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High season — November and December dates go fast
Kel Modern Magic
Kel hosting from the podium at the Terminal City Club in Vancouver, sharing a laugh with a guest on stage
MC and magician / Vancouver

The only Vancouver entertainer who hosts your event and is the entertainment.

Most events hire two people: an MC to run the night and an entertainer to make it memorable, then hope the handoffs are smooth. I do both jobs at once. No other magician in Vancouver offers this combination.

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The case

Why one person doing both changes your whole event

Kel raising a sign on stage while the room cheers with arms up at a Vancouver corporate event

Dead air disappears

The gap between dinner and speeches, the lull while AV resets, the awkward wait for a late award recipient. A regular MC fills those with small talk. I fill them with a two-minute miracle.

A volunteer with both hands over his face in shock as Kel reveals a card on a phone

The energy never resets

When your MC is also your entertainer, the room's attention never has to be won twice. The person your guests already love is the person guiding them to what's next.

Kel smiling and holding his hand-lettered magic show box beside a Christmas tree at a Vancouver event

One vendor, one contract, one point of contact

Your planning workload gets cut in half. One conversation about timing, one invoice, one person who shows up early and needs nothing from your venue.

Kel addressing a seated ballroom from beside the podium with a handheld microphone at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

The timeline gets professional help

I don't just run your program, I help you build it. Show timing, food timing, when to do the awards, where the prize draw lands. After 25 years of events, I know exactly where evenings sag, and I'll flag it before you print the agenda.

What I handle as your MC

Kel hosting at a podium with arms raised during a reveal at a Vancouver corporate event

The welcome and opening, setting the tone so the night starts warm instead of stiff. Introductions for speakers, executives and award presenters, done properly, with names pronounced right. Award ceremonies and prize draws, kept moving and kept fun. Transitions between dinner, speeches and entertainment, so nothing feels like waiting. Timeline management in real time, because dinner always runs long and someone has to adapt.

And woven through all of it, the magic: close-up during cocktails and dinner, and a full after-dinner show if your event calls for it.

★★★★★

A terrific magician but also a wonderful MC. Guests were still talking about his tricks days after our wedding.

Simon Elyna
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Tell me about your event.
One conversation, one number.

Tell me the date, the venue, the headcount and what the night needs to accomplish, and I'll show you what one person doing both jobs looks like on your timeline.

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Who books this

Kel hosting with a handheld microphone in front of a full ballroom at a Vancouver corporate awards night

Corporate events: galas, awards nights, holiday parties and conferences, for clients including RBC, TD Bank, TELUS, Teck Resources, McDonald's, McCarthy Tétrault, Fairmont and Parq Casino. When the program matters and the room is full of colleagues and clients, the host can't be an amateur with a microphone.

Weddings: couples book me to MC the reception and perform through the evening. Your families get one warm, professional voice guiding the night, and entertainment that gets your two guest lists actually talking to each other.

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FAQ

Straight answers

Almost always less than two good vendors, and dramatically less coordination risk. When it's booked alongside performance in a full evening package, hosting is included, from $4,000 for a typical corporate event. Tell me about your event below and I'll give you one all-in number. In November and December, the full evening is the only format I book, at a flat $5,000, so factor that into a December date.

A guest laughing hard on stage beside Kel during an MC segment at a Vancouver corporate event