Mount your brooms — or at least lace up your trainers. The Harry Potter Quidditch Fun Run 2026 is coming to Mexico City on Sunday, November 1, 2026, a house-themed road race organized by Asdeporte that starts and finishes at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Ciudad Universitaria. Registration is open now (this is a ticketed…
In Germany, the road back to Hogwarts runs straight through the bookstore. Thalia and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products have launched a free Back to Hogwarts roadshow across eleven Thalia and two Osiander bookstores nationwide, running from late July into early September as the wizarding school year begins on September 1. Stops include cities…
Grab your Gringotts vault key — London’s newest wizarding destination finally has an opening date, and it’s bringing Diagon Alley to Oxford Street. Warner Bros. announced today that Harry Potter Shop Oxford Street will open on November 4, 2026, inside The Ribbon development at 134–140 Oxford Street. Spanning more than 21,000 square feet across two…
Mischief managed — but not quite finished. After nearly ten years and a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is closing one chapter and opening another on London’s West End. The beloved two-part production — the eighth Harry Potter story, based on original material by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John…
The owl post from Abu Dhabi keeps getting better. Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi’s long-anticipated Harry Potter land is moving forward — and it’s shaping up to be unlike any Wizarding World that exists today. A quick note on where this stands: the land is not open yet. It’s an expansion still under construction, but…
The people who decide what magic lands on shelves next are about to show their hand. Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products will take the stage at Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) this October for an exclusive keynote revealing the strategic playbook behind the Wizarding World, as the franchise marks 25 years since Harry Potter and…
The Hogwarts Express has always been the part of the story where the magic actually starts. So when a genuinely moving, fully dressed version of it pulled into Southern California, I bought a ticket and climbed aboard. TL;DR A Hogwarts Express Adventure is a real train ride with a live, hour-long wizarding show performed in…
The owl has officially landed. Back in June, we uncovered a Texas state filing naming the Gaylord Texan’s 2026 holiday attraction “ICE Event 2026-Harry Potter” — and today, right on schedule, Gaylord Hotels made it official: ICE! featuring Harry Potter is coming to Grapevine this Christmas. Every detail from that filing held up. The attraction…
The Dark Lord’s followers have found a new stronghold and it’s in Tokyo. Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo – The Making of Harry Potter has announced “Dark Arts Halloween,” the first Halloween event in the attraction’s history, running September 10 through November 8, 2026. The event imports the signature Dark Arts concept from Studio Tour…
The Hogwarts Express departs in six weeks but this year, the party is not at King’s Cross. Warner Bros. has unveiled its plans for Back to Hogwarts 2026, and the annual September 1 tradition is getting its biggest shake-up yet. Ahead of the HBO Original series Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone debuting this Christmas,…
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