Halloween Magic Shows in NYC
🎃 Why This NYC Family Magic Show Is the Number One Way to Get into the Halloween Spirit
When night falls and the autumn air is crisp, and pumpkins appear on stoops, and New York City starts to gleam with orange lights, families search for the perfect way to have a Halloween experience together.
For kids, haunted houses can be terrifying. Candy hunts last only a night. But a family-friendly magic show in NYC—yes, that’s something for everyone.
And if you want the full and absolute experience of Halloween right in the middle of Manhattan’s Theatre District, The Special Halloween Magic Show at the Broadway Magic Hour is your ticket to having seasonal fun.
These NYC magic show performances on Saturday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 26 at 2:00 p.m. are full of delightfully strange and wonderful magic, but with just the right amount of Halloween charm.
The outfits that guests arrive in include everything imaginable! Fans are encouraged to dress up in their favorite Halloween costumes! (Okay, okay... costumes are fine, but not required. Wear them if you want, for extra fun.)
Magic and Halloween Can't Be Better Partners
Since they are kindred spirits, magic and Halloween have always had the same vibe when it comes to family fun. The two invite us to accept mystery with open arms and squeal with delight at whatever appears before us.
If Halloween is a celebration of the unknown — the shadows, the spirits, the tricks — magic carries those same thrills into dazzling, playful realms.
At the Broadway Magic Hour, you’ll experience the same sense of wonder that defines Halloween, minus the fright.
Surprising illusions instead of jump scares. Instead of eerie silence here you hear laughter and applause.
And instead of ghosts and goblins, you’ll meet two magicians—two masters of their craft —Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio. Both create magic in a way that seems effortless, although each has spent a lifetime mastering magic's most challenging feats.
Every Broadway Magic Hour show is a wondrous blend of magic, comedy, mind-reading, and grand illusion - pitched at the perfect level for families to enjoy together, from age 5 to 105.
🧙♀️ A Halloween Show That Families Enjoy Together
Parents understand that Halloween can be a tricky thing (pun intended) to celebrate together. Haunted houses tend to be too scary for little ones, and many adult gatherings aren’t exactly interesting for tiny wizards and witches.
The Broadway Magic Hour Halloween Magic Show fills that niche perfectly — it’s intended for families, for children, tweens, teens, parents, and grandparents, with a immersive magic that will bring joy to the hearts of everyone.
There is no horror here. The show is just pure, joyful astonishment.
Kids laugh as things float, vanish or transform before their eyes. Adults can’t help but smile when their own minds are boggled.
It’s a rarely shared experience — something families can discuss and remember with delight forever.
🎭 In the Center of the Theatre District
The magic happens in one of New York’s iconic entertainment neighborhoods: the Theatre District, immediately outside Times Square’s high-gloss lights.
It is truly uplifting to see a magic show in the center of NYC - the most amazing and magical city in the world.
When the show opens, the lights fade and the outside world vanishes. All the sudden your family is experiencing magic together in a close-knit world of fantasy in which anything can happen.
Every seat is nearly the right distance from the stage, and everyone in the audience adds to the experience.
Even the doubters lean in more to watch the way the magicians pull off their perplexing miracles and everyone comes out smiling, smiling ear to ear — younger people and older ones alike.
🕸️ Audience Participation: Where the Real Magic Happens
Perhaps the most significant thing about Broadway Magic Hour is that it is highly interactive. Engaging the audience isn’t just encouraged—it’s part of the fun.
Volunteers of all ages come onstage to help make the magic happen.
And in the show-stopping finale, one of these fortunate kids even floats in midair like a star — an epic feat that’s made the stage star of the Broadway Magic Hour experience.
It’s not a trick; it’s something kids (along with their families) will cherish for a lifetime.
For this special Halloween magic show, the magicians add spooky surprises and Halloween themed illusions that make the show feel like a Halloween party full of laughter and magic.
🍬 Costumes Welcome — If You Dare
One part of the fun of Halloween is to be someone else for a day. Hence Broadway Magic Hour’s policy welcoming all guests to come dressed in costume.
Whether your kids want to be a fairytale princess, superhero or a barely noticeable ghost, they are welcome to wear their favorite Halloween costumes.
And parents, be sure to participate in the fun!
It also adds an extra bit of fun to look around the room and see the audience in costume.
🎃A Tradition to Maintain
And in recent years, the Halloween Magic Show has become one of Broadway Magic Hour’s most beloved traditions.
The show encourages families attend annually — in the hopes that families will make it part of their yearly Halloween celebration, right next to carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating.
The Broadway Magic Hour Halloween Magic Show in NYC is beloved tradition for returning fans.
👻 Why It’s the Perfect Halloween Outing
In a city with plenty of choices, it can be tough to find something that feels festive or family-friendly or even just special.
But the Broadway Magic Hour Halloween Magic Show checks every box:
- Safe, family-friendly (no horror elements, no jump scares)
- Fun that kids and adults can do and are interactive!
- Situated in the heart of NYC’s Theatre District — easy to get to
- Tickets ($25) are a real bargain compared with other NYC productions
- Full of Halloween spirit, from costumes to themed illusions
It’s also a great afternoon activity — 2 PM showtimes Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 — providing ample time with dinner, walking along Times Square or getting a visit to your favorite Halloween pop-up shop.
🕯️ Halloween Fun for All Ages, NYC Style
New York City really comes alive in the month of October.
The atmosphere on Halloween weekend becomes extra special with a live magic show like Broadway Magic Hour.
It is the perfect combination of theatrical spectacle combined with family fun.
You’ll emerge smiling, even questioning reality a little, and that’s just how Halloween should feel.
Come dressed up in your favorite costume — or just come as you are and be willing to believe in magic again.
Because in New York City — and especially on Halloween — the real magic happens live.
Tickets & Showtimes: https://broadwaymagichour.com
