An Inspired Chat with David Knight & Kylie Knight

We’re looking forward to introducing you to David Knight & Kylie Knight. Check out our conversation below.

Good morning David & Kylie, we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What do you think is misunderstood about your business? 
People think we’re in the magic business, but that’s the biggest misunderstanding. We’re actually in the relationship repair business. There is enough content in the world – kids have unlimited videos on their phones, and families have thousands of streaming options. What we’re bringing is connection. Every week, we watch families walk into our shows completely disconnected – everyone in their own digital bubble. What we really do is create 90 minutes where three generations laugh at the exact same moment, where teenagers forget to be cool, where parents remember what wonder feels like.

The illusions are just the vehicle. The real transformation happens when a dad sees his sullen 14-year-old light up like they’re five again, or when grandparents finally have something to share with grandkids besides awkward small talk.

Our show becomes this shared experience they reference for months. ‘Remember when Dad got called on stage?’ becomes the story that bonds them. Communities bring us in thinking they need entertainment, but what they’re actually desperate for is human connection in a world drowning in content. Our show becomes this shared experience they reference for months. We’re not magicians who happen to work with families; we’re connection specialists who happen to use illusions. The world needs this connection more than ever – families are starving for reasons to look at each other instead of their screens.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
We’re David & Kylie Knight – a husband and wife team who discovered something fascinating after years of performing. The most profound moments don’t happen on stage; they happen in the audience. We create full-scale Family Fun Nights with professional lights, music, and illusions, but our real specialty is engineering moments where disconnected families suddenly find themselves leaning forward together, gasping at the same instant, creating inside jokes that last for years.

We started as traditional illusionists until we noticed parents thanking us with tears in their eyes – not for the tricks, but because their sullen teenager actually laughed with them for the first time in months. That’s when everything shifted. We realized communities weren’t booking entertainment; they were desperately searching for someone who could heal the divide between parents staring at emails and kids lost in TikTok.

What makes us unique? We measure success differently. While others count standing ovations, we count the moments when divided families become united audiences. We’ve performed everywhere from mega-churches to community centers, and the need is universal – people are starving for shared experiences that create lasting memories. Our show becomes that bridge. We’re building a movement where entertainment becomes medicine for disconnection. Every venue becomes part of this mission. Because in a world drowning in content, what people need is connection. We just happen to use illusions to deliver it.

Okay, so here’s a deep one: What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
“The relationship that most shaped how we see ourselves is our relationship with Christ. Understanding Imago Dei – that we’re created in the image of God – completely transformed our identity. Before this, we measured our worth by standing ovations, booking calendars, and how we stacked up against other performers. Exhausting. When we grasped that our value wasn’t earned on stage but inherent in how we were created, everything shifted. We stopped needing validation from every audience and started showing up to serve them instead.

This understanding changed how we approach every show. When you believe every person in your audience carries that same inherent worth – regardless of their beliefs – you stop performing AT them and start connecting WITH them. We see that fidgety kid in the third row not as a distraction but as someone worthy of wonder. The exhausted single mom isn’t just another ticket sale; she’s someone who deserves 90 minutes of joy. This lens transforms entertainment from ego-feeding to soul-feeding.

What’s powerful is this truth transcends religious boundaries – every human wants to know they matter, that they’re seen, that they have inherent worth beyond their achievements. Our show becomes a place where families experience that truth together. When we help a shy kid feel brave enough to volunteer on stage, or give a stressed parent permission to laugh like they’re twelve again, we’re reflecting back their inherent value. The world needs entertainers who see audiences as more than just seats to fill – and that starts with understanding our own worth isn’t tied to the standing ovation. This speaks directly to America’s identity crisis – people desperately searching for worth in all the wrong places. We just happen to use illusions to deliver that truth.”

Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
The entertainment business nearly broke us during COVID. We went from a full calendar to zero bookings overnight. For months, we sat at home watching our entire industry disappear, wondering if live entertainment would ever return. The silence was deafening – no applause, no laughter, no families gathering. We seriously discussed getting ‘real jobs’ because who knew if what we’d built over decades would ever matter again. The loneliness of this business – something entertainers rarely talk about – became crushing when even the possibility of performing vanished.

What saved us wasn’t just determination – it was having each other and a faith that reminded us we’re called to this. Even when stages were dark, we knew families would need connection more than ever when this ended. We reminded each other that this wasn’t permanent. Our faith became the foundation that kept us from spiraling when the entire industry felt impossible. We learned that being called to something doesn’t mean the path stays easy – it means you don’t quit when it gets hard.

Now, when we see families desperate to reconnect after years of isolation, we get it. We lived through the same disconnection. But here’s what COVID taught us – the world doesn’t just want entertainers; it desperately needs us. Every family we serve now gets performers who chose to rebuild when everything collapsed. The world needs us more than ever, and sometimes you only learn that when everything gets stripped away.

I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Whom do you admire for their character, not their power?
We admire Barry Friedman for his radical honesty about what actually matters in this business. Barry’s a four-time world juggling champion who walked away from performing at his peak – not because he failed, but because he discovered something more meaningful. After a mountain biking accident left him flat on his back, he realized his true gift wasn’t performing; it was helping entertainers master the business side so they could create the impact they’re meant to create. Through ShowBiz Blueprint, his coaching program for professional entertainers, he’s transformed how hundreds of us approach our careers – teaching us that clients are lucky to have us, that price reflects value, not desperation.

We’ve spent time with Barry and his family, been recipients of their incredible hospitality, and experienced firsthand his genuine encouragement and generosity. He doesn’t just teach from a distance – he opens his home, his heart, and his hard-won wisdom. As our mentor and coach, he refuses to let us play small or apologize for our value. But here’s what really matters – he genuinely cares more about entertainers’ families eating dinner together than about their booking numbers. Success to Barry means being home more, not just performing more.

His character shaped how we approach every family we serve – we show up in support of their event, caring about their success even more than they do. Barry taught us that money is earned on stage but made in the office, that we’re partners in our clients’ success, not vendors. Watching him turn his greatest crisis into his greatest contribution has changed how we see everything. The world needs entertainers who’ve been mentored by someone who truly believes in their highest potential.

Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
When David’s grandfather passed away recently, we witnessed something profound – drastically different stories about the same man. Some remembered his generosity, others his stubbornness. It taught us that we don’t control the narrative after we’re gone; we only control how we show up today. We hope people tell stories about moments when our joy was contagious, when our kindness mattered more than our tricks. We want them to remember feeling seen and valued in our presence, not just entertained.

The story we hope they tell isn’t about the illusions we performed but about the light we brought into dark moments. That we showed up with genuine care for their event, their family, their success – caring even more than they did about making it special. We hope they remember us as people who helped them see their own value as beings created in God’s image, who treated the stressed event planner with as much respect as the CEO, who made the shy kid in the back row feel like they matter to the Creator of the universe.

Years from now, we don’t need anyone to remember a single trick. But if our work helped build the Kingdom by showing people their inherent worth, if families discovered they’re more than their divisions and disagreements, if communities glimpsed the sacred value in each person – that’s the story we’re writing. We’re not building a legacy of clever illusions; we’re creating ripples of connection that remind people they’re fearfully and wonderfully made. The world needs entertainers who reveal the divine spark in every audience member, helping them see themselves the way God sees them – valuable beyond measure.

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