This weekend is the
10th Annual Queen City Mischief and Magic festival in Staunton, VA, one of the
loveliest towns in Virginia. The festival originated as a joint activity by some local businesses to celebrate Harry's birthday and the release of
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in July 2016, and they were hoping for a few hundred people. When over 5000 showed up, several downtown streets had to be closed to prevent people spilling off the sidewalks from being run over. The next year it moved to the much more seasonable late September (much better for all the people walking around in robes and house scarves) and has had as many as 30K attendees. Despite having to go online for two years during COVID, it's still going strong.
While I have been involved with the festival since it started, this is the first year I have been asked to be one of the costumed characters. I will be playing one of the Professor Sprouts in the greenhouse on the Hufflepuff Block. I have even added a special Phyllis the Philodendron to the greenhouse as an Easter egg for Strike fans; I am wondering if anyone will notice.
In addition to stopping by the greenhouse to poke my paper mache Mimbulus mimbletonia, you can watch professors and students disembark on the train, catch a production of Puffs, hear wizarding music by the Waynesboro symphony, and attend Bill and Fleur's wedding reception. Local restaurants will be serving Potter-inspired dishes and the Butterbrew will be flowing!
I hope some one my online friend will stop by and say hi!
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