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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.

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08-28-2008 at 4:58 PM

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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:03:00

first!!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:08:04

dang I dont live in Cali. :[[ second! :]]

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:08:25

FINALLY SOME NEWS!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:11:35

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:21:42

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:32:41

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:33:07

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 17:55:43

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:01:33

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:09:32

my summer is already closed =[

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:16:46

Im so there!!!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:41:03

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:42:19

Im SOO there!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:44:57

Oh man! I wish I could go!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:46:30

could you guys play really loud so all of us on the east coast could hear you?? Im bummed i dont live in Ca. Have fun if you go!!!!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 18:58:15

: | people take this seriously? Loltastic.

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 19:05:48

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 19:55:08

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 19:58:30

Ive 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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 20:25:37

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 20:32:50

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 20:38:55

Wizard rock sucks. Why cant anyone see that?

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 20:40:13

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 21:24:50

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 22:45:05

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 22:57:32

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-28 23:32:03

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 Id go in a second...

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 00:44:10

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 05:50:51

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: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 06:37:56

I SOOOOOOOOOO want to go but I cant as I live in the UK lol!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 09:13:55

once again....always excluded because i dont live in a city! why cant it come to Boston or something?! *sigh*

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 09:29:05

i hate living in new bedford...

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 10:48:40

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 10:52:43

No, its not. ;p

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 11:48:40

Well lets see...there are lyrics, melodies, notes played on instruments...yep, its music alright.

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 11:58:33

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 12:34:14

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 12:40:23

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-29 13:46:57

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-30 12:41:29

kk

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-08-31 10:01:34

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

Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-01 08:37:22

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