Michael Bloemeke is an award-winning magician, born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, who performs close-up magic and stand-up magic shows for corporate events, holiday parties, weddings, and private parties. In 2025 he represented the USA at the FISM World Championship of Magic in Turin, Italy, often called the Olympics of Magic, where he won Most Original Act. He has been featured on The CW’s Masters of Illusion and has 400+ five-star Google reviews. His magic has taken him all over the world. Most recently, he was a featured performer at the Shanghai International Magic Festival, the largest convention in China.
Michael performs two styles of magic. Close-up magic, also called strolling, walk-around, or mingling magic, is magic that comes to your guests instead of asking them to sit down and watch. Michael moves through the event from group to group, and the magic happens a few feet from their faces, often in their own hands. It is also extremely interactive; guests will take part in the magic and end up laughing and talking with each other, which makes it a perfect icebreaker for cocktail hours and receptions.
Michael’s Stand-Up Show is his full magic show, a mix of magic, mind reading, and comedy performed at the front of the room for a seated audience. It is very interactive; the audience is involved throughout the entire show, whether they are joining in from their seats or being brought up on stage to help with the magic. While the standard show runs about 50 minutes, the length can be adjusted to fit the event’s schedule.
Each style stands on its own, and the two also work very well together. At many corporate events and holiday parties, the night starts with a cocktail-hour reception where Michael walks around performing close-up magic, and afterward he performs the show for everybody at once. The close-up magic warms the room up, so by the time the show starts, the energy is already high.
Michael doesn’t take himself too seriously, and his shows are full of comedy and audience interaction alongside the magic. The humor is sarcastic, self-deprecating, and tongue-in-cheek, and everything is clean and appropriate for all ages and all HR departments. He loves making VIPs like the guest of honor or the CEO the star of the show, and his number one priority is making sure everybody in the room is having a great time.
Michael has performed for companies and organizations including SAS, Duke University, NC State University, Merrill Lynch, Park Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels, Clayton Homes, Bon Secours, Glen Raven, CData Software, iQor, and Wells Global, at venues including the Renaissance Raleigh North Hills, the Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh-Cary, The Durham Hotel, Raleigh Country Club, Primland Resort, and Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
Based in Raleigh, Michael performs throughout the Triangle, including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex, and Morrisville, and all across North Carolina, from Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem to Pinehurst, Wilmington, and Asheville. He also travels for events across the country. He carries liability insurance and can send a certificate of insurance straight to the venue.
Michael Bloemeke is an award-winning magician from Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2025 he represented the USA at the FISM World Championship of Magic in Turin, Italy, often called the Olympics of Magic, where he won Most Original Act. He has also been featured on The CW’s Masters of Illusion. His magic has taken him all over the world. Most recently, he was a featured performer at the Shanghai International Magic Festival, the largest convention in China. His shows blend sleight of hand, mind reading, and comedy with constant audience interaction.
Most Original Act, representing the USA. FISM is the largest magic competition in the world, held once every three years and often called the Olympics of Magic. Countries select a handful of magicians through national qualifiers, and Michael was one of only a few chosen to represent the United States. Most Original Act is the prize awarded for the act judged to be the most creative and uniquely entertaining on the world stage.
Awarded at the 4F Convention, the most exclusive close-up magic gathering in the world. The convention is invite-only, capped at a small group of working professionals, and the Masters of Magic degree is granted by the convention's organizers as a mark of standing within the craft.
The top audience honor at the joint convention of the Society of American Magicians and FISM North America, where the continent's best magicians compete for a spot at the FISM World Championship of Magic. Against that field, Michael's act was the people's choice. The following year he represented the United States in Turin.
First place and People's Choice Award at the IBM's flagship close-up competition. The International Brotherhood of Magicians is the world's largest organization of magicians, and the close-up competition is the most respected proving ground for performers in the format.
First place and People's Choice Award at one of the longest-running magic gatherings in North America.
First place in the close-up competition at one of the largest magic conventions in the Southeast. Run for two decades by Daytona Magic, the festival draws top professional magicians from across the country, some of them seen on America's Got Talent and Penn & Teller's Fool Us, for a weekend of stage and close-up contests, lectures, and headline shows.
Verified reviews from clients across corporate events, weddings, fundraisers, and private parties. Michael's Google Business Profile is one of the most-reviewed magician profiles in the region.
