Oregon Coast TODAY **Louie Foxx’s will perform his One-Man Side Show at 7 p.m. Tuesday during the Lincoln City Cultural Center’s 13th annual Festival of Illusions.**

By Oregon Coast TODAY

Are you feeling lucky? This year’s Festival of Illusions will be the Lincoln City Cultural Center’s 13th, and while some might not consider that number auspicious, festival planners are feeling pretty darned fortunate.

For this year’s extravaganza, running Sunday, March 23 through Sunday, March 30, they’ve booked five of the top-selling acts in festival history — Jeff Evans, Louie Foxx, Joe Black, Alex Zerbe and The Amazing Bubble Man.

These all-stars will join two festival first-timers: Professor DR Schreiber, The Historical Conjurer; and the amazing physical comedian Tony Steinbach, for an eight-day Spring Break celebration of magic, wonder, creativity, laughter, art and sleight of hand.

In addition to the evening shows, there will be plenty for people of all ages to do in the daytime.

Kids will love the Abracadabra Magic Art Studio, a drop-in, self-guided workshop full of art stations including wand making, scratch art, sock rabbits, clay creations, magic trick making, beading and more, as well as the famous Invention Station. There will be four stations, two of which will change each day. Kids can drop in for $5 each.

On Monday, March 24, have a sweet time with the Queen of Sugar, Michelle Mausen of My Petite Sweet, at a cookie decorating workshop. Learn classic frosting and decorating techniques. Every participant takes home a dozen cookies. $35 per person.

On Wednesday, March 26, there will be a special, free presentation of “WATER The Musical” with the local kiddie rock band, Your Song My Song. It’s a joyful piece of art that uses puppets and music to teach about the magic of marine life and conservation.

At the two-day Youth Ceramics Workshop on Thursday and Friday, March 27-28, kids aged 12 and older will get to create a monster out of clay while learning one of the oldest techniques in ceramics history. The first part of the workshop will be spent forming the monsters, and in the next half, painting the monsters with magical underglazes. Students will have the option to pick up their pieces in person the next week or have them shipped for a fee. $20 per person.

And on Sunday, March 30, The Professor DR Schreiber will help students build and perform a magic trick called The Haunted Deck. $40 per person.

Wander the center on your own time and discover such wonders as the new display of Diagon Alley Lego builds, joining the Hogwarts Lego Castle with its popular scavenger hunt; a sale of special magic gear like wands and capes; and art exhibits in the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery and PJ Chessman Gallery.

The Shaky Grounds Cafe, a pop-up escape room about emergency preparedness, will be outside and open for business from the opening day of the festival until Friday, March 28. In this exciting and immersive 60-minute escape game, you will solve more than 20 puzzles about emergency preparedness and develop real life skills as you increase your understanding of what it means to be prepared.

Families can even take a little of the magic home: themed art kits, made by a team of volunteers and the center’s visual arts director Krista Eddy, will be available in the art kit room while supplies last. Art kits are by donation — pay what you can and enjoy crafting with the little ones in your life.

While you’re at the center, check out the outdoor art installations of the Cultural Plaza. If the weather is nice, you can head out to give Pete Beeman’s abstract sculpture “Poppy” a push, read the poem on the Poetry Path, sit a while on Gary the Octopus in the Kiwanis patio or play a tune on the Rotary Harmony Notes instruments.

Reserved theater-style seats for the evening stage shows are $19 for adults, $17 for seniors and students, $11 for kids aged six through 18 and free for kids aged 5 and younger. Purchases of four festival tickets or more receive a 10 percent discount on the order.

For inquiries or ticketing, go to www.lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call 541-994-9994.