PotterCon 'Apperating' In Philly Next Month

PHILADELPHIA – Pull out your Quidditch sticks, your Butterbeer tankards, and dust off your robes: PotterCon is coming to Philadelphia, and organizers promise a full day of fun for adult Harry Potter-obsessed fans.

The PotterCon event, set for 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 14 at the Theater of Living Arts, is specifically geared to adults and includes a Sorting Ceremony — "Are you brave, loyal, witty, or cunning? Throw your name into the Goblet of Fire to find out." — a costume contest, a trivia contest, the House Cup and more.

The costume contest, Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions Fashion Show, costs $5 to enter and the money goes to a chapter of 826, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills.

For the trivia contest, they urge participants to "gather a team of up to six wizards to compete to win a Potter Prize Pack, and remember that no cell phones or enchanted quills are allowed. If we see you cheating, our prefects will not hesitate to give you detention in the Forbidden Forest (without refund!)."

"The day promises to be 4,224 pages worth of fun... Until the very end," organizers said.

If spending a whole day immersed in your Harry Potter world sounds magical, tickets can be purchased by clicking here. PotterCon also has a Facebook pageset up for the Philly event.

If you cannot get to Asbury Park, PotterCon has other events planned as well:

• May 13: PotterCon Boston | Paradise Rock Club | Facebook | Tickets
• May 14: PotterCon Philly | Theatre of the Living Arts | Facebook | Tickets
• May 20th: PotterCon Grand Rapids | The Orbit Room | Facebook | Tickets
• May 21: PotterCon Detroit | The Detroit Masonic Temple | Facebook | Tickets
• June 10: PotterCon New Jersey | Asbury Park Convention Hall | Facebook | Tickets
• June 11: PotterCon Long Island | The Paramount | Facebook| Tickets
  

PotterCon began in 2016 with events in New York City and Memphis, Tennessee, and organizers say nearly 3,500 people attended those two events.

The 2017 edition is building on that success, they said; "We're swish-and-flicking our way to bring you bigger-and-better events across the country."

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