Best Corporate Entertainers on Long Island, NY (2026)
Updated September 2026. Reviewed quarterly.
Long Island has more corporate event budget than most people realize. The Route 110 corridor in Melville, the office parks in Hauppauge and Lake Success, the law and accounting firms in Garden City and Mineola, the hospital systems, the defense and aerospace contractors, the banks along Old Country Road: all of them run holiday parties, sales kickoffs, client dinners, awards nights and team-building days, and most of them would rather not bus everyone into Manhattan to do it. The venues are here: the Crest Hollow Country Club, the Garden City Hotel, Oheka Castle, the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale, the Carltun, Fox Hollow, Flowerfield.
What is harder to find is the entertainment. A corporate room is not a birthday party. It needs a performer who reads executives quickly, respects the run of show, and leaves people talking about the company’s night rather than about the performer. This guide covers the best corporate entertainers on Long Island, with a focus on magicians and mentalists, because that is what works in a corporate room: no stage build, no rehearsal, and a shared experience that carries into networking and dinner.
How This List Was Put Together
Every performer was judged on the same four things: a documented corporate track record with Long Island and New York companies, verified client reviews, range across strolling and stage formats, and the professionalism (contracts, certificates of insurance, punctuality, clean material) that corporate planners depend on. Facts come from each performer’s own published materials. Ranking reflects fit for Long Island corporate events specifically.
The Best Corporate Entertainers on Long Island
1. Daniel Nicholas
Best for: holiday parties, client dinners, sales kickoffs, awards nights and galas
Daniel Nicholas is a professional magician and mentalist based in New York City who grew up on Long Island and works Nassau, Suffolk and the Hamptons all year. He specializes in high-end corporate events, combining sleight of hand and sleight of mind: close-up magic for a cocktail reception, and a stand-up mentalism show built for a room that has gathered to watch. He has performed 1,000+ events over 15+ years as a professional, for clients including the New York Yankees, Goldman Sachs, Google, Apple and Meta.
The reviews back it up. Daniel carries 100+ five-star Google reviews with a perfect 5.0 rating. Corporate clients describe the same pattern: skeptics converted by the third effect, a difficult crowd handled without missing a beat, and a night that made the person who booked him look good. He customizes routines around company messaging, product names and event themes, and he arrives early, reads the room, and adjusts on the fly.
Pricing for Daniel typically starts at $3,500.
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2. Chris Dare
Best for: executive audiences, VIP and client-facing events
Chris Dare is a New York corporate magician and mentalist with a career spanning more than two decades, trusted by Fortune 500 companies, VIP clients and elite private events. He holds a perfect 5.0 Google rating, and praise for his work comes from names like Jack Hollis, President of Toyota Motor North America, and New York Islanders star Mat Barzal. He also runs Magic with a Mission, a charitable effort he started at 18. Polished, high-energy and equally at home in a boardroom or a ballroom.
3. David Rosenfeld
Best for: corporate events and team-building anywhere in Nassau or Suffolk
David Rosenfeld is a Long Island native based in Levittown with more than 15 years of professional magic and mentalism, a 5.0 rating across 454 Google reviews, and corporate clients including Amazon, Google, Facebook, TikTok, Oracle, Coinbase, Merrill Lynch, Capital One, Zillow, Lyft and the New York Rangers. He offers walk-around, parlor, stage and virtual team-building formats, and he hosts a mentalism dinner-show residency at the Mansion at Glen Cove. A lawyer by training, he is comfortable in front of a room full of partners.
4. Gary Ferrar
Best for: product launches and high-energy stage shows
Gary Ferrar is a Hofstra graduate who performs more than 300 shows a year, with corporate clients including Google, Facebook, Spotify, Macy’s, Burberry, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Ralph Lauren and Samsung, for whom he also served as a magic consultant on commercials. He appeared on America’s Got Talent and on Fox News, NBC and the Travel Channel. His show blends sleight of hand, mentalism and comedy, and it scales from a cocktail reception to a conference stage.
5. Robert McEntee (Magic Beyond Imagination)
Best for: awards banquets, office parties and emcee work
Robert McEntee is a former licensed Professional Engineer who left that career in 2006 to perform full time, with more than 25 years of magic and mentalism experience, all of it based on Long Island. His corporate clients include Korg USA, Kiss Products in Port Washington and Merrill Lynch. He offers stage shows for awards ceremonies and banquets, strolling magic for receptions, mind reading, and emcee and keynote services, so one performer can carry a full corporate evening.
6. Larry & Raven
Best for: company holiday parties and gala headline acts
Larry & Raven are a New York mentalist couple named 2019 Mentalist of the Year, with more than 1,000 appearances across 40 states and over a dozen countries and clients including Coach, Cartier and Vera Wang, plus firms in finance, media and IT. About two-thirds of their annual corporate events are repeat bookings or referrals, which says more than any award. The two-person format gives a large ballroom a real focal point, and company holiday parties are a core part of their calendar.
