Events, Television and Movies
- The annual Soapy Smith night, in honor of the famed confidence man, takes place July 8. Proceeds go to the Dai Vernon Fund.
- Fox's Halloween television special Count DeClues' Mystery Castle with Max Maven as the title role was shot here in 1992.
- Portions of the 1995 horror film Lord of Illusions were set in the Magic Castle.
- TV promos were hosted at the Magic Castle on the Disney Channel for the premiere of the 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, Now You See It....
- Duran Duran held their famous 1984 press conference here for their American Sing Blue Silver Tour.
- Neil Patrick Harris commissioned a Harry Houdini aquarium to have installed at the Magic Castle in 2012. The aquarium was built by the team from the tv show Tanked. Clips from the show Tanked featuring the Magic Castle's aquarium.
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