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Had a great final day here on Cape Cod, Was my Mom’s 76th birthday and had a New England seafood FEAST!

Anyway I head south tomorrow, Wednesday Sept 4th. I have two shows in Surf City NC at a little place called The Trailer Bar! Those are Fri Sept 6th and Sat the 7th, both at 8:00pm!

Then I head home to the Florida Keys where i will have a week off before starting back up at Lorelei in Islamorada FL on Monday Sept 16th and will be doing my usual Monday, Wednesday and Friday shows there for my 26th season!

Then as October rolls in I’ll start back up my Thursday gig at Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill.

That’s what’s happening this week and this Keys season. i will also be looking for another weekly gig or two in the Keys this season! Whether it be my full Rockin’ Magic show, my new comedy magic show or doing closeup magic at a restaurant or two … table-side magic! which i love!

Michael Trixx has only TWO public appearances left on Cape Cod this year!

The first is an unusual opportunity to see his magic up close! personal magic performed for YOU and your group of friends or family. This will be Friday Aug 30th at Sundancer’s Cape Cod 116 Main St Route 28 West Dennis, from 5:00-7:00pm, at the bar, bar area or at your dining table inside or outside on the deck! This is mind blowing magic performed RIGHT in front of you!! Again, this is a RARE opportunity! please take advantage and join us!

The Final Cape Cod show will be at Trader Ed’s in Hyannis Sat Aug 31st at 3:00pm!! out by the pool area. This will be the FULL STAGE SHOW! with all birds, fire, levitation, audience participation etc! and that will be it! until summer 2025!

Catch one last show this season!

Thank you Cape Cod! My home, i love you and will see you next year!

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Back home in the Keys after another successful East Coast tour. Touring was a lot of fun this year as I brought my girlfriend Ashley with me and got to show her a lot of the East Coast for her first time.It was fun showing  her where I’m from, Cape Cod. We went on a whale watch, went to the drive-in movies, I performed at the Cape Cod Festival of magic and lots of nice dinners on the Cape, Boston and everywhere else we went.lol…

But now its time to settle in to my 16th season performing here in the keys. Starting slow at 4 nights a week and will gradually get back up to six nights a week which I’ll do for the next 10 months straight!!! with the exception of a couple little breaks, like going to Daytona Magic Convention in Nov.

I’ve got a couple new routines in the show this year, SUGAR and Razor Bladez! So if you’re a regular visitor or a Keys local be sure to check my schedule here and come out to see the new stuff along with my favorite classic routines like my bat Blizzard, Flyin’ High and EGGMAN!! because of the new stuff I will be (semi) retiring my old drinking rouitne that ive been doing since I started performing stage magic and that got me sponsored by Budweiser back in the day!! (of course I’ll bust it out every once in a while just to keep it in my head all though I dont think I could ever forget it as many times as I’ve done it.

I always say I’ll try to blog more….. we’ll see how that goes… 😉

Until then  ROCK ON \m/

TRIXX

Alright,,,, I have been home in the Florida Keys for a month now, after two and a half months on the road. I am settled back in to my regular gigs performing 5 nights a week but will be moving up to 6 nights in Nov and will do that for the next 9 months straight!!!  My previous blog showed the follow up to the Drew Jarvis story, but I failed to mention how nice it was spending time with my family and friends back home on Cape Cod too. Another highlight of my tour was performing at my… (clear throat..)… 25th high school reunion…Crazy man! but it was cool seeing old friends along with their spouses and kids who are all now AbrockAholics!! (new word for Trixx fans \m/ 😉

The most exciting part of my time away from the Keys was my performance in Las Vegas NV. I was in Vegas for 9 days. I attended a killer 3 day magic convention put on by MAGIC magazine, saw lots of magic shows and met many new magician friends. The day after the convention was my show at Jeff McBride’s Wonderground event held the third Thursday of every month. Many magic stars from around the world also stayed in town just for this event! So the room was packed with magicians I have idolized and studied for 17 years now!!

 I was so pumped and a bit nervous to perform for this room full of magic stars like Teller (from Penn and Teller), Legendary comedy/dove magician Johnny Thompsom, Gaetan Bloom,Kevin James (magician not comedian), Rudy Coby, Jan Rouven, Dan Sperry , of course Jeff McBride and many many more! (Thank you Dan Sperry for lending me your birds and props!).So yeah my adreneline was pumping and I know from past experiences that this can take over and ruin a show, but as Jeff McBride says .. “it’s OK to have butterflies if you can teach them to fly in formation” lol. I refer to mine as bats not butterflies !! lol But guess what?…. I kicked Ass!!!! I rocked the house and guess what else? you get to watch it RIGHT HERE!! TRIXX LIVE IN VEGAS!!  ENJOY!

Well Well Well another year has flown by!! What a great year it was for me though. I am so thankful for what  my life has become and that my hard work, passion and dedication is really starting to pay off. So many great things this year, i dont know where to start so… in no particular order. here are some of my greatest moments of my 2013. 

