Magic supplies in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California

The Santa Barbara County Fair at the Santa Maria Fairpark ran an extended eight-day schedule over two weekends in July 2026, and the Santa Maria Valley Strawberry Festival brings strolling entertainment to the same grounds each spring. Strolling magic at a fair needs short, visual effects: sponge balls in a spectator's hand, a coin vanish, a Svengali deck routine. Keep props in your pockets, not on a table. The close-up collection is the place to start.

With PCPA in town, Santa Maria has more trained theatre people than most cities its size, and a strong amateur stage culture to go with it. If you're interested in performing for a seated audience, parlour and stage props — linking rings, silks, an appearing cane — read from the back of a room. Stage magic usually has simple methods; the craft is staging, timing and character, which is exactly what a theatre town teaches. See the stage magic collection.

Buy three props and perform them until you stop thinking about the method: a self-working deck, sponge balls and a close-up mat. The beginner collection is chosen for that. Look for chances to perform in front of strangers — a library programme, a school talent show, a family barbecue — because the jump from performing for family to performing for strangers is where most beginners actually learn.

We found no walk-in magic shop in Santa Maria. The nearest dedicated magic retail is in the Los Angeles area, a long drive south. Most Central Coast magicians order online; our listings tell you what's included, whether instructions come with it and how hard each effect is. Unopened items can be returned within 30 days of delivery.

The Central Coast is spread out and has few organised magic clubs we could confirm meeting today, so performers here mostly learn from each other and from touring shows. Santa Maria has a history of local magicians giving free shows at the public library, and libraries remain a good place to see magic live. Further south, Ventura, Oxnard and Thousand Oaks are on the way to Los Angeles, where the Magic Castle and the region's clubs are.

Vandenberg Space Force Base is Santa Maria's largest employer, and the valley's wineries and agricultural businesses bring their own corporate calendars. Adult event audiences — base functions, winery dinners, company parties — respond best to mentalism, because it can't be reduced to a gimmick in the hand. Forcing dice, a PK ring and a brass mental die let you reveal a thought or a number without cards. Browse the mentalism collection.

We deliver to every address in Santa Maria and across Santa Barbara County — Orcutt, Guadalupe and Lompoc included — on the same terms as anywhere else in the US. Most of the range ships directly from our supplier and we don't quote delivery dates. See shipping and returns and refunds.