Corporate Holiday Party Magician: An Evening with Booster
Hiring a corporate holiday party magician is one of those bookings the planner either nails or quietly regrets all January. In December 2022, Booster — the Atlanta-based school fundraising company — brought me in to close out their company holiday celebration. The night ran clean, the room left talking, and the highlight reel still gets sent around.
About the Event
Booster (the team behind the school fundraising programs schools across the country know well) hosts an annual holiday gathering for their employees and partners out of their Peachtree Corners, Georgia headquarters. The 2022 evening was led by founder and CEO Chris Carneal, with Thiphaphone Sivilay running point on production and logistics.
My Role at the Event
My role was the corporate holiday party magician — the act that closes the night and turns “a nice company party” into “the night the room is still talking about.” The customization work happened in the weeks before: a pre-event call to lock in the audience, the run-of-show, the AV setup, and the right place to slot the show within the evening’s flow.
Why Hire a Corporate Holiday Party Magician
A great company holiday party is more than a venue and a bar tab. The entertainment is what people actually remember by January. Here’s the case for a corporate holiday party magician:
- It makes the night feel like a thank-you. The team has worked all year. The closer should feel like a real reward, not a check-the-box agenda item.
- It pulls the room together. By December, your distributed team probably hasn’t all been in the same room in months. The right show creates a shared moment they’ll reference all year.
- It scales the way a band or DJ can’t. A 30-minute headline magic show is a peak. Music is great background — but the corporate holiday party magician slot is the part of the night people gather around.
- It’s shareable. Phones come out. Videos travel. The night keeps marketing your culture inside the company long after the lights go down.
- A pro reads the room. Leadership, partners, and team in the same place — and a skilled performer never leaves anyone behind.
Client Feedback
Thiphaphone Sivilay of Booster wrote afterward:
Thank you for a great evening — you were an absolute hit! Everyone enjoyed it.
Watch the Show
Booster’s production team put together a beautiful highlight video of the whole evening, which they shared in their follow-up.
Takeaways
A few specific things worth taking from this one if you’re planning your own company holiday party:
- Place the headline late, not early. Booster ran the magic show as the peak of the evening, after dinner and networking. That’s where a corporate holiday party magician earns the slot — when the room is warm and ready to laugh.
- Capture it on video. Booster’s team filmed the whole evening and circulated a highlight reel afterward. That single asset turns a one-night event into months of internal-culture marketing.
- Pick a performer who works with your producers, not around them. The night ran smoothly because the pre-event coordination was tight. Treat your corporate holiday party magician as part of the production team, not an island.
- Don’t underestimate the after-party effect. The follow-up emails, the “great trick” messages over the holidays, the highlight reel circulating in January — that’s the real ROI of a memorable night.
Book Me for Your Next Event
Planning your company holiday celebration this year? Use the form below to start the conversation about a corporate holiday party magician who’ll close your evening with the moment everyone will be talking about in the new year.
