30 Years
A Show Like No Other
Ed Bilodeau has been amusing and amazing audiences since 1972 with a high energy show that includes magic, music and clean family style comedy as well as a bit of origami to keep audiences laughing even after they've gone home. The magic in this zany show might not always go the way Ed intends it to, but the results are always magical.
Whether trying to make a rabbit appear only to have it come out squished flat like a pancake or attempting to produce a scarf that somehow multiplies into a huge pile of scarves, ropes, cards and more, Ed keeps his audiences laughing.
In Germany, where he performed in nightclubs in the early 1980s, Ed was known as "Der Mann der alles verschwinden lassen kann" - the man who can let anything disappear. In America, Ed is also adored by fans like the birthday boy who said simply "you're crazy."
Ed was bit by the magic bug when, as a seven-year-old, he found his first book of magic tricks and decided to be "just like Alakazam," the magician he used to watch on television with his father. Now Ed is the inspiration for a new generation of magicians.
The Making of a Magician
1964 - Ed discovers magic watching Mark Wilson's Magic Land of Alakazam on television.
1965 - On his first visit to the library, Ed finds "Magic in Your Pockets" by Bill Severn and thinks "Now I can be just like Alakazam!" The magic bug bites.
1972 - After years of driving his family crazy with his magic tricks, Ed sets out on his magic career, performing at PTO and Chamber of Commerce fairs, Halloween, Christmas and birthday parties.
1977 - Ed joins the Army and takes his magic around the country and around the world performing for enlisted men's and officers' clubs, nightclubs and on the streets of the cities of Europe.
1985 - Ed begins a decade of teaching magic in summer day camps, after school programs, adult education classes and private lessons.
1988 - Ed adds teaching origami to the mix and also uses the art to enhance his show.
1995 - Ed takes relocates his home base to Cape Cod and performs on the streets of Provincetown as well as at the Provincetown Inn.
2002 - Ed moves his base once more to North Central Massachusetts allowing him better access to the New England states as the 21st century gets underway.