Magic Moments Day is a revolutionary concept where magicians across the UK can bring a moment of magic into the lives of others on a specified day of the year. Raising money for charity and performing to an audience of their choosing on that day, magicians nationwide will be raising funds, smiles and awareness of magic and charitable causes. Magicians we need you! Please Click Here to download our free Magic Moments 2010 Sponsorship Pack. Stay up-to-date via our Magic Moments page exclusive to MagicWeek.co.uk!

Jay Fortune, 6th March 2010

Running total: £18,000

This Year's Day: Saturday October 2nd 2010

Just why do magicians give up their time and energy for Magic Moments?

Richard Leigh, West-End show producer, and creator/director of London’s longest running magic show, explains why Magic Moments means so much to him.

"Seven months before the first Magic Moments day in February 2008 I was asked by a charity called Momentum (www.moment-um.org) to spend an afternoon with a fan of magic called Laura and her family. Laura was terminally ill with cancer and was too poorly to move from her house. Such courage, such determination, such a positive person. It was a pleasure to spend time with a fabulous family, just doing a few effects to a reaction of absolute joy. Joy, through so much pain.

Two weeks later, Laura passed away.

Magic Moments creates open ended opportunities to do something small, but in doing so, making a huge difference to many.

My first production for Magic Moments in February 2008 was dedicated to the charity which helps makes the lives of terminally ill children and their families at Kingston Hospital a lot better. Like they did for Laura. Laura's family came to that first magic show. An email after simply said that the family had not laughed and enjoyed themselves so heartily since the death of their daughter.

Simple pure moments. I can't encourage people enough to just do something each year, to add their name, event, and add to the total raised for good causes. Together helping continue to promote magic as an art. A subject I am very passionate about.

I will always do as much as I can for this event."

Richard Leigh, 2010

Support for Magic Moments:

‘Good luck to everyone involved in the project; whilst everyone appreciates that charitable work is obviously a worthwhile and commendable thing to do, beyond making an occasional donation most people don't take it that extra step to actually facilitate and organise fund-raising events themselves on a long-term basis as you've done. If they did, they'd realise that that extra step actually involves the effort of a marathon and deserves the appropriate ovation at the end of it - well done!’

Paul Zenon, 5th June 2010

‘Magic Moments Day is a great way of raising money and I wish the very best of luck to everyone involved.’

Geoffrey Durham, 5th June 2010

Facebook users:

Join us by becoming a fan of Magic Moments on our Facebook Fan-Page. Here you can interact with other magicians creating their own magic moment, and comment too (click on the logo above).

Jay Fortune, 1st May 2010

The Official Sponsorship Pack for Magic Moments 2010 is now available. This downloadable pack gives you all the info you will need to successfully stage your own magic moment on our annual Magic Moments Day this coming October. Click Here to download your free pack. Thanks for your support!

Jay Fortune, 3rd April 2010

Magic Moments Day 2010

This year's Magic Moments Day will take place on Saturday 2nd October. Shortly we will have our downloadable information and sponsorship pack for you to create your very own Magic Moment on our annual day wherever you live, to whomever you like, raising money for whoever you wish! Last year magicians raised over £7000 for charities through magic – this year we aim to beat that. What will you do to create your magic moment? Stay tuned to MagicWeek for further news on this exciting day bringing the magic community together for good causes.

Jay Fortune, 20th March 2010

2009

Magic Moments Day 2009
From Magicseen Vol. 5 No. 5 "And so it befell. On Saturday 3rd October 2009 those small few gathered to arrange their 2nd Magic Moments Day. Their aim; to create a National Day of Magic, where magicians across the UK would give up their precious time to perform for those less fortunate. And indeed they did. For the second annual Magic Moments Day, performers raised smiles and funds for worthwhile causes. We asked one of the pioneers of this magic initiative, Jay Fortune, to sum up the idea behind Magic Moments and just what it’s all about..." To read the full article, as published in Magicseen Click Here.

2008

Magic Moments Day 2008
In memory of Jeremy Beadle: 1948 – 2008. On Saturday 2nd February 2008, the very first Magic Moments Day took place raising over £11,000 for charities. Our Magic Moments 2008 Press Pack captures some of the moments from the first National Day of Magic (Reproduced with thanks to www.magicseen.co.uk and 'Totally People').