ScheduleTHURSDAY, JULY 2, 2026
TBD - YOUTH ACADEMY
11:00 PM- 4:00 PM HOUDINI HISTORICAL CENTER @ MUSEUM at the CASTLE
Free Admission All Day for Convention Attendees
12:00 AM- 5:00 PM HOUDINI COLLECTION DISPLAY - Adjacent to Dealer Room
Rare Houdini artifacts provided by various collectors and museums
12:00 PM- 5:00 PM DEALERS ROOM OPEN
9:30 AM WORLD RECORD CHAIN ESCAPE @ Houdini Plaza
Join 300 magicians attempting a world-record escape. Siberian chains and training is
included
10:30 AM UPSIDE-DOWN STRAIGHT JACKET ESCAPE @ Houdini Plaza
Featuring Houdini II
11:00 AM STAGE CONTEST BRIEFING / TECH REHEARSAL
11:00 AM LIFE MEMBERS ONLY LUNCH (Extra Pay Event)
Trolley to brewery & metamorphisis sculpture
2:30 PM CLOSE-UP CONTEST & PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
4:30 PM HOUDINI FAMILY INTERVIEW, PHOTO's and AUTOGRAPH SESSION
7:30 PM STAGE CONTEST & PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD
9:30 PM MIKE CAVENEY INTERVIEWS HOUDINI HISTORIAN JOHN COX
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I will give you the time stamps of who spoke when after I get some sleep.
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