Accio Harry Potter Festival!
The annual Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Festival hosts a weekend of games, performances,
and themed shops for Harry Potter fans of all ages.
and themed shops for Harry Potter fans of all ages.
October 2015
Katie Dunne '19
I hope all you Potterheads, witches, wizards, and muggles are ready for the 2015 Harry Potter Festival. As always it will be in Chestnut Hill, and this year it will fall on October 16-17. Both days of the festival will start at 10 am. Hop on the Hogwarts express and enjoy being transported to the wonderful world of Harry Potter!
On the sixteenth, the fun will begin with a conference and then shopping and a pub crawl (for the adults and parents) will begin. Not only the teens will get to have a great time, but the parents will, too. Hopefully there will be some non-alcoholic butterbeer available for the students!
For all of you chasers, beaters, seekers, keepers, and Quidditch enthusiasts, grab your broomstick on the seventeenth! They'll be having a quidditch tournament, so dress in your favorite house colors or for your favorite team. Also, try not to swallow the golden snitch or get hit by a bludger. Remember to play fair!
If you don't know what the Quidditch Tournament will be like, it's basically a re-creation of the famous wizarding sport. Everyone will be given broomsticks and you'll play by the rules of the Harry Potter game, so enjoy!
Ever wanted to find out what house you would be in? Are you brave enough for Gryffindor, smart enough for Ravenclaw, loyal enough for Hufflepuff, or cunning enough for Slytherin? Find out at the sorting hat demonstration! Perhaps the sorting hat will even sing one of its annual songs; hopefully this will be the best song yet! Don't forget about the witch hunt as well! I hope we'll be hunting Umbridge. The witch hunt, Quidditch Tournament, and Sorting Hat demonstration will be at this festival so don't even think about missing it!
Not interested in any of those events or just not a sports fan? Then experience what it feels like to shop at the wizard shops! Chestnut Hill is doing its best to recreate all the wonderful shops that we hear about in the book and movies. Want to take a peek at Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes and buy a few pieces of candy to get you out of class? Or visit the infamous Zonko's Joke Shop? Or maybe just buy a few chocolate frogs or some pink coconut ice from Honeydukes? Or perhaps a love potion that you can use on that special someone to get them to go to the homecoming dance with you? If you already love the shops at Chestnut Hill, I highly suggest checking out the Harry Potter themed ones. Hop on your broomstick and check it out!
All this and more will be at Chestnut Hill for the Harry Potter Festival on the 16th and 17th of October. It starts at ten in the morning both days, so get up early and be the first to see all the magic! See you fellow Potterheads there and don't forget to bring some of your muggle money to the festival!