Any crowd size
GOING MENTAL
MIND READING SHOW
Best for audiences under 100 — and it works beautifully at any size. Thoughts revealed, choices predicted, secrets pulled out of thin air. Intimate, personal, and relentlessly funny.
Fundraiser Guide · Dan Candell
GOINGMENTAL
A comedy hypnosis & mind reading event that turns your community into an audience — and your audience into a fundraiser. Qualifying Massachusetts organizations split ticket sales with me 50/50.
50/50
Ticket split
$12–$15
School tickets
$20–$40
Adult tickets
100%
Yours on extras
What you're booking
NOT A SPEAKER.
AN EVENT.
Going Mental is deeply personal. It's about connection — bringing a room of strangers, neighbors, students and families into one shared, howling, jaw-on-the-floor experience.
Humor. Storytelling. And what most people walk out calling impossible: psychological illusion, hypnosis, persuasion, and a little ethical manipulation used entirely for good.
People don't buy a ticket to a fundraiser. They buy a ticket to a night they'll talk about for a year.
Pick your room
TWO SHOWS. ONE RULE.
The size of your crowd decides which version of Going Mental you get.
GOING MENTAL
100+ people
GOING MENTAL
COMEDY STAGE HYPNOSIS
When you can fill 100 seats or more, this is the one. Your own volunteers become the stars, and the room doesn't stop laughing. Recommended for larger halls, schools, and full-house fundraisers.
See the shows in action
WATCH THE ROOM REACT.
Real clips from real shows — mind reading that stuns and hypnosis that leaves audiences laughing.
Going Mental Mind Reading Show
Going Mental Comedy Stage Hypnosis
How the fundraiser works
FIVE STEPS TO A FULL HOUSE.
- 01
Reach out
Tell me your organization, your date window, and roughly how many people you can put in seats. I'll confirm if you qualify for the 50/50 split.
- 02
Lock the date & set your price
Schools price at $12–$15. Service clubs and adult audiences price at $20–$40 depending on what else you offer that night.
- 03
Sell into your community
Families, friends, members, local businesses. The organizations that promote hardest walk away with the biggest checks — every time.
- 04
Stack the extras
Raffles, silent auction, VIP rows, baked goods, donations. The show fills the room; the extras multiply the night.
- 05
Show night. Split the door.
I bring the whole show. Your crowd loses their minds laughing. We split ticket sales 50/50 — you keep 100% of everything else.
Ticket pricing
PRICE IT RIGHT.
$12 – $15
Schools
Student-friendly pricing that still adds up fast in a 300-seat auditorium.
$20 – $40
Service clubs & adult audiences
Price toward the top when the night includes dinner, drinks, VIP seating, or a full auction program.
Stack the night
THE TICKET SPLIT IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Everything below is yours to keep, 100%. The show is the reason they show up — these are the reasons they open their wallets.
50/50 Raffles
The classic. Announced from the stage between segments.
Silent Auctions
Table it in the lobby and let the intermission crowd bid.
Prize Raffles
Local business donations turn into pure margin.
Bake Sale
Low cost, high emotion, nearly all profit.
VIP Seating
Front rows sell at a premium — and they're the best seats for volunteers.
Donations
A warm, laughing room is the most generous room you'll ever ask.
The one thing that decides your total
GET INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND SELL.
I always recommend advertising hard inside your own community — families, friends, members, staff, local businesses, social pages, church bulletins, group chats. These events are fun and different, which makes them genuinely easy to sell. The organizations that promote for four weeks instead of four days consistently raise multiples more.
Massachusetts organizations
FIND OUT IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THE 50/50 SPLIT.
The 50/50 ticket split is offered to qualifying organizations within Massachusetts. Reach out with your organization, your date, and your expected crowd size — I'll tell you straight away whether you qualify and which show fits your room.