First let me recall that on this day last year, I performed a private party for President Jimmy Carter that certainly shot me out of the gate with tons of momentum into 2013.

I had the best season in a few years here in the Keys doing my steady six nights a week for 9/10 months straight ( SOOO thankful for the reputation I have built here and for this steady work) …. then I hit the road.

I kicked January 2013 off with a very exciting gig!! after winning the stage competition twice at Myrtle Beach NC’s Magic At The Beach convention (2010 and 2012), I was hired to perform in the Champions Of Magic Gala Show for this years convention and it was AWESOME!

My 2 1/2 month tour was great this year , maybe a little long with too much time between some gigs, think i’ll tighten it up this year and just come home to the keys and have some time off here at the new house I am renting and LOVING. ( I could certainly use the time to work on new material for my show). But the highlight of my 2013 tour was performing at Jeff McBride’s Wonderground in Las Vegas, This year my Date fell on the day after Magic Magazine’s convention “MAGIC LIVE” ended. So there were some very BIG names in our business there to see me. I got some killer compliments from Gaeton Bloom , Kevin James, and Teller from Penn and Teller. you can see my performance here

Another highlight was perfoming at my 25th! High School reunion !! 

Then there was the very touching  Drew Jarvis story, A story of a huge fan of mine with Down’s Sydrome in Akron OH that turned into a great and ongoing friendship. if you follow me at all you’ve heard/seen this already but to recap here are the Drew Jarvis Videos PART ONE  and PART TWO

Then there was little Garrett, The 5 year old, local Key Largo boy that blew everybody away including me! by dressing up as ME for halloween and winning first place in his school costume contest and winning best original homemade costume at Burton Memorial Chruch’s annual Pumpkin Pacth/ Trixx Show. Check him out here

Man what else?… I ran 3 or 4 5K’s, stayed healthy and sober!! for another year!!!! Holy Crap!! That’s enough…. 

This week is what we, here in the Keys call Hell Week!!! It’s a VERY busy, touristy, money making week so Im Jammin this week and  2013,,,Im going out with bang!!!! 

Here’s to another great year, continued health and success in 2014!

remember: If at first you dont succeed, keep suckin’ til ya do SUCceed!!

For those of you that saw the awesome story about Drew Jarvis, the boy with Down Syndrom in Akron Ohio who just loves my show/dvd, here is the happy follow up story to that. If you have not seen the first video please watch it now here .

Isnt that awesome!??! . Well I kept in touch with Drew’s Mom Shannon and when I got out to Ohio I made plans to meet Drew!! So I had Shannon bring Drew to the Comedy Club one day while I was setting up, along with his little brither Alex. Drew and Alex spent some time with me meeting my birds and seeing all my magic stuff, we also rehearsed what would be Drew’s big Stage Magic Debut. see the video at the end of this blog. I then took the boys to McDonald’s for lunch and it was so cool Drew is used to watching me on his tv every day so, me being there he kept reaching over and running his hand down my arm or hugging me, it was so cool. He must have asked me at least 50 times! “You the Eggman?” LOL, “Yeah Drew I’m the EGGMAN” that’s his favorite routine of mine!! (mine too BTW).

SO i performed every night at the Funny Stop comedy club and then came Saturday , time for the family show i do there in the afternoon so people who have seen me all week can bring their kids. IT WAS PACKED!! I had done radio shows telling the story about Drew etc, and then the time came for the floating table and for Drew to help me!! the crowd went wild! The family sent me this video via text message so its poor quility. I was waiting on a disc in the mail but there has been a delay due to some personal family issues and i wanted to get this out so now go watch the REAL magic of Drew Jarvis RIGHT HERE talk about doing selfless acts that make ya feel good about what ya do!!! MAN!!!! Awesome!!!

I left the FLorida Keys about a month ago and began working my way to Cape Cod. I spent two weekends in NC and had a bunch of great shows, I also booked a couple more there for my way home in Sept. My second stop was Akron Ohio where I headlined The Funny Stop Comedy Club for a week. I like this gig, it starts out slow: One show Tuesday-Thurs night , then two on Friday night and three shows on Saturday including a family friendly show in the afternoon. For those of you wondering , yes I got to meet Drew , The boy from my Michael Trixx Impersonator video. It was great and I will be doing a special blog just about that when I get the video footage I am awaiting in the mail…

Since Ohio I have been on Cape Cod visiting family and in Newton MA, at my best friend’s house, enjoying some time off. I do have some shows coming up, Mostly Private shows and I am performing at my High School Reunion August 4th!!! Looking forward to this. Then off to Vegas, this is my birthday gift to myself. I’ll be attending MAGIC LIVE, which is a magic convention put on by MAGIC magazine then I’ll be performing at Jeff McBride’s Wonderground on August 15 at the Olive Mediterranean in Las Vegas.

