MICHAEL MEZMER/TWINKLE TIME

Michael Mezmer, “The Phenomenist,” has presented his astonishing DangerMagik to millions of people in 25 countries around the world. From the Great Wall of China, to Las Vegas, Disneyland, and the world famous Magic Castle, people have been absolutely blown away by Michael’s dramatic demonstrations of illusion. DangerMagik is a family show where audiences of all ages are taken beyond imagination to witness the impossible.

The DangerMagik show features incredible demonstrations of organic magic phenomena. Each presentation is performed with real world items including: razor blades, animal traps, staple guns, arrows, paintball guns, leather straps, and steel chains. Michael presents a fantastic variety of mysteries including escape, physical challenge, mind over matter, psychokinesis, levitation and so much more.

Michael is a multiple award winning magician and has been named “Escape Artist of the Year” and “Best Illusionist” by the Society of American Magicians. Michael has been honored to present command performances of his DangerMagik before princesses, presidents, and superstars of entertainment including the legendary Michael Jackson.

No matter how many magicians you have watched before, or what type of magic demonstrations you may have seen performed, you have never witnessed a show as unbelievable as DangerMagik or a performer as intensely entertaining as Michael Mezmer “The Phenomenist.”

There are thousands of magicians in the world, but Michael’s original magic concepts combined with his dramatic performance of illusion are what make DangerMagik a one of a kind show. It is also why he performs to standing room only audiences at the Fair year after year. Check the daily schedule to make sure you get to the Tank House Stage in time to get a seat.

After more than 250 Fairtime shows it’s safe to say that it wouldn’t be the Santa Cruz County Fair without Michael Mezmer. This Master Hypnotist fills the Tank House Stage with neighbors and friends being sometimes silly and always hilarious. The bleachers around the stage are filled to over flowing with a crowd that can’t stop laughing.

Mezmer is a quite the entertainer and, as passersby stop and watch, the audience grows and grows as the show continues. His TranceNosis shows are designed to enthrall, surprise, and entertain. Under his mesmerizing power, unsuspecting audience members face their fears, lose inhibitions and become a highly entertaining focus of the show.

He showed signs of his unusual talent at the tender age of five and prior to becoming recognized as a top hypnotist, he appeared in musical comedies, television and films, and toured internationally as an award-winning illusionist. Since then he has become a well-known and respected expert in the field of hypnosis and is highly sought after as a lecturer as well as an entertainer.

At corporate events and universities around the country, he presents quantum stress management workshops. Mezmer also has had the honor of being an invited guest lecturer and starring performer at the International Hypnotherapy Conference and has been dubbed by the president of the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners as the “hypnotist’s hypnotist.”

Mezmer will be performing his DangerMagik show twice daily and Trance-Nosis twice nightly on the Tank House Stage. See the daily schedule for times.

Described by the New York Times as “Like Lady Gaga for Kids” this Peruvian-American performer delivers the best kids stage show ever.

And she and her crew do it three times daily on the Tankhouse Stage.

Twinkle grew up performing as a child and teen in Southern California doing TV and musical theater. As a tween she was a series regular in the first Spanish family comedy “Sanchez of Bel-Air” and had a recurring role on NBC’s “My Two Dads.” Then at 16 and right out of high school, Twinkle packed her bags and went on tour throughout the US and Canada in “Jesus Christ Superstar.” “Twinkle Time is a high energy educational and bilingual pop concert for kids,” Twinkle explains, “Parents love it too because the music is so fun and catchy, people love to get up and dance along!”

What makes this pop group stand out is the importance of learning while having fun. “All the songs are pop-rock related, but all about teaching a positive educational message,” Twinkle said. She added, “We sprinkle a few bilingual phrases, English and Spanish, throughout the songs. The kids are having fun but also learning a cool message.”

Younger children will learn coordination through Twinkle’s signature dance moves as they “Move and Groove Twinkle Time Style.”

Make sure to carve out some time while enjoying the Fair and bring the family to one of the three daily chances to see “Twinkle Time.”