Key West events happen on terraces, boats and in small private rooms — settings where a staged act is simply not possible. Close-up magic needs none of the things those venues cannot provide. Matteo Cammisa performs at Key West weddings, charters and private celebrations.
Almost nothing in Key West is a ballroom. The venues are historic properties with small rooms, open terraces, private homes and boats — and every one of them defeats a performance that needs a stage, a sound system, a power supply and a sightline.
Close-up magic needs none of them. On a moving boat it is effectively the only workable format, because there is nowhere to put anything and nothing stays where it is put.
The guest counts are small, typically thirty to eighty, which is the scale at which this format is strongest rather than weakest. Everyone is reached properly, with time for guests' own objects and the evening's own details worked into the material.
The calendar here is genuinely seasonal and weather-shaped. Dates are worth checking early not as a sales line but because the island's inventory of suitable evenings is small.
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
Weddings — through cocktail hour on a terrace, or at dinner in a small private room.
Private charters and boat evenings, where no other performance format is practical.
Private celebrations at homes and historic properties, where nothing can be loaded in.
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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It is one of the few performance formats that does. There is nothing to set up, nothing to secure, no power requirement and no sound system — which on a moving boat is not a preference but a necessity. Close-up magic happens in the guests' hands, so the venue's limitations are irrelevant.
Small guest counts are where close-up magic is strongest. With forty guests there is time to perform for everyone properly, to use their own objects and to build the day's own details into the material. The format that struggles at this scale is the staged act.
From $2,500, quoted per event. Travel from the Florida base is quoted separately and transparently. The figure moves with the length of the evening and the format rather than with guest count, which at Key West scale is usually small.
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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