Live entertainment for events in Budapest: close-up magic through the reception and a mentalism set piece after dinner, for corporate evenings, galas, weddings and private celebrations — in English, Hungarian and Italian. From €2,500.
Most entertainment decisions for a Budapest event are made against three constraints at once: the venue is historic and restricts staging and amplification, the guest list is multilingual, and the programme is already full. A band solves none of those; a stage act solves none of them; a DJ solves the third by replacing the evening rather than filling part of it.
What fits is entertainment that moves. Close-up magic runs through the reception with nothing announced and nothing required — no stage, no sound, no soundcheck, no load-in — and gives each group of guests five minutes of their own. It occupies the part of the evening that otherwise has no plan.
Then, for the seated part of the night, a mentalism set piece of twenty to thirty minutes gives the whole room one shared moment. Between them they cover the two stretches of a Budapest evening most likely to go flat, without displacing the speeches, the dinner or the dancing.
Matteo has performed at W Budapest across several engagements, at the Four Seasons Hotel Budapest, Matild Palace, the Budapest Marriott and St. Andrea Wine & Sky Bar, and at Formula 1 race-week events at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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
It fits around the programme instead of demanding a slot in it, and it needs nothing from a historic venue.
It works across languages — in English, Hungarian and Italian — for the mixed guest lists Budapest events almost always have.
One supplier covers both the unprogrammed reception and the seated set piece, with one point of contact and no technical rider.
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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The ones that survive a historic venue and a multilingual guest list. Close-up magic through the reception needs no stage, sound or lighting and reads in any language; a mentalism set piece after dinner gives the room one shared twenty minutes. Together they cover the two parts of the evening most likely to go flat.
Yes, and it is the most common booking: close-up magic guest to guest while people arrive and drink, then a seated mentalism piece between dinner and the rest of the evening.
Regularly — with hotels, event agencies and DMCs. There is no technical rider to circulate, no load-in to schedule and no stage to build, which is usually why venues suggest it.
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.
For a specific date in high season, three to six months is comfortable. Shorter notice is often possible and worth asking about: dates open up, and Matteo holds a small amount of the calendar for late corporate bookings. The honest answer is that the date either exists or it does not, and one message settles it.
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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