Mile High Muggles, your acceptance letter has arrived. “Harry Potter: The Exhibition” is open at 417 S. Broadway in Denver, giving visitors the chance to get up close to authentic movie props, original costumes, and interactive experiences inspired by the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. After stops that have taken the touring show around…
Grab your ticket from Platform 9¾ — the whole saga is going back to the big screen. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” all eight Harry Potter films are returning to theaters for a limited run from August 27 to September 3 as part of Warner Bros.’ annual Back…
Keep your wand at the ready — the darker side of magic is reclaiming the Wizarding World this fall, on both coasts. Universal has announced that “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle” will return to Hogsmeade at Universal Islands of Adventure on select nights from September 5 through November 1, 2026 — the nighttime show’s first…
Every September 1, fans mark the moment the Hogwarts Express pulls away from Platform 9¾. This year HBO Max is building the platform itself — on the banks of the Thames. BACK TO HOGWARTS: The HBO Max Platform 9 ¾ Fan Experience is a free, one-day celebration taking place Tuesday, September 1 at Old Billingsgate…
Berlin is turning a historic swimming pool into the Great Hall for a day, and it will not cost you a single Knut. Back to Hogwarts 2026 Berlin takes over the listed Stadtbad Oderberger Straße on Saturday, August 29, as Germany’s centrepiece event in Warner Bros. Discovery’s worldwide 25th-anniversary celebrations. For one day the bathhouse…
Two million people a year queue at King’s Cross for that photo. This month, the wall is coming to them instead. To mark 25 years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone reached cinemas, a replica of the Platform 9¾ luggage trolley is touring cinemas across the UK, giving fans outside London a shot at…
Twelve hundred points of light, arranged into a Patronus, hovering over a decommissioned airfield. Toronto’s turn has arrived. DroneArt Show: Harry Potter is heading to YZD, the former Downsview Airport, for two nights this September — the show’s first Canadian stop and a significant expansion for a tour that has so far been a US…
The Hogwarts House donuts landed at Tims restaurants nationwide this week. One store in Ohio decided that wasn’t enough and redecorated the whole building. A Harry Potter–themed Tim Hortons takeover has opened for a limited time at 8333 N. High St. in Columbus, with wizarding-world design elements inside and out and selfie spots built for…
Pour one out for the Sunday Roast. The Harry Potter Cafe in Tokyo’s Akasaka district is overhauling a big chunk of its menu on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 — and while the new arrivals are the headline, the more urgent news is what’s leaving. Ten dishes come off the menu on August 31. The cafe…
Madrid’s Gran Vía is about to get a lot more magical — and it won’t cost you a knut. As part of this year’s global Back to Hogwarts celebration, Espacio Movistar at Gran Vía 28 is hosting a free Harry Potter experience from August 28 through September 3, 2026, timed to the 25th anniversary of…
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