Best Magicians and Mentalists on Long Island, NY (2026)
Updated September 2026. Reviewed quarterly.
Long Island books entertainment differently than the city does. The events are bigger, the rooms are grander, and the guest lists overlap: the same families see each other at the Crest Hollow Country Club for a bar mitzvah in March, at the Garden City Hotel for a wedding in June, and at a corporate holiday party in Melville in December. A performer who was merely fine gets remembered, and not in a good way. A performer who changed the energy of the room gets booked three more times by people who were there.
This guide covers the best magicians and mentalists working on Long Island right now, from Great Neck to Montauk, including the Gold Coast towns where the biggest private events happen (Manhasset, Old Westbury, Sands Point, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay Cove, Lloyd Harbor and Cold Spring Harbor), the South Shore, and the Hamptons from Southampton to East Hampton, for corporate events, weddings, private parties, bar and bat mitzvahs, sweet sixteens and family celebrations. Every performer here is a working professional with a real track record, verified reviews and a clear specialty, and each entry says what that performer is best for.
How This List Was Put Together
Every performer was judged on the same four things: a documented track record with Long Island and New York audiences, verified client reviews, range across close-up and stage formats, and the professionalism (contracts, insurance, punctuality) that planners and hosts depend on. Facts come from each performer’s own published materials. Ranking reflects fit for Long Island bookings specifically, not general fame.
The Best Magicians and Mentalists on Long Island
1. Daniel Nicholas
Best for: corporate events and galas, weddings, private and estate parties, bar and bat mitzvahs
Daniel Nicholas is a professional magician and mentalist based in New York City who grew up on Long Island and performs across Nassau County, Suffolk County and the Hamptons all year. He combines sleight of hand and sleight of mind: close-up magic that works at a cocktail hour on the North Shore, and a stand-up mentalism show built for a ballroom 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. Long Island clients describe the same pattern: skeptical executives leaning in by the third effect, a country club cocktail hour that stopped talking, a bat mitzvah where the parents were as stunned as the kids. He customizes routines around company messaging, the guest of honor, or the theme of the night, and he reads a room before the guests do.
Pricing for Daniel typically starts at $3,500.
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2. Chris Dare
Best for: corporate events, VIP and high-end private 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 Gold Coast ballroom.
3. David Rosenfeld
Best for: private parties, mitzvahs and corporate events 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 behind him and a 5.0 rating across 454 Google reviews. He offers walk-around, parlor and full stage formats, hosts a mentalism dinner-show residency at the Mansion at Glen Cove, and his corporate clients include Amazon, Google, Facebook, TikTok, Oracle, Capital One and the New York Rangers. A lawyer by training (St. John’s, admitted to the New York bar), he brings an unusual polish to a family party or a boardroom.
4. Gary Ferrar
Best for: high-energy stage shows and product launches
Gary Ferrar is a Hofstra University graduate who performs more than 300 shows a year across Long Island and the city, with clients including Google, Facebook, Spotify, Macy’s, Burberry, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Samsung. He appeared on Season 7 of America’s Got Talent and on Fox News, NBC and the Travel Channel, and his show Cloak & Mirrors runs in Manhattan. His work blends sleight of hand with mentalism and comedy, and he reports unanimous five-star reviews on Yelp, Google and Facebook.
5. Brian McGovern
Best for: walk-around magic at mitzvah cocktail hours and wedding receptions
Brian McGovern is a New York magician and mentalist with more than 350 verified five-star reviews who calls himself Long Island’s best-reviewed bar and bat mitzvah magician, and the venue list backs it up: the Mansion at Glen Cove, the Garden City Hotel, the Inn at New Hyde Park, Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury Country Club and the Somerley. His corporate clients include Google, JPMorgan, Meta and Columbia University. A good fit for a reception where the entertainment needs to move through the room rather than stop it.
6. Robert McEntee (Magic Beyond Imagination)
Best for: corporate dinners, awards banquets and office parties
Robert McEntee left a career as a licensed Professional Engineer in 2006 to perform full time and now has more than 25 years of magic and mentalism behind him, all of it based on Long Island. His corporate clients include Korg USA, Kiss Products in Port Washington and Merrill Lynch, and his formats run from close-up at a cocktail reception to a stage show for an awards ceremony, plus emcee and keynote work. The engineering background shows in how tightly the show is built.
7. Amore
Best for: events that want strolling magic, a mentalism show and comedy hypnosis from one performer
Amore is a Long Island magician, mentalist and comedy hypnotist with more than 25 years of professional experience across Nassau, Suffolk, the five boroughs, Connecticut and New Jersey. He has performed the July 4th festival at Jones Beach for New York State Parks, been featured in the Society of American Magicians’ M.U.M. Magazine, and works everything from communion parties and weddings to college events and corporate functions. The comedy hypnosis show is the differentiator for a graduation party or a company outing.
