Silly Billy Magician for Kids Magician from New York City, NY

Award-winning Silly Billy has become one of the best known children's entertainers in the U.S., performing for the families of celebrities like Madonna and Bruce Springsteen, plus appearances at the White House and Lincoln Center. In New York, where he performs more than 250 shows each year, he has been recognized as New York's top children's entertainer by five different New York publications. In addition, he received a six-page profile in the New Yorker, one of only three magicians to be honored this way. His television credits include appearances on The Late Show, as well as multiple appearances on Comedy Central. He was also in the reality magic show Celebracadabra on Vh1. Silly Billy received the highest honor a magician can receive. He was awarded a Performing Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts, in Hollywood, California. This is similar to a Lifetime Achievement award. Other magicians who have received this award include Penn and Teller, Doug Henning, and Harry Blackstone Jr. This is the first time in its fifty year history that the Academy gave this award to a children's magician, thus it is truly a unique honor. Plus in 2019 he was named "Magician of the Year" by the NY Society of American Magicians. Silly Billy literally "wrote the book" on performing magic for children. His book, Seriously Silly, Performing Magic and Comedy for Children is a best seller in the magic world and is considered the bible of children's magic. He also invents many of the magic tricks that are used by children's magicians around the world. He is one of only a handful of magicians who have appeared on the covers of seven international magic journals. He has performed magic for children all over the world plus he travels around the world speaking at magician conferences. THE SHOW Silly Billy does a 40-60 minute comedy magic show for kids live (in person) or a 30-40 minute virtual comedy magic show for kids (online).