Here is who is coming so far!

Rick Thomas (Las Vegas, USA) is a premier illusionist having completed five world tours covering over 50 countries. High honors include the coveted “Magician of the Year” by the Academy of Magical Arts and "Stage Magician of the Year" by the World Magic Awards. He also received “Illusionist of the Year” by the Theater Excellence Awards. Thomas has performed for 10 years in his own show in Las Vegas and currently Stars at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Thomas has been featured on numerous national television specials including the NBC specials "The World’s Greatest Magic" and his own special on ABC that aired throughout Asia.

JEROME MURAT (France): Stage Performance: Inspiration is the foundation of any art. Jerome Murat combines mime, magic, and extraordinarily creative characterizations into one of the most artistic acts you will ever see. You have seen the YouTube video now you will get to experience the wonder of the live performance! Absolutely amazing.

DAVID ROTH: Close-Up: Dai Vernon wrote about David Roth: "First let me state that David Roth has an amazing ability when performing with coins. He is truly a genius. I have been fortunate to have enjoyed the confidence and friendship of the leading exponents of coin manipulation of the past. T. Nelson Downs, Allan Shaw, Manuel and Welch Miller all specialized in this branch of the magical art. To the very best of my judgment, David's ideas and execution far surpass any one of them. I feel quite certain that if they could witness his performance they would not only be astounded but realize that they had seen the master."

Lecture: David Roth is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living coin magicians. He was an important contributor to Richard Kaufman's "Coin Magic," a widely regarded text on contemporary coin technique; and his major work was chronicled in "David Roth's Expert Coin Magic," a massive hardcover tome also penned by Richard Kaufman. David has lectured for magic enthusiasts around the world and has produced numerous instructional videos. Extra Ticket Item: Two Workshops Limited to 10 Registrants each (advance registration $100)

JEFF HOBSON: Stage: Jeff Hobson is one of the most in-demand comedy magicians working today. His refreshing and clever mix of comedy and magic has brought him back for repeat performances all over the world.

Lecture: "Hobservations" on magic covers stage, sleight-of-hand, close-up with cards and kid show magic. Something for everyone, in other
words, mixed with Jeff's unique brand of humor.

Lecture: Most of Maven's mind-boggling feats are accomplished through psychological subterfuge that he himself has cunningly created ... "If mystery does indeed give magic its meaning, then the enigmatic persona of Max Maven makes us ever mindful of the art that is hidden in the mystery of magic."

JOSHUA JAY: Close-Up: Joshua's magic is up-close and personal -- simple, clear and undeniable. It happens when you're watching, no matter how close you're watching. The secret is right in front of you. His main performance style is close-up. Coins, ropes, even a television remote vanishing, stretching, and defying expectations in countless other ways. But his passion is cards. These are head-turning, jaw-dropping pieces of strange that have garnered Joshua international renown as a card magician extraordinaire.

Lecture: Joshua Jay is not only one of magic's brightest performers, but also one of its smartest gifted teachers. In his lecture, Compelling Close-up Magic, you will learn astonishing, artful close-up and parlor magic. For the first time in seven years, he is presenting an all-new lecture.

SHAWN FARQUHAR (Canada): Close-Up: Shawn has performed and lectured for the worlds best magic events including London's famed Magic Circle, Siegfried and Roy's and Japan's World Magic Seminars, Club Magico Italiano's 125 Anniversary, the Australian Magic Circle's Centenary and the world's largest magic convention in Blackpool, England. In July of 2009 he was named Grand Prix World Champion of Close Up magic in Beijing, China at the 24th FISM World Championships of Magic. He is also the only magician in history to win first prize in both Close Up and Stage from the International Brotherhood of Magicians and is proud to be a member of the Order of Merlin.

Lecture: Bread & Butter is an entertaining lecture of effects from Shawn's current performance repertoire. It includes many of the ideas Shawn has used to win magic's most prestigious awards. The lecture involves cards, CD's, photographs, poker chips and creativity. What will you learn? First and foremost you will learn your time has been well spent! The lecture is presented as a professional performance. It's fast-paced, entertaining and the magic taught is clear, concise, amazing and most importantly within the grasp of everyone who attends. The magic is amazing, amazingly easy!


The Gizmo Guys (U.S.A.)
Allan Jacobs and Barrett Felker work in a great variety of venues including theaters, corporate functions of all types, cruise ships. Sure, they've made numerous television appearances, won international juggling competitions, and taught at top circus schools. But what makes their act so appealing is their uniquely winning combination of dazzling technique and infectious humor. The Gizmo Guys' rapid-fire act exhilarates and inspires sidesplitting laughter in audience members of all ages.

ICE McDONALD: Stage: The words Illusion, Captivation, Enchantment describe the thrilling experience of "The King of Cool" -- Kenrick "ICE" McDonald. An international award-winning magician, he has established a strong reputation with his grand illusions including doves and the spectacular spectacular out of thin air of his Mighty Macaw. Recent appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and in his own production, The African-American Master of Magic testify to his artistry.

Lecture: Learn some of the tools of the trade when working with doves from one of the best in the business.

MICKEY MAK (China): Stage: Mickey Mak is a rising star in China whose most recent competition in Shanghai netted him a silver medal for his artistic, rapid fire magic with white parasols. Energy, youth and surprise are all in store for the audience as Mickey makes his North American debut.

ERIC BUSS: Stage: "Tremendous, Sensational, Beautiful... I've never seen anything like it!" said David Letterman of Eric Buss. His innovative and high energy brand of comedy has earned him some of the industry's top awards, and a reputation as one of the funniest acts working today. Eric is an imaginative performer with a knack for "funny." Eric Buss invites the audience into his world where hysterical antics are brought to life.

KENJI MINEMURA (Japan): Stage: FISM World Champion Manipulation 2000 & 3rd Prize Manipulation 2003 (Japan) brings to the stage an entirely new act that combines dance, illusion, and mystery using a sketch book. Kenji is one of Asia's most talented and imaginative magicians performing today.

RICH BLOCH: Stage (finalists' competition night): Rich's love of theater, and his position as magic consultant to the Folger Shakespeare Theater at the Library of Congress, led Orson Welles to tap Rich as his writer for a TV special, "Time and Chance". Rich and Welles collaborated on that as well as numerous Welles appearances on the Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin shows. Rich is also an inventor of illusions, with magicians all over the globe utilizing his techniques and apparatus, including David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, and during their lifetimes, Harry Blackstone Jr. and Doug Henning. Orson Welles called Rich "An Edison of Magic." But magic performing is never far from the center of Rich's heart. He performs regularly as a featured guest in reviews at Las Vegas' Golden Nugget, Sahara, and Flamingo Hotels, with appearances, as well, at the Tropicana, Rio, Monte Carlo, Venetian and Mirage hotels.

Fielding West: He is not only a magician’s magician but he possesses that very rare and impeccable sense of comedic timing that has landed him the opening spot for some of the biggest names in show business. A winner in the prestigious Desert Magic Seminar’s Comedy Magic Competition, Fielding has opened the show for such A-list celebrities as Liza Minnelli, Glen Campbel, Earth, Win and Fire, Mel Tillis, Phillis Diller and dozens more. His numerous network television appearances include spots on The Smothers Brother’s Comedy hour, A&E’s An Evening at the Improv, Caroline’s Comedy Hour, and NBC’s The World’s Greatest Magic and World’s Wildest Magic specials. Fielding has also worked as a writer, magic consultant and technical director with Lance Burton, Siegfried and Roy on many of their TV specials. Last July Fielding’s first one hour comedy magic special  “Hocus Pocus it’s Fielding West” aired on WGN.