8. Alex Voz
Best for: high-volume mentalism bookings, weddings and mitzvahs
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, working throughout the tristate area including Long Island. A former Wall Street salesman, he built his act around psychology and mind reading, with clients including Amazon, Google and Goldman Sachs and appearances on FOX 5 NYC and CBS.
9. Magical Dave
Best for: kids’ parties, corporate family days and the children’s side of a mitzvah
Magical Dave has spent more than 30 years performing for children across Nassau County, Suffolk County and New York City, with 475+ five-star Google reviews and 200+ shows a year. He has been featured in The New York Times and was voted Best Kids’ Magician by New York Magazine. He is on this list for one specific job, and for that job he is the standard.
10. Magic Jeff
Best for: family celebrations, community events and school or library programs
Magic Jeff (Jeff Miller) is a Long Island magician with more than 25 years of experience across Suffolk and Nassau, a 5.0 Google rating, and membership in both the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians. He works birthday parties, mitzvahs, holiday parties, festivals and corporate functions with a warm, interactive style built for mixed-age crowds.
How to Choose the Right Performer for a Long Island Event
Start with the shape of the event, not the name of the performer.
A cocktail hour, a wedding reception, a networking event or a backyard party in the Hamptons calls for close-up magic. It needs no stage, no sound system and no schedule. The performer moves through the room in small groups and the energy builds table by table. A dinner, a gala, a milestone birthday or a corporate program with a natural moment where everyone gathers calls for a stand-up show, usually 30 to 45 minutes, with a focal point and a room that can face one direction. Mentalism tends to land hardest with adult and executive crowds, because it feels less like a trick and more like something happening to them.
Many Long Island events want both: strolling during cocktails, a show after dinner. Ask whether the performer does both formats well, because plenty do only one.
Budget follows format and experience. Established professionals in this market generally start in the low thousands for a strolling set and go up from there for stage shows, custom material and multi-hour bookings. Peak season runs from late October through December, and the strongest performers book out weeks in advance. Spring mitzvah and wedding season is the second crunch.
Finally, ask for a real conversation before you book. A performer who wants to understand your guests, your venue and your goal is a performer who will show up prepared.
What Makes Long Island Different
Long Island venues are built for scale. Oheka Castle, the Crest Hollow, the Garden City Hotel, Land’s End in Sayville, Fox Hollow in Woodbury and the Mansion at Glen Cove all host rooms of 150 to 400 guests, which changes what entertainment has to do: a performer who is wonderful for 20 people at a dinner table can disappear in a ballroom. The best Long Island performers know how to scale, from a strolling set that reaches every table to a stage show that holds the back of the room.
The community is also tighter than the city, especially on the North Shore, where the families of Manhasset, Roslyn, Old Westbury and Locust Valley see each other at the same clubs, schools and synagogues all year. The same families, firms and country clubs see each other all year, so entertainment gets talked about afterward. The performers on this list have all earned that room: they communicate professionally, they arrive early, they adapt when the schedule slips, and they understand that the event is about the guests and the host, not about the performer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a magician or mentalist cost on Long Island?
Rates depend on experience, format and length. Strolling close-up magic from an established professional generally starts in the low thousands, and full stage shows run higher, especially with custom material. 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?
For holiday parties and fall galas, two to three months ahead is smart. Top performers fill November and December quickly. For weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs, book as soon as the date and venue are set, since the best Saturday nights in May, June, September and October go early. For other events, four to six weeks is usually workable, but earlier is always safer.
Is a magician or a mentalist better for a Long Island event?
It depends on the crowd. Close-up magic is ideal for cocktail hours, receptions and mingling. Mentalism plays especially well with adult, executive and skeptical audiences, because the experience feels psychological rather than theatrical. Several performers on this list, including Daniel Nicholas, blend both in a single booking.
Do these performers cover both Nassau and Suffolk, and the Hamptons?
Yes. Every performer here works across Nassau and Suffolk, and most also cover the Hamptons, the North Fork, Queens and Manhattan. For East End events in summer, confirm travel early, since the drive time and the season both add up. Travel is normally included or quoted up front.
Can the show be customized for our company, family or theme?
The best performers expect to. Company names, product messaging, the guest of honor’s story and the theme of the night can all be built into the material. Ask about it when you inquire, and ask how far in advance the performer needs your details.
What should I look for to know a performer is actually good?
Volume and consistency of reviews, not just a star rating. A performer with 100-plus five-star reviews across many event types has earned them over time. Watch full performance video rather than highlight reels, and ask for references from events like yours. A confident professional will provide them without hesitation.
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