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Mentalist & Magician
Daniel Nicholas
The Hamptons Mentalist · Private Estates & Galas
Mentalist & Magician · The Hamptons
Private estate dinners. Charity galas. Summer corporate retreats.
The mentalist the Hamptons' most discerning hosts keep calling back.
Trusted By
Mastercard
Daniel Nicholas has been the quiet secret of Hamptons hosts for years. When you're planning a private estate dinner in Southampton or a charity gala in East Hampton, the entertainment can't just be good. It has to match the room. His client list includes Google, Meta, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and UBS.
He doesn't bring a generic show. He builds yours , around your guests, your evening, and the specific kind of moment that makes people put their phones down.
The Hamptons aren't just another market. The people in these rooms have seen everything. They've been to the best restaurants, the best parties, the best shows. Standard entertainment doesn't register.
Daniel built his career performing for exactly this kind of audience. Fortune 500 executives, hedge fund partners, collectors, philanthropists. He spent years learning how to walk into a room where nobody's easy to impress and make every person lean in.
This is where Daniel does his best work. Moving through the room during cocktails at Topping Rose House or a private dinner in Bridgehampton, he performs right in your guests' hands. Card magic, mind-reading, moments that feel personal and impossible.
When it happens three feet away, it doesn't feel like entertainment. It feels like something that wasn't supposed to be possible.
Daniel builds formal shows for seated audiences of any size. Full audience participation, event-specific material, and mentalism that leaves people genuinely speechless. For Hamptons charity galas at venues like Southampton Arts Center or The Parrish Art Museum, he tailors the program to match the tone of the evening.
Private parties, milestone celebrations, and events where the entertainment needs to match the occasion.
Right in their hands. No stage, no distance , the most intimate format, perfect for cocktail hours and VIP receptions.
A full one-man production for any room size. From 50 to 5,000 , every show is built for the moment.
Custom-built for your brand and guests. Daniel reads the room, works the crowd, and leaves people talking long after.
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From Hamptons estate dinners to sold-out stages. Here's what clients said after.
“Daniel performed at our corporate event and left everyone completely speechless. He has an uncanny ability to read the room and make every single person feel like part of the show.”
“I've hired a lot of entertainers over the years. Daniel is in a completely different class. He brought something to our evening that we didn't even know was possible. Absolutely unforgettable.”
“From start to finish, Daniel exceeded every expectation. He personalized the entire experience and kept a room full of executives completely captivated. We'll absolutely be booking again.”
“Daniel is the real deal. He performed at our holiday party and completely blew everyone away , including our most skeptical executives. The reactions were priceless.”
“We've used Daniel twice now and he never disappoints. His ability to connect with each guest individually while entertaining the whole room is unlike anything we've seen.”
“Outstanding performance from start to finish. Daniel made our gala feel truly special , our guests couldn't stop talking about him the entire evening.”
Hamptons summer events have a pace and energy all their own. Guests arrive relaxed, the settings are exceptional, and the bar for what counts as memorable is high. Daniel's approach is perfectly calibrated for exactly this kind of environment. He works the room during cocktails, weaving through the crowd, and creates moments that get guests comparing notes by the fire pit later that night.
He's performed at private estate parties in East Hampton and Southampton, waterfront events in Sag Harbor, and intimate dinner gatherings in Bridgehampton and Amagansett. He knows what works in outdoor settings versus indoor, and how to read a Hamptons crowd that's in full-summer mode.
The Hamptons isn't only a summer destination. Fall harvest dinners, intimate holiday parties, and year-round private gatherings happen all along the South Fork. Daniel's available for events year-round. The off-season Hamptons crowd is often the most interesting audience he performs for.
Most of Daniel's Hamptons work happens at private residences. Estate dinners in Southampton, pool parties in Amagansett, rehearsal dinners overlooking the harbor in Sag Harbor. These aren't venues with built-in AV systems and event coordinators. They're someone's home.
Daniel brings everything he needs and adapts to any space. A living room, a tent on the lawn, a deck overlooking the ocean. The format works wherever your guests are gathered.
Beyond private homes, Daniel performs regularly at the area's most notable venues. The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Gurney's Montauk Resort. The Bridge Golf Club in Bridgehampton. c/o The Maidstone in East Hampton. Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton. Southampton Arts Center. If you've already booked a venue, he's likely performed there or somewhere similar.
For clients who need a venue rather than a private home, Daniel has relationships with estate properties, beach clubs, and vineyard event spaces throughout the Hamptons , from Southampton to Montauk. If you're planning something that bridges the city and the East End, he also has working relationships with a number of premium Manhattan venues: private clubs, boutique hotel event spaces, private dining rooms. The Cornell Club near Grand Central is one he uses often for that kind of mixed guest list. He can help point you toward the right room.
Travel to the Hamptons from New York City is straightforward and factored into his quote. For weekend summer dates, the calendar fills well in advance. Reach out as early as possible for July and August events, and he'll do his best to make the timing work.
Everything you need to know before booking a mentalist in the Hamptons.
He performs across Southampton, East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, Montauk, Shelter Island, Amagansett, and Westhampton.
Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends often fill even earlier. For fall or off-season events, 4 to 8 weeks is usually workable.
Living rooms, tented lawns, pool decks, formal dining rooms. No stage or special setup is required for close-up work.
He's based in New York City and the Hudson Valley, so travel to the Hamptons is straightforward.
Summer dates fill up fast. Reach out early, tell Daniel about the evening you're planning, and he'll put together something your guests won't stop talking about.
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