10 Reasons to Have A Magician at Your Wedding Reception

Why have a wedding magician?

Magicians provide a unique form of entertainment that captivates both children and adults alike, ensuring everyone is having a great time.

For your wedding, the booking fee maybe ornamental compared with the main expense, but everyone will really remember the entertainment at your wedding—not the decorations, the invitations, or the cake.

They remember the entertainment.

Don’t believe it?

Studies consistently revealed this surprising pattern:
In 2014, a survey in Bridal Magazine of over 1,000 brides requested them to look back at their wedding.

90% of the brides said they regretted they had spent little on entertainment.

The reason is simple. The entertainment is generally overlooked even though it’s usually the entertainment that enhances the ambiance and helps make sure everyone has a great time.

A good magic act can create unforgettable moments and memories discussed long after the wedding is over, making the event even more special.

The challenge with weddings is you have a bunch of people who don’t know each other coming together, for the first time.

People can be shy. Once the obvious questions are asked, they run out of things to say.

This becomes an even greater challenge during the meal. You will never be able to organize table plans such that all the people are familiar with one another. Hiring a magician can solve this problem.

A magician keeps people entertained during the reception breaks. There may be periods of downtime during a wedding reception, such as during photos or room changeovers. Having a magician can fill these gaps and keep guests entertained.

I know what you’re thinking:

You don’t need a magician, your guests are coming to see you get married, not to be entertained.

Sounds like a fair point, but there are several moments during a wedding reception where not much is going on; e.g., not much is going on during the photos after the ceremony, and after the speeches before the evening guests arrive.

If you aren’t careful, your important guests can get bored. This can have an unwanted impact on your special day.

A great magician raises the entire atmosphere in the room as the guests are clapping, laughing, and cheering.

Seeing the entertainer perform at a neighboring table heightens the mood, shapes positive anticipation, and induces everyone to talk about what it is they are about to witness.

A magician’s performances can serve as an ice breaker, giving guests something to talk about and interact with each other, which is useful if many guests don’t know each other well.

Magic acts as the ice breaker. After the magician has entertained the group at the table, suddenly everyone has this cool thing they can chat about.

It gets your most reserved guests mingling and will provide lots of memorable moments and unique photo opportunities as people react to the magic and with one another.

The best part?

For your investment it will be one of the smaller parts of your wedding budget, but will add something extraordinary to the day.

Magicians’ tricks and performances offer unique and exciting photo opportunities, contributing to the wedding album’s diversity and appeal.

You’ve spent a small fortune on a professional wedding photographer because you want to have the best photos ever. Many couples ask the wedding photographer to walk around during the wedding breakfast and take pictures of guests having fun and smiling.

It’s a great idea, the only problem is when you point a photographer’s camera at many people they ice over or put on some sort of stiff, forced smile.

That’s why wedding photographers love us – they know the best candid photos are shot at the moment the guests appear natural relaxed–chill, as in calm, not chilled as in glaciated. Most photographers will follow us around and take pictures of your guests as we perform.

That’s the best way to get pictures of people who are smiling, visibly happy and enjoying themselves. You will literally have hundreds of pictures of your guests reacting in a variety of ways.

Magicians can perform quietly in the background without disrupting ongoing conversations or requiring guests’ full attention. This makes magic a good choice for those looking for a more subtle form of entertainment.

The issue with the photos is only immediate family are involved.  Everyone else is standing around hungry waiting for the food.

Having a magician during this lull period might not fill their stomachs but it fills the time with fun memories.

Magicians can perform during parts of the reception, such as the cocktail hour, meal times, or the after-party, offering flexibility in arranging the event’s entertainment.

Magic is universally appealing. Regardless of age, everyone can enjoy a good magic trick, making magicians a suitable entertainment choice for events with a diverse age range of guests, like a wedding.

Many magicians can tailor their performances to the couple, incorporating their story or aspects of their relationship into the magic act.

Unlike some other forms of entertainment, magic is interactive and participatory, allowing guests to feel more involved in the event.

After the speeches, there’s typically an hour or a couple hours before your guests show up. Ordinarily the guests have little to do besides wait for the evening reception to start.

The evening guests are joining an existing party and magic helps bring people into groups to participate or watch the interaction of the participants. Having interactive close up magic during this period will keep everyone energized until the evening reception starts.

Strolling close-up magic serves not only as a fun form of entertainment but has a purpose with a positive impact on the running of the wedding celebrations.

Your wedding is a special event which demands more than a glass of wine and a photo booth.

You need entertainment.

You need magical entertainment.

Jon Finch is a wedding magician based in Indianapolis, Indiana. If you’re looking for a magician in Indianapolis, Jon Finch is the best one and entertains around the Midwest serving Saint Louis MO, Chicago IL, Cincinnati OH, and Louisville KY.