portland magic jam

Portland Magic Jam – Day 3

The final day of last week’s Portland Magic Jam had the Paul Draper lecture. He does a choose your own lecture where the audience asks him to talk about things and he talks about what the audience requests.

Then there was a panel Q and A with all the weekend’s headliners.

Then David Kaye and I snuck out so I could take him for the most Portland lunch, which was eating at a food truck pod!

Then the weekend for me ended with the magic contest.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take more pictures of the contest. There were a couple of extra charge workshops going on after the contest, but I had plans with my wife, so I couldn’t do any of them.

The weekend at the Portland Magic Jam was a ton of fun! I wish I could go to more of these, however, my performing schedule doesn’t let me.

-Louie

Portland Magic Jam – Day 2

The second day of the Portland Magic Jam (last weekend) was a lot of fun. The day started with Daniel Garcia‘s lecture, which was great! I’ve used his One Card index since I worked with him in November. It’s great, if you need a folded card index, it’s worth looking into!

The highlight of the convention for me was watching David Kay perform for a room of 75ish kids plus adults.

For someone that’s a “kids magician” his knowledge of comedy techniques goes way beyond 97% of children’s magicians that I’ve seen. There’s soo much that any performer can learn from watching his show!

Also, working with Paul Draper the night before was great, and Paul and I are working together this week in Seattle at the Moisture Festival.

The convention venue (Portland Airport Holiday Inn) was garbage. My room had blood on the blankets, which is great if you’re a vampire! They new a convention was coming in, but didn’t appropriately staff their restaurant for use. The first night the turn around time for food was crazy long. For the second night, I drove to Costco which was a couple miles down the street and bought a bunch of pizzas for all the hungry magicians!

Then the evening show was John Shyrock, Daniel Garcia, and Rhy Thomas. The show was great!

This is a solid day of magic and learning!

-Louie

Last weekend, the Portland Magic Jam happened. This is a fun, local magic convention in Portland, OR, with around 75 attendees. For me, this was a working convention, not just for fun. I was the MC for the Friday evening show. My show set list for the show:

When you’re MC, these things are always in a state of flux, and they will change, and they sure did! The show went from four acts to two! That drastically changes what I need to do. I had a recurring gag that works when they see me 4 times, but not when they only see me twice.

In addition to the Friday night show, I also had a dealer booth.

I was selling the magic products that I make, along with some of the magic stuff I’ve accumulated over the years. Having a dealer table really makes for long days at a magic convention; you really don’t get any time off, unless you want to skip lectures or shows.

-Louie

Portland Magic Jam

The Portland Magic Jam in Portland, OR, is coming up, and it’s got a great lineup!

I just found out that I’ll be performing in the Friday night show! I’ll also have a dealer table with some vintage magic, as well as some of the magic tricks that I make.

You can register at https://pdxmagicjam.com/ They also have an amazing refund policy if you can’t make it, so register now if you’re on the fence about going!

-Louie

Portland Magic Jam!

In a couple of months, the Portland Magic Jam is happening. I’m not able to go to many magic conventions due to my performing schedule, but this one I’m currently available for! I just registered for it!

They’ve got a great mix of performers/lecturers for this convention. If you’re in the Portland OR area, or looking for a reason to visit, this is a convention worth checking out!

Details at: www.portlandmagicjam.com

See ya there (unless work comes in)!

-Louie

Portland Magic Jam

If you are in the Portland, Oregon area I’ll be at the Portland Magic Jam today and a little bit Saturday morning. If you want to check out the evaporation trick in person swing by, ask me for a demo and I’ll show it to you! Louie

If you are in the Portland, Oregon area I’ll be at the Portland Magic Jam today and a little bit Saturday morning.

If you want to check out the evaporation trick in person swing by, ask me for a demo and I’ll show it to you!

Louie