I’m currently performing at 4 weekly venues throughout Southern California, plus at many private parties and corporate events.
If you’d like to see me perform at any of my open-to-the-public weekly venues, please like my facebook page. I give weekly updates on where you can find me. My public performances are always free.
Joe Skilton – Professional Magician (Facebook Page)
Hope to see you soon!
Great view before my show
I’m performing at A LOT of company holiday parties this month, but the view from my show on December 10th takes the cake!
I was hired to perform strolling magic during the cocktail hour, followed by my 30-minute after-dinner magic show. After the sun had set, and dinner was over, we lowered the shades and I started my show.
Being a magician in Los Angeles has benefits… :-)
I’ll be performing 6 shows with Tom Ogden on October 21st and 22nd at the Magic Castle. These will be my final shows at the Castle for 2011.
Tom wrote “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Street Magic” and is a regular performer on Holland America Cruise Lines. His show is very, very funny.
As always, only my magic show clients and those on my Magic Castle Email List are invited. I’m looking forward to seeing old and new faces at the club!
Kevin Viner, Nathan Gibson & Joe Skilton
Performing with magicians I respect.
A major pharmaceutical company hired four magicians to entertain 2,500 of their employees at a company event in Anaheim. It was a great night! There was a nightclub, live music on three stages, and gourmet food stations throughout.
The employees had been flown in from all over the country, and the company had spared no expense. Of course, we didn’t get a chance to sample the food & fun… we were working hard doing our best sleight-of-hand magic. They were a very enthusiastic group!
After our performances, I grabbed a late dinner with two of the magicians I’d been working with all night. We had some great conversation, and I hope I get a chance to perform with them again soon.
This week I debuted a brand new show at the Magic Castle. It’s called “The Magic Powers Show,” and it’s unlike any other show I’ve seen at the Castle.
The premise is simple… I have a list of magic powers on either side of the stage (teleportation, mind reading, etc.), and I let my audience choose which one’s they’d like to see. Whichever magic power they pick… I do!
The really fun thing about it is that every show is different, depending on what my audience chooses. Every audience will get a unique experience.
It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun!
"June Gloom" in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
This June has been my busiest month since December! And when you consider that December is always the busiest month of the year… that’s really saying something.
The above pic comes from a show I did last Saturday. It was a graduation party, and that view is from my client’s backyard, where I did my close-up magic show. I wish my backyard had a view like that!
After the grad party, I was hired to do some strolling magic later that night in El Segundo. It was tough saying goodbye to that view, but I couldn’t be late. It was a 40th birthday party, and I was the surprise entertainment. :-)
In the Parlour of Prestidigitation
From June 27th through July 3rd, I’ll performing a brand new show at the Magic Castle. If you’d like to see it, sign up for my Magic Castle email newsletter at the very top of this page.
While I normally perform in the Close-up Gallery, my new show is so big that I needed to upgrade the room! I’ll be making my debut in the Parlour of Prestidigitation with some new magic and new laughs.
I’m taking some pretty big chances with the show, but I’m excited. If it’s a success, I’ll be adding large portions of it to the after-dinner show I perform at corporate events and larger private parties.
Only 5 weeks to go… and I’ve got a lot of writing and practice to do. Here we go!
Mad Bull's Tavern
I perform table-side magic at Mad Bull’s Tavern in Sherman Oaks. We’ve changed the hours, and now you can find me every Monday & Tuesday from 7-9pm.
I’ve been performing my strolling magic at Mad Bull’s for nearly 3 months now, and it’s been a terrific success!
If you’d like to see my sleight-of-hand magic in-person, stop on by! I’m paid by the management, and all magic is on the house. Hope to see you there…
