Close out the Summer with Wrock at Whimsic Alley
Close out the Summer with Wrock at Whimsic Alley Whimsic Alley, an awesome Harry Potter merchandise store located in Santa Monica, CA, is hosting a big Wizard Rock concert this Saturday and Sunday:

The fun begins on Saturday, August 30th at 12:00 p.m. (noon), as we start the festival off with the Punk Rock band Switchblade Kittens. We follow with Wingardium Leviosa, Tonks!, and new band The Ginny Potter Revelation. Then we will finish off the afternoon with Wizard Rock fan favorites The Hermione Crookshanks Experience and Marked as His Equal.

Then, on Sunday, August 31st, beginning at 3:00 p.m., popular Wizard Rock bands The Remus Lupins and The Whomping Willows will serenade fans, both magical and muggle, with their greatest hits.


Admission is free, and Whimsic Alley is located at 2717 ½ Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica, CA. For more information, check out their website.
Posted by Andrew on Aug 28th | 44 Comments
Visitor Comments
Posted by margaret0048 Aug 28th 2008

first!!


Posted by darkveils5 Aug 28th 2008

dang I don't live in Cali. :[[ second! :]]


Posted by addicted2chocolatenhp Aug 28th 2008

FINALLY SOME NEWS!


Posted by beth_28 Aug 28th 2008

sounds cool...wish I lived in california :(


Posted by acciohagridxo Aug 28th 2008

lol @ addicted2chocolatenhp, finaly ! but yeah i wish i can go to whimsic alley, the idea of Harry Potter store sounds cool !!


Posted by Weasley_is_our_King442 Aug 28th 2008

I wish I could go, it sounds fun! 6?


Posted by iluvron Aug 28th 2008

ok i am officialy moving to cali...lol i wish....oh well u r so lucky if u do live there tho...top 10 (:


Posted by thelexirumor Aug 28th 2008

Wow, coincidentally enough, I was really going to take my boyfriend down to Santa Monica Peir this Saturday. Guess I have an extra surprise for him now --- well its more for me, but either way YAY lol.


Posted by GrangerLaughs Aug 28th 2008

Why am I always on the wrong side of the country?


Posted by rob1007 Aug 28th 2008

my summer is already closed =[


Posted by DeathlyHallows007 Aug 28th 2008

I'm so there!!!


Posted by LikexWhoax3 Aug 28th 2008

omgahhh. yes! i live so close. i am most likely gonna go. i just wish the ministry of magic were there.=/


Posted by phia991 Aug 28th 2008

I'm SOO there!


Posted by xDjellybean Aug 28th 2008

Oh man! I wish I could go!


Posted by hooked_on_Harry Aug 28th 2008

could you guys play really loud so all of us on the east coast could hear you?? I'm bummed i don't live in Ca. Have fun if you go!!!!


Posted by Monkey0 Aug 28th 2008

: | people take this seriously? Loltastic.


Posted by WordNerd014 Aug 28th 2008

that would be kool... if i lived close i would go.


Posted by miraa302 Aug 28th 2008

OMG!!! I live is southern California. Wish I could go though!! With gas prices these days who wants to drive to Santa Monica from the Inland Empire!!!! oh well...


Posted by chommy Aug 28th 2008

Useless news after useless news. =\


Posted by HarryPotterFreakers Aug 28th 2008

I've seen Whimsic Alleys website and it looks AMAZING! I really want to go but Michigan is a little too far away from Cali. Maybe when im older i can go and buy a million things !


Posted by jedi_anegram Aug 28th 2008

I live close enough to go to this! Now, do I want to go? I'll have to see what the time frame is on this. Cool!


Posted by severus_1215 Aug 28th 2008

this is not fair!!! this festival needs to come to Ohio :)


Posted by JLTucker Aug 28th 2008

Wizard rock sucks. Why can't anyone see that?


Posted by rooon Aug 28th 2008

Awwww, only 1 state away! Oh well. Have an awesome time to whoever goes! : )


Posted by FF_Voldemort Aug 28th 2008

I......dont........care, i want news i actually care about......i dont give two donkey piles about bands named after book characters due to their lack of originality to come up with names......whats next ?...Rubeous and the hairy hagrids? Aragog and the angry basalisks....?..why cant people see this?


Posted by christier Aug 28th 2008

I'll be there turning 21 in wizard-rockin' style! :D


Posted by trueligth Aug 28th 2008

I will like to go, but I can at this moment. This is good some news and different for what you expect about the rock bands. Something else I am in the top 20+, Hurray!!!!!


Posted by SwordofGodric Aug 28th 2008

this sucks, I live an hour away and I cant get a ride with anyone. Im so close i can almost taste the butterbeer and jelly slugs.


Posted by jphobbit Aug 28th 2008

Speaking from the point of a true lover of REAL music I have to say a festival like this one has got to be the lamest thing I have heard and I'd go in a second...


Posted by SerenaWronski Aug 29th 2008

How cool! I will absolutely be there... and spend way too much money, inevitably. :)


Posted by lozza23 Aug 29th 2008

wow thats awesome! I wish I lived in the States! Although last year i did go to Whimsic Alley and it is wicked ;)


Posted by IBotherSnape Aug 29th 2008

I SOOOOOOOOOO want to go but I can't as I live in the UK lol!


Posted by claerwen7 Aug 29th 2008

once again....always excluded because i don't live in a city! why can't it come to Boston or something?! *sigh*


Posted by claerwen7 Aug 29th 2008

i hate living in new bedford...


Posted by kimba999 Aug 29th 2008

I'll be there on Sunday! Some of the Wrock bands are great and yes it is REAL music.


Posted by chommy Aug 29th 2008

No, it's not. ;p


Posted by kimba999 Aug 29th 2008

Well let's see...there are lyrics, melodies, notes played on instruments...yep, it's music alright.


Posted by WordNerd014 Aug 29th 2008

ive never heard the music... but it sounds really kool... wish i could go.


Posted by witchy_poo Aug 29th 2008

this festival needs to come to the uk they have never done a harry potter festival here


Posted by WordNerd014 Aug 29th 2008

wow I listened to some of the music and i really like it!


Posted by flibbertigibbit Aug 29th 2008

that sounds completely awesome. i wish i lived in california right now.


Posted by rooon Aug 30th 2008

kk


Posted by angelina_johnson92 Aug 31st 2008

That is so cool. But unfortunatly, I live in Massachusetts, nothing fun ever happens here!


Posted by draco_is_HOT Sep 1st 2008

aww i wanna go but im half-way across the world.






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