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Grab your blind from the closet and get your baton ready – Chestnut Hill’s massive (and massively popular!) Harry Potter Anniversary allotment this weekend to the absorbing Chestnut Hill adjacency in Northwest Philadelphia.
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The Shops at Chestnut Hill Unveil Official Name Change - Newton ... | the shops at chestnut hillOn Friday, October 20, the anniversary bang off with the Wands and Wizards Night on the Acceptance (6 to 9 p.m.), featuring an black of chargeless entertainment, a apparel challenge and bewitched aliment and alcohol specials at accommodating breadth restaurants.
The fun continues on Saturday, October 21 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) during the artery anniversary and capital allotment of the anniversary with wizarding and Sorting Hat demos, a Harry Potter-themed carnival, assorted beer breadth and aliment trucks and much, abundant more. Saturday is additionally back you can bolt the all-day Philadelphia Brotherly Love Cup Quidditch Tournament, breadth teams from 10 altered schools will compete.
For the aboriginal time ever, the accident will amount a abounding 12 blocks of Germantown Avenue, authoritative it the largest Harry Potter Anniversary to date.
This year, the Harry Potter Anniversary will beforehand an alluring acquaintance over a record-breaking 12 blocks of Germantown Avenue from Cresheim Valley Drive to Chestnut Hill Avenue.
The acceptance transforms into Philly’s own adaptation of Hogwarts, complete with Harry Potter cine re-creations, themed aliment and drinks, alternate diabolism demonstrations and more.
The two-day fest bliss off with the new-this-year Wands and Wizards Night on the Avenue on Friday, October 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. Throughout the evening, guests can adore alive performances about the anniversary grounds, continued hours at acceptance shops and aliment and alcohol specials at accommodating confined and restaurants.
Guests of the Friday night anniversary can additionally partake in a apparel challenge and adore a screening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the Gryffindor Common Allowance (Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill’s acquaintance hall).
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Complete List Of Stores Located At The Shops at Chestnut Hill - A ... | the shops at chestnut hillThe capital accident — the artery anniversary allotment of the Harry Potter Anniversary — starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 21.
Those with kids will appetite to accede affairs the new-to-this-year Bewitched Make and Booty Zones wristband, alms accouchement the adventitious to booty allotment in alternate activities at 10 altered zones. The $20 (per person) wristband gives festival-goers acceptance to all of the activities, such as the make-your-own aureate annex workshop, designed for accouchement four to 12 years old but accessible to those of any age. Wristbands are accessible online.
Free anniversary activities accommodate affluence of Quidditch-watching opportunities (more on that below), Potter quizzo, a astrologer ball party, Sorting Hat and diabolism demonstrations, a muggles read-a-thon and photo-ops at places like Hedwig’s Hollow Selfie Park and Platform 9 ¾.
Guests are additionally arrive to beat by Ella Vanilla for the bakery’s Harry Potter Cake Show, breadth a array of busy themed cakes will be on display.
Note that while acceptance to the anniversary is free, some activities do crave a baby fee, so be abiding to accompany cash! Pay-as-you-go activities accommodate affluence telling, aromatic authoritative and a harbinger bewilderment at the Woodmere Art Museum.
For a abounding briefing of contest accident in Chestnut Hill this weekend for the Harry Potter Festival, bang here.
One of the capital anniversary contest is the 8th Annual Philadelphia Brotherly Love Cup Quidditch Clash at Chestnut Hill College.
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Do Business at The Shops at Chestnut Hill, a Simon Property. | the shops at chestnut hillThe clash runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and appearance teams from 10 altered schools like Villanova University, Drexel University, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Vassar College as able-bodied as Philly’s own Philadelphia Honey Badgers. Acceptance to the clash is absolutely free.
Tons of abundant restaurants and confined band Germantown Acceptance — and abounding of the spots will serve up aliment and alcohol specials for the festival.
On Friday evening, hit up places like The Night Kitchen, confined up butterscotch beer with shots of firebolt (Fireball whiskey) and eats such as aureate frog algid brownies and pulled pork sliders.
Then on Saturday, Paul’s Abundant Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will appearance off its decked out dining allowance abounding of themed adornment (including amphibian candles!) and will serve up a bologna of Shepard’s pie, salad, all-ages adulate beer and added appetizing treats. Join favorited Hogwarts agents at the feast, which will authority seatings at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased here.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill hosts an all-day pancake barbecue set to the accomplishments of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban playing on a big screen. Tickets can be purchased here.
This year’s Harry Potter Anniversary additionally features two new beer gardens. Head to either the Woodmere Art Museum or the Chestnut Hill Beer Garden at Market at The Fareway to adore barmy “potions” al fresco.
Plenty of aliment trucks — including The Cow and The Curd, Deke’s Aliment Truck, The Tot Cart and Waffles and Wedges — will additionally be onsite and ready to serve up eats to athirst muggles and wizards alike.
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Do Business at The Shops at Chestnut Hill, a Simon Property. | the shops at chestnut hillSEPTA Regional Rail will carriage guests from Center City to Hogsmeade (Chestnut Hill) and Harry Potter characters will appear forth for the ride on baddest trains.
Getting to Chestnut Hill via SEPTA is easy. Both the Chestnut Hill East and Chestnut Hill West curve will be bottomward guests off in the affection of the anniversary at the the Chestnut Hill East and Chestnut Hill West stations respectively. Those accession via SEPTA Regional Rail should agenda that tickets charge be purchased in advance.
For those driving, bound parking will be accessible at assorted accessory lots in the neighborhood. Three of the lots will be aural walking ambit and all added lots will accept shuttle casework to and from the festival. Bang actuality for advice on the locations of the parking lots.
The Harry Potter Anniversary is the absolute alibi to absorb a night (or two!) in the Philadelphia area. Book the Visit Philly Overnight Auberge Package and get chargeless auberge parking, two Philadelphia’s Historic District Passes and chargeless PHLASH passes.
Whether you agreement adherence to Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin, the anniversary awaits for all who seek a bewitched experience. We’ll see you out there!
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