Oakland Magic Circle’s annual Installation Banquet to honor the incoming officers will take place Tuesday February 5, 2019 at Bjornson Hall on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland.

The magic entertainment will include Carisa Hendrix,  star of her own Las Vegas magic and illusion show and five time award winning entertainer and Cousin Otis, winner of 2018 Northern California Inter-Club Stage Competition.

The Banquet offers a choice of Salmon, Tri-Tip Beef, Chicken, or vegan main course, salad, vegetable and potato, and a Mark Tarses chocolate dipped cookie for dessert.

Schedule of events:
6 PM  Doors Open
7 PM  Dinner is Served
8 PM – Showtime!

To buy tickets, go to: Brown Paper Tickets.

SPECIAL DATE FOR THE JANUARY 2019 OMC MEETING

THURSDAY JANUARY 3rd

We changed the date since the first Tuesday falls on New Year’s Day. This meeting has a lecture by an amazing magician and teacher, Jamy Ian Swiss.

Usually lectures by Jamy are $40.00 and well worth it BUT for OMC members the special price is $20.00 and this covers your dues payment for all of 2019 so the lecture is FREE

This is a blatant upfront fabulous deal to get all of you to pay your dues at the start of the year.
New members who want to join can fill out their application. Pay just $20.00 dues for the year with no application fee and come to the lecture

Anyone who is not a member, and does not want to join the OMC is welcome to come for only $20.00.

Doors open 6:00PM.
Business meeting 7:00PM
Lecture 8:00PM

Election of officers and directors of the Oakland Magic Circle for 2019.

6:00PM. Doors open.

7:000PM. Business meeting.

Apparatus night. We’ve had apparatus magic night before. It means magic using magic apparatus rather than sleight of hand or mind reading.  Bring something. It will be open to everyone. This will not be a lecture.  You can perform, talk about the history, tell of the routine, patter or your improvements, etc.

Also, it is nomination night for officers of the OMC for 2019 .

6:00PM Doors Open

7:00PM Business Meeting.

8:00PM. Open Apparatus Performance.

Doors open at 6:00PM.

Cardistry from 6:00PM to 7:00PM. Chris Brown will be bringing the new Orbit 5 decks, and the OMC will be providing pizza to early attendees! That’s FREE pizza!

Business meeting at 7:00PM

Open performance at 8:00PM with Houdini and Halloween themes.

The Oakland Magic Circle invites the best magicians from the Northern California magic clubs to compete with the winner receiving a cash prize and the opportunity to perform at our February 2019 Installation Banquet.

The pasta banquet includes meat and vegetarian entrees, salad, vegetables, garlic bread, beverage, and for dessert a Mark Tarses chocolate dipped cookie.

To buy tickets, go to: Magic Banquet

Here’s the flyer: OMCflyer2018:9

The OMC does not meet in July.

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

6:00PM. Door open.

7:00PM. Business meeting

8:00PM. Competition

June is our annual Lloyd E. Jones Close Up Contest.

First prize is $100. Second prize is $50.

Here are some of the basic rules:

– All acts are to be 6-12 minutes in length.

– Family friendly material.

– All non-competing OMC members are eligible to vote.

– Voting members must be present for the full duration of the competition.

6:00PM Doors Open

7:00PM Business Meeting.

7:30PM ‘Card Warp’ Teach-In by Mark Tarses. This is a trick that is easy to learn and that you will want to know how to do. It is a favorite of street magicians, and it is one of the few card tricks that you can keep in your wallet.

8:00PM. Open Performance.