Docc Hilford Live in Person Magic Lecture

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

7:30pm - doors open at 7:00pm

$30.00 advance - members before deadline

$35.00 advance non-members deadline 9/9/26

$40.00 at the door

Marrakech Magic Theater

419 O’farrell St. SF

Info: Misdirections Magic Shop

(415) 566-2180

www.misdirections.com

Docc Hilford has been creating & performing magic for over 50 years. He is a fascinating, yet real-life, character. He has been a pickpocket, hypnotist, mindreader, illusionist & kid show performer. He has also been the stage manager for Alice Cooper and he’s opened for Aerosmith and Black Sabbath with his Film Noir Magic Show. For a while, in Phoenix, Docc ran a private palmistry office specializing in exotic dancers. Plus, he earned a Doctorate of Divinity from the University of New Mexico. For a few years, he had a small psychic church in Florida which offered authentic, camp-style spiritual seances. He has studied with a diverse group of influential teachers, including: Dusty Cravens, Orville Meyer, Mike Skinner, Ormond McGill, Thessalonia DePrince (High Priest of VooDoo) and Tony Andruzzi. He’s been the editor of “The New Invocation” (a magazine aimed at magical Bizarrists) and he organized and hosted “The Weerd! Weekend,” an international convention focused on bizarre magic. He is a recipient of the Milbourne Christopher Award in Mentalism, the Annemann Award for creativity, the Lionheart Award for bizarre magick and the Psychic Entertainers Association Lederman Award for originality plus created effects for David Blaine and Penn & Teller.



Docc’s “Memorable Mentalism Lecture” needs to be a few things: *It should be baffling. *It should be elegant. *And it should be easy to perform. To be clear, Memorable Mentalism is an experience for an audience! Docc Hilford has put together this special lecture that has a dozen, selected effects that meet these needs. Using the simplest of BORROWED props; paper, pencil, cards, magazines, envelopes, books, these original effects will be talked about long after you perform them. They are MEMORABLE! He will teach original effects including: Incubus - Where you predict someone’s merely thought of a card. Psychomania - Q&A act designed with fashion magazine pages. Magazine Telepathy - uses no special gimmicks. Card Mentalism - with a borrowed deck. Poker Mind Reading - perfect trick for parties. Number Test - unbelievable opening effect. Contact Mind Reading - without years of practice. Translocation - an every day effect. All the sleights and heavy gimmicks have been eliminated so even a beginner in mentalism can do these effects. But the IMPACT is designed for seasoned professionals.


“You give them the good stuff!”-Penn & Teller “You’re a genius my friend.”-Banachek “The freakin’ best!”-Ricki Dunn “Your material is brilliant!”-Harry Blackstone, Jr. “You deserve a standing ovation.”-Larry Becker “If you have never encountered the good Docc-tor before, you are in for the very best kinds of surprises." -Michael Weber “Docc Hilford is unique in the world of mentalism.”-Bob Cassidy “Docc is a living legend.”-Marc Salem “He’s the Devil himself!”-Luke Jermay