Typo and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary this summer, with a large outdoor picnic (crossing fingers that the weather holds!!). We were thinking of hiring a magician, or comedian, or other entertainer, to do a shortish performance.
Unfortunately the guy I’d been vaguely thinking of appears to have moved to another time zone.
So if anyone has any suggestions (wild as they may be), we’d be delighted to hear 'em. Family-friendly preferred, as there will be kids from 2 to 72 there… 
Here are two professional magican or mindreader friends of mine based in DC. Either they will be right for you, or they will be able to put you in touch with someone who is right for you:
If you want to see the greatest mindreading act in the world, you want Jeff and Tessa Evason. They have a base in Annapolis, so not too far away:
Thanks, I’ll check 'em out!
Maybe this isn’t what you want, since this guy only works in front of 2- to 6-year-olds, but he’s so famous that he had an long and fascinating article about him in The Washington Post Sunday Magazine: