The ever successful South Tyneside International Magic Convention  has been confirmed to be Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March 2013 thanks to the main sponsors Magicbox, Customs House and South Tyneside Council.

The price remains at £65 includes all lectures, close-up sessions, 2 Gala Shows. You can also gain free access to the exclusive “Midnight Show” on Friday night at the convention HQ

Registration is NOT open yet – previous delegates will be offered spaces first – that will be sometime in the Summer

Names of lecturers and performers should start to be announced in the next couple of weeks, and every year there are performers and lecturers who have never appeared in the UK before.

In the past the convention has had names including Greg Wilson, Sylvester the Jester, Richard Osterlind, Jamy Ian Swiss, Michael Finney, Gaston Quieto, Docc Hilford, Daniel Garcia, Robert Baxt, Trixie Bond, Alain Nu and Brando & Silvana. Add to those names Max Maven, Boris Wild, Banachek, Paul Daniels, Geoffrey Durham, Pete Firman. Luke Jermay, Marc Paul, David Berglas, Whit Haydn, Shoot Ogawa, Romany Charlie Frye, Juan Tamariz, John Archer, Terry Herbert, Quentin Reynolds, John Lenahan, Patrick Redford, Paul Romhany, Steve Axtell and Bob Sheets, David Williamson, Banachek, Brad Manuel, Joshua Quinn, Tim Sonefelt, Simon Drake, Wayne Dobson, Lennart Green, Roni Shachnaey, Richard McDougall, Jeton, Shahid Malik, Jason Latimer, Paul Vigil, Andrew Van Buren, Jon Stetson, Colin McLeod, Norbert Ferre, Nicholas Einhorn, David Stone and Gary Dunn.

This years convention featured David Regal, Levent, Rob Torres, Markus Beldig, Robert Temple, Ricky McLeod, Mat Ricardo, Archini & Smith High Jinx and Christian Schenk.

If you cannot attend the entire weekend (and we’d fully recommend it) you can join a Master Class on the Sunday afternoon.

Master Classes are ideal because sometimes the lecturers would like to spend more time on a particular effect. They are also a way of getting to see and learn from a performer in an intimate setting, and perhaps getting one-on-one instruction on a routine that has been developed and perfected over years, saving you months of trial and experimentation. Each Master Class is limited to 20 people

Full details will be announced soon.