7. Alex Voz
Best for: keynotes, trade shows and high-volume corporate bookings
Alex Voz is a New York mentalist and magician with more than 20 years of professional experience and close to 600 Google reviews at a five-star rating. A former Wall Street salesman, he built his act around psychology and mind reading, and he works corporate events, keynote presentations, trade shows and virtual programs throughout the tristate area. Clients include Amazon, Google and Goldman Sachs, and he has appeared on FOX 5 NYC and CBS.
8. Matias Letelier
Best for: illusion and comedy stage shows, and team-building workshops
Matias Letelier is an award-winning Chilean-American illusionist and mentalist with more than 27 years of experience, a resident performer at Speakeasy Magick in Manhattan, and the founder of Fun Corporate Magic. His corporate clients include Apple, Google, T-Mobile, Morgan Stanley, Amazon, Sony, IBM, American Express and Deloitte. Beyond the show, he runs workshops on psychological safety, communication and team building, which makes him a fit for an offsite that wants both.
9. Fred Berthelot
Best for: pharmaceutical, healthcare and analytical audiences
Fred Berthelot, known as the Architect of the Mind, is a former New York architect turned award-winning mentalist and magician with 25+ years of professional experience and a specialty in pharma and corporate audiences, with programs designed for team building, sales meetings and holiday parties. For Long Island’s hospital systems, labs and healthcare companies, that background is a natural fit.
10. Brian McGovern
Best for: walk-around magic at corporate receptions and holiday parties
Brian McGovern is a New York magician and mentalist with more than 350 verified five-star reviews and corporate clients including Google, JPMorgan, Meta, Citibank, MTV, the New York Stock Exchange and Columbia University. He works Long Island regularly, at venues from the Garden City Hotel to the Crest Hollow, and his specialty is walk-around magic that moves through a reception rather than stopping it.
How to Choose the Right Corporate Entertainer for a Long Island Event
The right performer depends on your venue, your crowd, and what you want people walking away feeling.
Close-up magic works for cocktail hours, networking receptions and smaller groups. It is conversational and personal, and it needs no staging or sound. Stage shows need a defined performance space and an audience that can gather for 30 to 45 minutes, which makes them a fit for dinners, awards nights and holiday parties with a natural moment where everyone sits down. Mentalism tends to land especially well with skeptical corporate crowds because it feels like a psychological demonstration rather than a trick.
Many Long Island corporate events want both: strolling during cocktails, a show after dinner. Ask whether the performer does both formats well.
Budget follows format and experience. Corporate entertainment at the professional level on Long Island generally starts in the low thousands and goes up from there for full stage shows, branded material and multi-hour bookings. The best performers book out weeks or months in advance, particularly for the holiday season, which on Long Island runs from the week before Thanksgiving through the third week of December.
Ask for a real conversation before you book. Any performer worth hiring will take 15 minutes to understand your event, your audience and your objective. And ask for a certificate of insurance up front; every venue on this island will want one.
What Makes Corporate Entertainment Work on Long Island
Long Island corporate audiences are a mix. A holiday party at a Melville tech company, a partners’ dinner for a Garden City law firm, a sales kickoff for a Hauppauge manufacturer and a hospital foundation gala at Oheka each need a different read. The performers on this list have all figured out how to earn that room.
They share a few traits. They are professional in communication and logistics, and they get the paperwork done before anyone asks. They show up prepared and adapt when the schedule slips. They understand that the event is not about them; it is about your guests and your objectives. And they know how to make the room feel like something special happened, without making themselves the main character.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a corporate magician or mentalist cost on Long Island?
Rates vary with experience and format. Walk-around cocktail magic from an established professional generally starts in the low thousands. Full stage shows run higher, especially with custom material or a longer program. Pricing for Daniel Nicholas typically starts at $3,500. Ask any performer for a clear quote that names the format, the length and what is included.
How far in advance should I book corporate entertainment on Long Island?
For holiday parties, two to three months ahead is the smart move; the top performers fill late November and December fast. Spring and early fall corporate events are usually workable four to six weeks out, but earlier is always safer once your date is fixed. Do not assume availability.
What types of corporate events work best with a magician or mentalist?
Almost all of them: holiday parties, client appreciation dinners, sales kickoffs, product launches, awards banquets, team-building days, trade show booths and conference entertainment are all common bookings for the performers on this list. Mentalism works especially well when the goal is to spark conversation, because a strong set gives people something to talk about the moment it ends.
Can the show be customized for our company or theme?
Yes, and the best performers expect to. Company names, product messaging and event themes can be built directly into the routines. Ask specifically about customization and how far in advance the performer needs your materials.
Is a magician or a mentalist better for a corporate event?
It depends on the audience. Close-up magic is especially good for cocktail hours and mingling. Mentalism feels more like a psychological experience than entertainment, which plays well with analytical, executive or skeptical audiences. Several performers on this list, including Daniel Nicholas, blend both into a single show.
Do these performers travel across Long Island and into the city?
Yes. Every performer here works throughout Nassau and Suffolk, and most also cover the Hamptons, Queens, Manhattan, Westchester and Connecticut. Travel is normally included or quoted up front.
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