Nick Gasparro on WGN-TV
Nick Gasparro Magician & Mentalist
Performing at WGN
I'm Nick Gasparro, an Oak Brook-based magician and mentalist with 25+ years of experience, recently featured on WGN-TV. My specialty is a 50-minute live mind reading show for adult birthday parties, dinner parties and corporate events, in your home or venue.
Your guests become part of the act: impossible predictions, secret thoughts revealed and moments that feel unexplainable. For cocktail hours and weddings, I offer strolling close-up mentalism.
Every show is tailored to your crowd and made for adults. Let's make your event unforgettable.
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Write a reviewPrice range: $575 – $3,000 per event
Languages: English
Gig length: 20 - 180 minutes
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Performer Insurance
When you book me, you're getting a polished, professional experience from first message to final reveal. Here's how it works.
We'll start with a quick conversation about your event — the occasion, the crowd, the venue, and what you want your guests to walk away with. From there, I'll recommend the right format, whether that's a stand-up performance that gathers everyone for a featured show or close-up magic and mentalism that moves through the room.
On the day, I arrive early, set up quickly, and need very little from you — just a small space to work and an audience ready to be amazed. The performance is fully interactive: your guests become part of the magic through impossible predictions, borrowed objects, and mind-reading that feels genuinely unexplainable.
Every set is tailored to your audience and designed for adults. It's clean, sophisticated, and built to spark conversation, break the ice, and leave everyone with a story they'll be retelling long after the night ends.
Have questions or a specific vision in mind? Reach out and let's make your event unforgettable.
I got started in magic at the age of 11. I was in Washington, D.C. with my family on vacation, and a magician in a magic shop made a small red silk vanish right in front of my eyes. Poof. Just like that it was gone, and I was hooked. I read everything I could find about magic, kept performing through college at the University of Illinois, and have now been performing professionally for 25+ years.
Over time my focus moved to mentalism: mind reading, predictions and psychological illusion. Today my specialty is a 50-minute live mind reading show that I bring to homes and venues for adult birthday parties, dinner parties, corporate events and weddings, where your guests become part of the act. For cocktail hours, I also offer strolling close-up mentalism that moves through the room.
I'm based in Oak Brook, perform throughout Chicago's western and southwest suburbs, and was recently featured on WGN-TV.
I pride myself in being able to perform and execute in a wide array of venues and can adapt to fit your needs
Saturday
Private Party
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Every performance is customized to the event, but a typical set blends mentalism and magic into a seamless, interactive experience:
Opening — I draw the room in with an attention-grabbing piece of mentalism that establishes right away that this is something they've never seen before.
Mind-Reading & Predictions — The heart of the show: thoughts revealed, freely chosen words and numbers divined, and sealed predictions that match impossible outcomes. Guests think of something private, and somehow I already know.
Audience Interaction — Volunteers and borrowed objects take center stage, so the magic happens in your guests' own hands and becomes their story to tell.
Stand-Up Feature — A featured routine that gathers the whole room together for a shared, jaw-dropping moment.
Close-Up Magic (optional) — For cocktail hours and intimate settings, I move through the crowd with up-close magic that unfolds inches away.
The Finale — A powerful closing reveal that ties the evening together and leaves everyone talking.
Pacing, length, and content are tailored to your audience and event — designed for adults and built to keep the energy high from start to finish.
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