Festival 9 3/4
Saturday, July 12, 2008
5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
on historic Main Street
Princeton, IL
More than 3 city blocks of food, fun and games
Explore Diagon Alley - Princeton's Main Street is transformed into an avenue of fun and games for one MAGICAL night only.
Ride the Hogwarts Express - The Hogwarts Express will be available from 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. to take you up and down Main Street so you don't miss any shops on Princeton's Diagon Alley.
Taste the Magic at Honeyduke's Sweet Shop
Tour St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies
Take Classes at Hogwarts - Hogwarts Extension Campus apparates into the Bureau County Courthouse from 6- 9 p.m. Classes will include Divination, Transfiguration, Herbology and Potions. Seating is limited. Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, July 9 at Green River Books - 815-879-0049 or at the door beginning at 5 p.m. on July 12.
Explore 12 Grimmauld Place, Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, with Mad Eye Moody.
Play Wizard Games! dunk Myrtle or Lucius Malfoy in Moaning Myrtle's Dunk Tank, try your hand at the Garden Gnome Toss, Show off your knowledge of Harry Potter Trivia and MORE!
Meet Live Birds of Prey - Get up close and personal with live owls courtesy of S.O.A.R
Dare to Enter Borgin & Burkes' Creepy Shop - and Venture into the Mysterious Underground Vaults of Gringott's Bank
Have your official 9 3/4 Magical Portrait taken.
Enjoy a Movie under the Stars! Free screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire begins @ 9 p.m. in Soldiers & Sailors Park.