Hiring a magician means booking a performer for a window of your event rather than a fixed set — typically 60 to 120 minutes, moving through the room. Matteo Cammisa takes bookings worldwide for weddings, corporate events and private celebrations, with a firm quote inside 24 hours.
Most people asking what it costs to hire a magician are really asking three questions at once: is my date free, what would he actually do, and what will it do to my budget. All three are answerable in one exchange, and none of them need a phone call to start.
Send the date, the city and roughly how many guests. That is enough for a firm figure and an honest answer about availability — the date either exists or it does not. Everything after that is shaping: which part of the evening, how long, whether the room wants close-up moving through it or a seated piece that stops everything for twenty minutes.
What arrives on the day is one person, dressed for your event, who has already spoken to whoever is running the timeline. No equipment to load in, no stage to build, no soundcheck to schedule, no rider. For a planner, this is the least demanding line item on the sheet, and that is deliberate.
Fees are quoted per event, not per hour. This is not a pricing trick — it reflects what is actually being bought. A performer who is present across an evening, reading the room and choosing moments, is doing something different from one who delivers a 45-minute set and leaves. Hourly framing prices the wrong thing.
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, corporate evenings, private celebrations, hotel and resort programmes, brand events. The common thread is not the occasion but the room: guests who have been to a lot of events and are difficult to genuinely surprise.
Matteo performs in English, Italian and Hungarian. On an international guest list this is the difference between everyone being included and half the room watching politely.
Available worldwide, year-round — for weddings, corporate events and private celebrations wherever the client needs the evening to happen.
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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Send the date, the city and an approximate guest count. You will have availability and a firm figure within 24 hours — no call required unless you want one. From there it is a short conversation about which part of the evening the performance belongs in, and a written agreement confirming it. Most bookings are settled in two or three messages.
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.
For close-up magic: nothing. No stage, no sound, no lighting change, no dressing room, no power. For a stage show, a performance area and a microphone, and a screen if the room is large enough that close-up work should be projected. The absence of technical requirements is one of the reasons the format works in rooms where the production schedule is already full.
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.
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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