Calling All Junior Magicians!

Join the next generation of fresh magicians as they compete for the titles of Australian Junior Champion of Stage Magic and Australian Junior Champion of Close Up Magic. A highlight of the Melbourne Magic Festival, and for first time at Arts Centre Melbourne, the Championships...
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Learn magic these school holidays!

If you’ve ever wanted to learn the art of magic, or if you already are a magician and would like to improve, there’s no better time than these school holidays and no better place than the Melbourne Magic Festival   If you’re aged between 5 and 15 years, try...
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2018 MMF – Applications Now Open!

Applications are now open for performers wishing to produce a show at the 2018 Melbourne Magic Festival. For full details please CLICK HERE to go to the Producer Resource page and download the 2018 Application Form. Please make sure you also download the 2018 Producer Guide as...
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The Melbourne Magic Festival 2017 Wrap

It’s official – our tenth Melbourne Magic Festival was the best one yet. We broke our ticket sales record with over 10,500 in attendance. Joshua Jay broke the lecture attendance with 120. All three of our international guests had sell out shows. We received more...
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Applications for MMF close Friday

REGISTRATION FOR THE TENTH ANNUAL MELBOURNE MAGIC FESTIVAL CLOSES THIS WEEK! Click here to apply to produce a show at the 2017 Melbourne Magic Festival Applications close Friday January 13, 2017
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The Festival is Over!

The Melbourne Magic Festival is over for another year and once again it smashed all previous records. Over 10,000 people came to see over 300 performances of 55 different shows over 13 days. An amazing event with lots of pics on the official Facebook page HERE and lots and lots...
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First SOLD OUT show of the 2016 MMF

The Melbourne Magic Festival takes place at The Northcote Town Hall from June 27 to July 9 but tickets are already disappearing fast! Congratulations to Tracy Tam who has sold out her FRIDAY JULY 1 session of ‘Why Are Kids Smarter Than Adults?’ This will be Tracy’s first...
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Houdini – Just in time for The Melbourne Magic Festival!

Coming to Channel 7 next Tuesday night at 8.40pm is the History Channel’s two part series on HOUDINI! (Followed by an old episode of Dynamo: Magician Impossible – everyone is getting ready for The Magic Festival! But how much “history” is there mixed in...
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Win A Golden Ticket to the Magic Festival!

For the first time ever you can win one of TWO Golden Tickets to see every show at this year’s Melbourne Magic Festival. Not only is it easy, but it’s fun too! All you need to do is film yourself perform any simple magic trick on a tram and send us the URL....
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The Melbourne Magic Festival

Tickets on sale by calling 9481 9500 with over 250 shows and free events running from June 29 to July 11. This is the eighth edition of Melbourne’s annual Magic Festival at The Northcote Town Hall and our CELEBRATION OF IMAGINATION literally includes something for everyone:...
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AIM on Melbourne 22

Here’s a great story on the TV show ‘Melbourne 22’ profiling the amazing variety of magicians here in Melbourne.  
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Win a double pass to see JAY SCOTT BERRY

Thanks to our good friends at Yarra Trams we are giving away TEN double passes to see JAY SCOTT BERRY – VIRTUOSO OF MAGIC. Jay is one of our special International Guests and a Superstar of Magic. You’ll be thrilled by his unique and artistic take on magic as he takes...
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Melbourne’s Magic Night previews MMF

The June edition of the Melbourne Magic Night was an EPIC evening with EIGHT Melbourne Magic Festival shows previewed, an hilarious Kids Show Entertainers panel, and lots of surprises! A big crowd had gathered at the fabulous Wesley Anne and excitement was building as we had the...
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