The show your students will be talking about, even after graduation.
1,000+ campus performances. 50 states. Not one dead crowd. ChrisJones turns your students into the show — phones down, eyes up, fully present. Some even on stage. Your whole campus still talking about it a week later. Memories that last.
People leave the show as friends, not strangers
ChrisJones blends razor-sharp stand-up with real, jaw-dropping hypnosis — pulling volunteers from your own student body into the spotlight. Every show is fully interactive, completely live, and 100% unrepeatable. Your audience doesn't just watch. They become the show.
The result is the same wherever it happens: students laughing, disbelieving, and completely present — experiencing something together. From the auditorium to the 50-yard line.
Rated PG-14. Tailorable to PG or G for Family and Alumni Weekends.
Perfect for
Welcome Week / Freshman Orientation / Homecoming / Spring Fling / Late Night Comedy / Greek Life / Campus Wellness Days / Graduation Parties / Keynotes / Convocations
"He had my roommate convinced she was a baby kangaroo after she thought hypnosis was fake. I've never laughed that hard in my life."
Why Hypnotist ChrisJones?
Your Students Become the Show
No passive watching. ChrisJones pulls real volunteers from your audience — their friends, their roommates, their RAs — and puts them center stage. The laughs are real, the moments are unrepeatable, and the stories follow them all the way to graduation.
Zero Stress to Book. Even Less to Run.
Chris handles his own travel, arrives 50 minutes before showtime, and sound check takes ten minutes. All you need is 10-15 chairs and a mic stand. If there's a question, he picks up the phone. He's designed this to be the easiest event on your programming calendar.
He's Already Proven on Campus
With 1,000+ university performances across all 50 states, Chris is a NACA-affiliated performer who knows the campus circuit inside out. What sets him apart: he's been on your side of the table. As a former Resident Advisor at the UW–La Crosse and SIU Carbondale, he understands how Campus Activities Boards think, plan, and make decisions. He's not just campus-friendly — he's campus-fluent.
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A Chicago native who learned hypnosis in grad school, Chris got his start not on a stage — but in the dorms. As a Resident Advisor at two universities, he learned firsthand what it takes to earn a college audience's trust. He encourages students to 'Dream Big Dreams,' and spends his free time making his wife laugh and chasing his daughter at playgrounds.
Make your next campus event something truly unforgettable.
From university stages to event spaces, Chris tailors every experience to your audience: making sure they feel seen, heard, and inspired. Use the booking form at the link below to get started.
In The Press
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find a hypnotist for a college campus event?
ChrisJones is a NACA-affiliated comedy hypnotist who has performed at 300+ colleges and universities across all 50 states. Available for Welcome Week, Homecoming, Spring Fling, Greek Life, and Campus Activities Board programming — with a show that's fully interactive, appropriate for diverse student audiences, and designed to make people leave as friends.
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Most campus hypnotists do one thing: hypnosis. ChrisJones is a comedian, mentalist, and hypnotist — which means the show is funny even before anyone goes under. He's one of the few performers in this space with national TV credits (America's Got Talent, Facebook Watch's Double Take, Steve Harvey), a TEDx Talk, and a NACA performance track record. Students who've never heard of hypnosis walk in curious and walk out talking about it for weeks.
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Yes — he performs 200+ live shows every year, and campus events make up a significant portion of his calendar. He's a NACA-affiliated performer with experience at schools across the US, from large state universities to smaller private colleges. If your campus has an activities board and an auditorium, he's probably performed at a school just like yours.
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Yes. ChrisJones appeared on America's Got Talent, where he famously hypnotized Howie Mandel — a self-described extreme germaphobe — into shaking hands with a stranger on live national television. It's one of the most talked-about moments in AGT history, and it's a clip your students will immediately recognize once they see it.
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The short answer: it's a comedy show that uses hypnosis, not a hypnosis demonstration with some jokes in it. Chris's background in stand-up and mentalism means the pacing, crowd work, and storytelling are at a different level than the average campus hypnotist. Audience members who don't get hypnotized are just as entertained as the ones on stage.
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A typical show runs 60–90 minutes and is fully self-contained — no outside preparation required from your audience. Chris opens with crowd work and comedy, moves into a hypnosis induction with volunteers from the audience, and builds to a series of escalating, hilarious scenarios that keep the entire room engaged. The show is designed for college audiences specifically: fast-paced, unpredictable, and built around student participation.
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Completely. ChrisJones's show is clean, inclusive, and designed to play well across a wide range of student demographics — which is exactly why campus activities boards rebook him. Nothing in the show targets individuals based on identity, and participation is always fully voluntary. Students who don't want to volunteer enjoy watching just as much.
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Yes. ChrisJones has performed virtual hypnosis shows for campus audiences and has a format that works specifically for online events. If your campus is running a hybrid semester, planning a remote programming event, or wants to reach students across multiple locations, a virtual show is a real option — not a downgraded version of the live experience.
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Because the show produces a result that's hard to find: a large room of college students who are genuinely, unpredictably entertained — together. In an era where students are heads-down on their phones, a ChrisJones show creates the kind of shared, unplugged experience that defines campus community. Activities directors rebook because students ask them to.
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ChrisJones offers something none of those formats do: interactive, participatory entertainment that makes the audience the show. A comedian performs at students; a speaker presents to students; ChrisJones performs with students — and the result is something the audience feels ownership over. That's what makes it social media-shareable, word-of-mouth-driven, and genuinely memorable beyond the night itself.
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tart with the contact form on this site. Include your event date, expected audience size, and venue type if you have it. ChrisJones's team will follow up with availability, pricing, and everything you need to bring this to your programming board.