I do have one show open to the public while in MA. it is at Archie’s Little River Ale House is Haverhill MA on Thursday August 29 . tickets are $30.00 and include Dinner and Show featuring my friend, Comedy Magician Phil Volonino opening the show with a 45 minute set then me doing my full 45 minute show as well. MUST have reservations! Make them HERE!

That’s it for now!! Until i get the Drew Jarvis stuff together,,, see ya then                 

Michael Trixx

Well It’s that time of year again! After peforming 6 nights a week for the past nine months here in the beautiful Florida Keys I performed my final show of the season at Lorelei last night. I spent today loading my trailer with my Motorcyle, all my magic gear and clothes I will need for the next 2.5 months on the road. the next two weekends (fri and Sat) I will be performing at The Trailer Bar in Surf City NC while staying with my buddy Chris Bellamy in Willmington NC.

After that, its off to Cuyahoga Falls Ohio to headline The Funny Stop Comedy Club for a week (tuesday thru Sat) with 8 shows including an afternoon show for the kids on Saturday July 20.THen straight home to Cape Cod where I am excited to be performing at my 25th! High School Reuinion.

I’ve got a few private parties, a few public shows in the Boston area and a trip with a show in Vegas all mixed in there so please feel free to check my schedule for upcoming shows. Its always nice to head out after a long, busy season here in the Keys but after 2.5 months on the road I’m SO ready to come back.. breaks it up just right! Man am I lucky!!!! Rock On, hope to see you out there on the road or back here in the Keys mid to late Sept.!

Well I’m very excited to have my new  website up and running along with my killer new promo video ! My web set was created by Bryce Kuhlman Inc and my two promo videos were edited by Jordan Wright at Red Spade Productions they did an outstanding job on this project!!

So please visit the site, check out some pics, videos ,newspaper clippings and more…..

Another highlight recently was a message I got from a Mom in Ohio who saw my show last year with her little boy Drew,who has Downs Syndrome. She bought Drew my old DVD “All Fired Up” and he watches it all the time. Drew now knows all my moves, all the words I say in the show and all the words to the songs in my show. Drew’s Mom sent me some videos of him performing along to my DVD and you can watch him HERE ! SO COOL!  I have had other parents send me the same type of thing and I think it’s great, Im going to start saving them. So if your little kid rocks out to my videos please send me a short clip of it to trixx@michaeltrixx.com . I sent Drew my new DVD and a signed poster and I will be in Akron performing at  The Funny Stop Comedy Club  July 16-20 where I also do a family show for the kids on Saturday the 20th where I know I’ll be seeing Drew and cant wait!!

What a compliment and a great feeling to see people get such joy out of my work!! Life is good!!

Rock On!!

o friday night at Lorelei there was this little girl named Kylie who just loved my show, got pictures with me and the birds after the show , she was very cute with her little Chuck Taylor style boot high sneakers , bandanna and temporary tattoos.

Then a couple days went by and now it was Sunday, my one day off, I wasn’t having a particularly good day so i went for a motorcycle ride to relax a little and for some reason I decided to stop at Lorelei which I NEVER do . I walked in and heard,”There he is” It was Kylie and her family. They were very excited and the Mom (Leah) told me that Kylie said she didn’t want to go there for lunch unless the magician was there… and so i appeared. I said a quick hello and walked away.

I noticed Kylie couldn’t take her eyes off me so I decided to go back and do a few tricks for them. Kylie loved it, they took a bunch of pictures,we chatted and I left, feeling very good about the encounter. Later I got a FB message from Leah thanking me for making their vacation that much better.

Well in this blog I want to thank them also, for making my day off that much better too! That’s REAL MAGIC! making them smile ,laugh whatever and make myself feel better at the same time…. Good stuff! See pictures of the private magic show here.

So, Friday night after my show I was packing up and could not find my egg yolk silk scarf from my EGGMAN routine, Had everybody looking for it after the show…. nuthin! The next day I was watching footage from my video guy that I had working for me Friday night getting some audience shots for my new highlight reel I’m having made. And there it is , I see a little kid in the front row pick it up, he’s playing with it the whole show , after the show he runs to his parents like “look what I got”. all on video.

When I saw the parents i remembered they all came up to me while I was setting up earlier that night and the boy said “I saw you at a party in Hollywood Florida a couple years ago”. I remembered the party , the family are big fans/friends of mine, So i sent a short video clip via text to the lady and said ” do you know this kid?”… “Yup it’s my husband’s boss’ kid, My husband is down in the keys now to doing some work for them” LOL, So i called the husband and he contacted the family and I got it back! I gave them some posters and DVDs for the trouble, The kid didn’t “Steal” it he just thought ” what a cool souvenir”

Nope! Busted..Fun detective work… It’s all good. Two new baby doves hatched today too. that’s it I don’t need anymore!!!! Two more months til I hit the road!!!! looking forward to it, I’ve been doing six nights a week for 7 months straight ready for a change, two months on the road is perfect, then I’m ready to come home to keys and do it all again!!!

Rock On. Trixx