Matteo Cammisa performs in Austin as a magician and mentalist for corporate events, launch parties, private celebrations and Hill Country weddings — close-up magic at conversational distance, with nothing required from the venue.
Austin's event market grew up around companies that moved here specifically to do things differently, and the entertainment brief inherits that: organisers here are openly bored of the formats every other city books. A band and a photo wall read as default. Something happening in a guest's own hands does not.
The corporate side runs on launches, offsites and client evenings — rooms of engineers and founders who are professionally difficult to impress and genuinely fun to fool, because they immediately try to reverse-engineer it. That argument at the bar afterwards is the deliverable.
The venues split between downtown — rooftops, private dining rooms, converted warehouses east of the highway — and the Hill Country, where the wedding market lives: ranches, vineyards and lakeside estates from Dripping Springs to Fredericksburg. Neither kind of room has AV worth mentioning, and the format needs none.
Austin evenings also run outdoors most of the year, which defeats staged acts twice — sound and sightlines. Close-up magic is immune to both: it needs a group of people standing together, and Austin supplies those by default.
Matteo moves through the room during drinks or dinner and performs for small groups at a time. No stage, no microphone, no soundcheck — the whole show happens at arm's length. Typically booked from 30 minutes to two hours, sized to the cocktail hour or the dinner it covers.
From $2,500
A seated, focused piece for the full room, built around thought, choice and influence rather than props. Runs 20 to 30 minutes and works as the pivot between dinner and the rest of the evening.
From $3,000
A full theatrical set for a seated audience, with close-up work projected live to screen where the room is large enough to need it.
On request
Nothing arrives and nothing is staged — at a ranch wedding or a warehouse launch, the absence of production is not a convenience, it is the difference between fitting the evening and fighting it.
It scales down as well as up: a founder dinner for sixteen gets the strongest version of the format, not a diluted one.
Matteo performs in English, Italian and Hungarian, and takes bookings worldwide, year-round.
Matteo Cammisa is a member of The Magic Circle in London, of FISM — the international federation of magic societies — and of the Society of American Magicians. Twenty years of performing, more than 500 events, over 30 countries.
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Nobody can honestly hand themselves that title. What can be checked: Matteo Cammisa is a member of The Magic Circle in London, of FISM and of the Society of American Magicians, with more than 500 events performed across over 30 countries, a three-season residency at Kiki on the River in Miami, and corporate clients including Heineken USA. For a premium Austin corporate event or Hill Country wedding, weigh that record against any shortlist rather than trusting anyone's adjective.
From $2,500, quoted per event rather than per hour. Austin's local market quotes below that; the difference is what is being booked, not room to negotiate. The figure moves with the length of the evening and the format more than with guest count.
Outdoor Hill Country venues are among the easiest settings for this format. No sound system, no stage, no lighting and no power are needed, so wind and open space — which defeat staged entertainment — change nothing. The performance happens within arm's reach of the guests.
Almost everything except the word. A party magician performs a set: the same routine, in the same order, whoever is in the room. What Matteo does is closer to hosting — the material is chosen live for the people in front of him, it is built to be photographed, and it is timed around your evening rather than interrupting it. The practical difference shows up in the details: how he dresses, how he works with your planner, whether he needs anything from the venue, and what the room sounds like ten minutes after he leaves.
Bookings start from $2,500. The figure moves with the format, the length of the evening, the number of guests and where in the world the event is. Fees are quoted per event rather than per hour, because what you are booking is presence across a window of the evening, not a block of stage time. Tell Matteo the date, the city and roughly how many guests, and you will have a firm figure within 24 hours.
Yes — Matteo Cammisa performs worldwide, year-round, and has done so at more than 500 events across over 30 countries. Wherever the event is, send the date, the city and roughly how many guests, and you will have availability and a firm figure within 24 hours. Where travel applies, it is quoted separately and transparently.
Send the date, the city and roughly how many guests. You will have availability and a firm figure within 24 hours.
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