Magician Kristian Backman

Kristian Backman is one of Finland’s few professional magicians and one of the country’s most sought-after performers. He performs around 200 shows a year in Finland and abroad and has won several Finnish Championship medals in magic. He has also been awarded at the largest YouTube event in the Nordic countries; he runs Europe’s largest regularly organised magicians’ club and has published a magic book of his own in 2024. Kristian performs in the festival area, bringing magic close to the audience so that it is literally tangible.