The Melbourne Magic Festival is over for another year, and what a year it was.
Over 15,000 people saw shows at the Hubs at the Melba Spiegeltent and The MC Showroom, with another 2,000 visiting satellite venues. Magic is definitely alive and thriving in Melbourne!
Last night, in the Melba Spiegeltent, Lee Cohen hosted the 2019 MMF Awards and we would like to congratulate the winners:
Australian Junior Championship of Stage Magic
- Magic Macy
Australian Junior Championship of Close Up Magic
- Sebastian Jensen
Magician’s Choice Award
- Millie Spencer
Gold Coast Convention Fool Us Award
- Josh Staley
Outstanding Contribution to the development of the 2019 Melbourne Magic Festival
- Nigel Xu
Special Commendation for outstanding contribution to the 2019 Melbourne Magic Festival
- Millie Spencer
The Ron Dorre Award for Best Promotional Video
- Reuben Moreland – ‘As Seen on Penn & Teller Fool Us’
The 2019 Melbourne Magic Festival Best Newcomer Award
- Michael Pope – ‘It’s Who You Know with Michael Pope’
The 2019 Melbourne Magic Festival Kids Show Award
- Tim You – ‘The Tim Credible Family Magic Show’
The 2019 Candlelight Productions Artistic Excellence Scholarship
- Jeff Robinson – ‘The Quizzical Mr Jeff’
The 2019 Melbourne Magic Festival Directors Choice Award
- ‘As Seen On Penn & Teller Fool us’
THE LEVANTE AWARD
presented to Lu Chen by The Australian Institute of Magic for outstanding contributions to magic Melbourne Magic Festival 2019
You can catch the full live stream of the Awards on our Facebook Page.