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Mastercard
Magician & Mentalist
Daniel Nicholas
NYC's Top-Rated Magician · 90+ Five-Star Reviews
NYC's Top-Rated Magician & Mentalist
Sleight of hand. Close-up magic. Interactive mentalism.
The magician NYC keeps booking for corporate events, private parties, and weddings.
Trusted By
Mastercard
Daniel Nicholas has been performing magic and mentalism in New York City for over 15 years. Sleight of hand, close-up card magic, interactive mentalism , all performed inches from your guests. His client list includes Google, Meta, Goldman Sachs, and UBS, but he's just as at home at a birthday party, wedding reception, or rooftop celebration.
Booking is simple: tell Daniel about your event, he'll recommend the right format, and every detail is handled from there. Personal consultation, customized performance, no surprises.
When you book a magician in NYC, you want someone who makes the entire process easy and delivers an experience your guests will talk about for years. Daniel has 90+ five-star Google reviews because he does both.
Every booking starts with a personal consultation. Daniel learns about your event, your guests, and what you want the evening to feel like , then he builds a performance around it. No packages, no one-size-fits-all shows.
Daniel performs right in guests' hands , inches away, with cards, coins, and sleight of hand that hits harder the closer you are. This is the format clients rebook most: interactive, intimate, and impossible to forget.
Perfect for corporate holiday parties, cocktail receptions, birthday parties, wedding cocktail hours, and restaurant events throughout NYC.
For seated events, Daniel builds a full show with audience volunteers, mind reading, and moments that leave the room genuinely speechless. Corporate galas, wedding receptions, bar and bat mitzvahs, anniversary celebrations, rooftop parties , he's performed for groups from 20 to over 5,000.
Private parties, milestone celebrations, and events where the entertainment needs to match the occasion.
Right in their hands. No stage, no distance , the most intimate format, perfect for cocktail hours and VIP receptions.
A full one-man production for any room size. From 50 to 5,000 , every show is built for the moment.
Custom-built for your brand and guests. Daniel reads the room, works the crowd, and leaves people talking long after.
90+ five-star reviews. Thousands of shows. Watch for yourself.
From the Stage · Live Performances · Real Events
From Fortune 500 boardrooms to sold-out stages. Here's what clients said after.
“Daniel performed at our corporate event and left everyone completely speechless. He has an uncanny ability to read the room and make every single person feel like part of the show.”
“I've hired a lot of entertainers over the years. Daniel is in a completely different class. He brought something to our evening that we didn't even know was possible. Absolutely unforgettable.”
“From start to finish, Daniel exceeded every expectation. He personalized the entire experience and kept a room full of executives completely captivated. We'll absolutely be booking again.”
“Daniel is the real deal. He performed at our holiday party and completely blew everyone away , including our most skeptical executives. The reactions were priceless.”
“We've used Daniel twice now and he never disappoints. His ability to connect with each guest individually while entertaining the whole room is unlike anything we've seen.”
“Outstanding performance from start to finish. Daniel made our gala feel truly special , our guests couldn't stop talking about him the entire evening.”
The process is straightforward. You reach out, give Daniel the basics about your event, and he comes back with a clear recommendation, not a menu of packages. He asks the right questions, figures out what format fits your space and audience, and handles everything from there. No middleman. No agency markup. Just one conversation with the person who will actually be performing.
Most clients find the simplicity refreshing. You're not sifting through portfolios or comparing five different performers. You're working directly with a specialist who's been doing this full-time for over 15 years in New York City and knows exactly what works for your type of event.
New York City audiences are a specific breed. They've been to a lot of events. They're skeptical. They can spot a generic performance from across the room. What cuts through all of that is skill, not flash. Daniel's close-up work holds up to the most scrutinizing audience in the world because it's the real thing, practiced and refined over thousands of performances. That's why Fortune 500 companies keep calling him back.
The financial industry runs on relationships. Client dinners in Midtown aren't just meals , they're where trust gets built and deals get made.
Daniel has performed for investment banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds across Manhattan. The skeptics are usually the best volunteers.
He performs regularly at Midtown event spaces, Financial District venues, private clubs, hotel ballrooms, and conference centers throughout the five boroughs and tri-state area , if you've got a venue in mind, he's likely performed there or somewhere similar.
For clients who don't have their own event space, Daniel has relationships with a range of premium Manhattan venues , private clubs in Midtown, boutique hotel event spaces, private dining rooms, rooftop terraces. The Cornell Club at 44th and 5th is one he works with regularly. Discreet, well-appointed, minutes from Grand Central. Whatever the format, he can usually point you toward the right room.
For cocktail receptions at Midtown venues, Daniel typically works 90 minutes, moving table to table. For seated dinners, most clients prefer a 30 to 45 minute parlor show after the main course. Both formats work beautifully together, and many clients book the full combination for an evening that stays engaging from arrival to dessert.
Everything you actually need to know before booking a corporate magician in NYC.
Past clients include Google, Meta, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, UBS, Mastercard, and BMW.
For other times of year, 4 to 8 weeks is usually workable.
He incorporates company names, event themes, and brand messaging naturally.
Travel and accommodation are factored into the quote for events outside the metro area.
Q4 books up months in advance. Reach out early, tell Daniel about the event, and he'll put something together that's worth talking about.
Check AvailabilityEverything event planners and executive assistants need to know before booking , formats, pricing, questions to ask, and how to get it right the first time.
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