Matteo Cammisa performs at weddings in Budapest and across Hungary — close-up magic through the cocktail hour and a mentalism piece after dinner, in English, Hungarian and Italian. Bookings from €2,500.
Budapest has become a destination-wedding city for a straightforward reason: a Danube-facing terrace, a palace interior or a Castle District courtyard photographs like Western Europe and costs a fraction of Lake Como. What comes with that is a guest list drawn from four or five countries, half of whom have never met.
The cocktail hour is where that shows. The couple are away being photographed, the room is full of people making polite conversation in their second language, and nothing is scheduled. It is the longest unplanned stretch of the day and the one most likely to go flat.
Close-up magic is built for exactly that hour: no stage, no announcement, no microphone competing with the string quartet. Matteo moves between groups, gives each of them five minutes that they talk about for the rest of the evening, and leaves the room warmer than he found it — which is what the speeches are about to need.
After dinner, a mentalism piece gives the whole room a shared moment before the dancing, without becoming a show that the couple have to sit through.
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 works in every language at the table. Guests arriving from Italy, Germany, the UK or the US are included rather than politely watching.
It needs nothing from the venue — no stage, no sound, no lighting — which matters in a Castle District courtyard or a listed palace salon.
It is photographed, not performed at. The reactions are the images your photographer is already looking for during the hour they usually have least to shoot.
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.
Watch — Close-up magic at an Italian lakeside wedding — Lake Garda
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Almost always the cocktail hour — the stretch between the ceremony and the dinner, when the couple are being photographed and nothing else is scheduled. Many couples add a short mentalism piece after dinner, before the dancing, as the one moment the whole room shares.
It is the reason most Budapest couples book this rather than something else. Close-up magic reads in any language, and Matteo performs in English, Hungarian and Italian, so no table is left out.
Yes — across Hungary, including Lake Balaton and the wine regions, and throughout Central Europe. Where travel applies it is quoted separately and transparently.
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.
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.
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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