Ten Shows In and the Summer Is Just Getting Started
June 9, 2026 | The Amazing Arthur and Fantastic Jack | #BeAmazinglyFantastic
Ten shows into the Amazingly Fantastic Show Summer Tour 2026, and we are having the time of our lives. Schools, daycares, summer programs, a world-class aerospace museum — Arthur and Jack have been all over the Omaha metro and beyond, bringing live magic, juggling, yo-yo, top spinning, dice stacking and card throwing to kids who had never seen any of it before.
If you landed here searching for a family entertainer in Omaha, a magician for a school assembly in Nebraska, or live kids entertainment in Council Bluffs, Iowa, you found the right place. Here is what Summer 2026 looks like so far.
Where We Have Performed This Summer
Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum — Bellevue, Nebraska
We opened the tour surrounded by aircraft that have actually been places. The SAC and Aerospace Museum in Bellevue brought out families from across the metro, grandparents to toddlers, and the energy in that room was something else. There is something about performing live magic and juggling in a building full of jets and rockets that puts things in perspective. The show held its own. We are proud of that.
Kennedy Elementary School — Omaha, Nebraska
Kennedy Elementary packed the gym and gave us a crowd that was fully awake and ready to go. The card throwing got them. It always gets them. By the time Jack had the yo-yo out, the teachers were just as into it as the kids.
Fullerton Elementary, Next Level Learning Summer Program — Omaha, Nebraska
Fullerton Elementary runs a summer enrichment program called Next Level Learning, and that is exactly what we tried to give them. Top spinning, dice stacking, balancing acts — skills these kids had never seen performed live. A few of them are going to go home and practice something this summer because of this show. That is the whole point.
Alfonza W. Davis Middle School — Omaha, Nebraska
If you can hold a room of sixth, seventh and eighth graders for 45 minutes, you can hold any room. Alfonza W. Davis Middle School is part of Omaha Public Schools, out at 129th and State Street, and those students came in skeptical and left with their mouths open. Named for Captain Alfonza W. Davis, a pioneering military pilot, this school has a legacy of going higher. We tried to match that energy.
King Elementary School — Omaha, Nebraska
King Elementary on Maple Street in North Omaha is a PreK through 5th grade school, which means the range in that room goes from kids who still think magic is literally real to kids who are already trying to figure out how you did it. Arthur loves both. The juggling went over huge. The dice stacking caused a genuine uproar.
Knowledge Beginnings — Lincoln, Nebraska
The tour took us down to Lincoln and into Knowledge Beginnings, a KinderCare-affiliated early childhood center near Pine Lake Road. Young crowds require a different gear and Arthur and Jack know exactly how to find it. These kids were completely locked in from the first trick to the last. A few of the teachers were fighting back tears. We are not sure if that is good or bad but we are going with good.
La Petite Academy — Lincoln, Nebraska
Also in Lincoln, we performed for the kids at La Petite Academy, one of Lincoln's go-to early childhood education centers. The yo-yo alone caused a reaction that probably showed up on a seismograph somewhere. If you run a childcare or early childhood program and you want to see what it looks like when 40 preschoolers collectively lose their minds over top spinning, book this show.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
We crossed the river. Council Bluffs got a taste of the Amazingly Fantastic Show this summer, and we are coming back. If you are looking for a family entertainer in Council Bluffs or live entertainment for an Iowa summer program, we are close, we are available, and we are genuinely great at this.
Summer Schools Across the Omaha Metro
On top of the named venues, Arthur and Jack have been hitting summer school and enrichment programs throughout the greater Omaha area all season long. Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Millard and beyond. If we showed up at your school and you are not on this list, it is because Arthur can juggle five things at once and remember a card you picked from a shuffled deck, but keeping a master spreadsheet is apparently a different skill set entirely. You know who you are. You were great.
What Is the Amazingly Fantastic Show?
The Amazingly Fantastic Show is a live family entertainment show built around one idea: put the screen down and see what a human being can actually do. Arthur and Jack are a real father and son. They perform together. The chemistry is not manufactured and audiences feel it the second they walk out.
Every show includes a mix of the following skills:
Magic — real sleight of hand, real audience participation, real reactions from people who came in thinking they'd seen it all
Juggling — multiple objects, multiple formats, no safety net
Yo-yo — consistently underestimated, consistently the highlight of the show
Top spinning — the skill every kid in the audience will attempt before bedtime
Dice stacking — it makes no logical sense and that is exactly why it works
Card throwing — accuracy and speed that takes 25 years to develop
Balancing acts — various objects, various body parts, all of it genuinely impressive
Martial arts — woven through the show as both demonstration and message
The show works for preschool through middle school. It works in gymnasiums, auditoriums, outdoor stages and cafeterias. It has been working for decades. The message is simple and it is never preachy: look up, try something, keep practicing.
Why Schools and Summer Programs Book This Show
Here is what coordinators, principals and program directors tell us after almost every show:
"They were actually paying attention the whole time."
That is the review that matters. Keeping a gym full of kids locked in for 45 minutes in a world designed to fragment their attention is not easy. Arthur has been doing it for over 25 years. He has a background in education, philosophy, psychology and martial arts. He was a teacher before he was a full-time entertainer. He knows how kids learn and how they check out, and he builds the show around keeping them in the room mentally, not just physically.
Jack has grown up on stage. He is not the assistant. He is a co-performer with real skills, real stage presence and a connection with young audiences that is completely his own.
The show is school-appropriate, message-driven, interactive and different every time. No two shows are identical because Arthur will not do a rehearsed show. Whatever happens in that room becomes part of the performance.
Next Stop: California
Arthur and Jack are taking the tour west. California dates are coming this summer. If you are in California and want to bring the Amazingly Fantastic Show to your school, festival, library or summer program, now is the time to reach out. Nebraska and Iowa will still be here when we get back, but the summer calendar fills up fast.
Common Questions About Booking
What ages is the show right for?
All of them. Preschool through middle school for school shows. The full family show plays to any age in the room. Arthur and Jack have performed for kindergarteners and grandparents in the same audience and gotten laughs from both ends of the room.
How long is a typical show?
Standard school assembly and family show runs 45 to 60 minutes. We can work with your schedule and your venue.
Do you travel outside of Omaha?
Regularly. Lincoln, Council Bluffs, and California are all on the current tour. We perform throughout Nebraska and Iowa and travel nationally.
Do you perform for daycares and early childhood programs?
Yes, and the Knowledge Beginnings and La Petite Academy shows this summer are proof that young audiences respond to this material as well as any age group. Arthur and Jack know how to calibrate for the room they are in.
Can you perform at outdoor festivals and community events?
Absolutely. If you are organizing a summer festival in Omaha, Lincoln or Council Bluffs, get in touch.
Book the Show
Ten shows in. Thirty-plus still ahead. If you want Arthur and Jack at your school, summer program, festival or event, now is the time.
Based in Omaha, Nebraska. Touring Nebraska, Iowa and California all summer 2026.
Visit AmazinglyFantasticShow.com to check availability and book your date.
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Arthur also performs as a solo keynote speaker, corporate entertainer and comedy mentalist for corporate and professional audiences at AmazingArthur.com. For balloon twisting, face painting and event entertainment throughout the Omaha metro, visit TheBaloonBrigade.com.
