“Illusions are frozen magic. Magic is liquid illusion.” – Jon Finch
Midwestern charm, global talent
The world’s local magician
His methods have stumped the biggest names in magic and mentalism, but his unconventional performance style — making participants of all spectators — keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.
“His show was insane. Going to send Jon’s name out to a few people internally so that I can share with others the fact that “OMG he guessed the card THROUGH THE COMPUTER what the hell is happening!?” His show was a hit with the team for sure and I’m going to spend a lot of time trying to figure out how exactly Jon Finch does this.”
Max Brunet, Workday
An odd prodigy
In the heart of a nondescript midwestern school, a peculiar child named Jon Finch began to stir the waters of normalcy. His unconventional response to a mundane art assignment left his third-grade teacher, Ms. Bell, and his classmates in a state of bewildered awe. While his peers sketched the banalities of school buses and trees, Jon etched a complex pattern of interlocking geometric shapes onto his paper. The shock rippled through the classroom when Ms. Bell discovered Jon’s drawing was an uncanny replica of a page in the art book she had been idly perusing. Oblivious to the extraordinary nature of his feat, the young boy apologized for his “mediocre” drawing, vowing to improve next time.
Jon Finch got into magic the same way most people get out of magic. For the same reasons.
His grandfather procured a magic set— and more books — for curious Jon Finch.
FOUR TIMES BETTER than any other magician
At 9 years old Jon Finch met Chuck Norris. Norris shook hands, smiled, and even winked at the young Jon Finch. It was during this time that Finch’s ability to read the concrete thoughts of strangers surfaced. At the urging of Jon’s priest, Finch underwent a thorough examination. Many are the stories recounted about Jon Finch, and no doubt some embellishments have been added after years of being told and retold. Still, the following one was vouched for by Finch himself and was recorded by Jon’s first biographer. High school. Reading from her book in front of the class, Sally Davis froze with stage fright halfway through the sentence. Jon, impatient, recited the rest of the paragraph to save face for her. Seated in the middle of the classroom, Jon rescued Sally from this uncomfortable moment. When the teacher asked Jon whether he had read the book before, he said, “I’m not into books like that. I like nonfiction books.” The teacher said, “Then how did you know the words?” Jon: “I can see the words.” Classmate: “You can’t see the words from there!” Jon: “I can’t?” The Art of Astonishment is a fitting description of his performances. An exclamation like “How do you know that!?” is like elevator music to Jon Finch (he finds it soothing). Finch added feats of mentalism to his magic and never looked back. He continues in 2023 to use his gift of mind magic to heighten his performances.
The Perfect Marriage of Mystery And Comedy
Jon Finch was the first magician in the Midwest to create a mystique in the public’s eye. Not seen in public for 10 years—from 2004 to 2014—apparently without an offstage life, Finch returned to the stage in 2014. The Virtual Virtuoso now performs his virtual act Miracle Man before many unbelieving eyes. Whether you catch him as a corporate entertainer, or you catch him at an award ceremony, or you catch him stealing your friend’s watch—at Miracle Man, you will see objects float out of your hands and secret thoughts in your head flow out of his mouth. He makes it look easy. As Jon likes to say, “It’s a cinch for a Finch.”
Expect real magic for an UNREAL virtual event. Expect an experience you will remember for several lifetimes if you get the chance to experience the virtuoso of virtual magic Jon Finch.
