
In September 2012 FISM will celebrate its 65th birthday and this month’s FISM in Blackpool represented its 25th World Championship, which takes place every three years at sites selected all over the world.

As the world gears up to watch the 2012 Olympics in London, which celebrates its opening ceremony on July 27th, thousands of magicians from around the world gathered last weekend in Blackpool, England, just 240 miles North West of London, for the World Championship of Magic.įISM, which stands for Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques, was created in 1948 and today consists of more than 80 magic societies, both national and international, as well as national Federations which represent over 50,000 magicians from some 50 countries.
