Coming magic conventions and events
Category: News Posted by: C. DENNIS SCHICK
COMING MAGIC CONVENTIONS
One of the major reasons to regularly check the I.B.M. Website is to keep up with all the magic conventions around the country. Of course many of these advertise and promote their events in The Linking Ring, giving lots of details and information about why you should come to their special event.
Sometimes these are special events (such as the recent Fiftieth Annual Convention of the Florida State Convention. Others are the on-going annual convention of a particular location. Some do a terrific job of promoting themselves; others just plow along, doing just fine and are satisfied with promoting among their own members.
Some people have complained that there are TOO MANY MAGIC CONVENTIONS, and that it is frustrating to have so many to choose from. But isn’t that a GOOD problem to have? Better to have TOO MANY than TOO FEW.
Of course the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and the Society of American Magicians hold their annual conventions around the Fourth of July each year. In 2014, they held a Combined Convention, July 1-5, in St. Louis.
Here are some others we know about, primarily from ads in The Linking Ring:
JULY 6-11: FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN MAGICIANS, Nashville, Tennessee. www.fcm.org.
AUGUST 6-9: 77th ANNUAL ABBOTT MAGIC GET-TOGETHER, Colon, Michigan
AUGUST 9th, 5th Annual MAGIC-FEST, Tampa, Florida, Embassy Suites at the University of South Florida. www.tampamagicclub.com, info@themagicemporium.net. Hosted by IBM Ring 175.
AUGUST 11-15: KIDabra International Conference, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
AUGUST 29-SEPT.1: TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MAGICIANS (TAOM) 69th CONVENTION, Fort Worth, Texas
SEPTEMBER 11-13: ATLANTA HARVEST OF MAGIC, Atlanta, Georgia. “The Party is Back Again.” www.AtlantaHarvestofMagic.com.
SEPTEMBER 19-21: WEEKEND OF WONDER -- HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. www.weekendofwonder.com
NOVEMBER 7-9: DAYTONA BEACH FESTIVAL OF MAGIC, www.daytonamagic.com.