Skip to content

MuggleNet

  • Site
    • Contact Us & FAQ
    • History
    • Meet the Team
    • MuggleNet Live!
    • Press
    • Publications
    • Special Projects
    • Volunteer with Us!
    • Year in Review
  • Podcasts
    • Alohomora!
    • Full Circle
    • LITHAPPENS
    • Potterversity
    • Promptly Potter
    • SpeakBeasty
  • Harry Potter
    • Book Quotes
    • Book Series
    • Coloring Books
    • Film Companions
    • Film Series
    • Hogwarts Library
    • Little Things
    • Music
    • Video Games
  • Fantastic Beasts
    • Book
    • Coloring Books
    • Film Companions
    • Fantastic Beasts Film Quotes
    • Film Series
    • Little Things
    • Music
    • Video Games
  • The Quibbler
    • Owl Post
    • Bathilda’s Notebook
    • The Department of MYTHteries
    • The Dirigible Plum
    • Into the Floo
    • Muggle Studies
    • The Pensieve Papers
    • The Three Broomsticks
    • April Fools’
    • The Quibbler Vault
  • The Daily Prophet
    • Book Trolley
    • Editorials
    • Event Reports
    • Exclusive Interviews
    • Features
    • Giveaways
    • Listicles
    • Merchandise Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • Television Reviews
    • Theater Reviews
    • Wizolympics
  • Muggle World
    • Charity
    • Exhibitions
    • J.K. Rowling
    • MinaLima
    • Quadball
    • Studio Tours
    • Theatrical Play
    • Theme Parks
    • Wizarding World Digital
  • Fans & Fun
    • Crazy Caption Contest
    • Fan Focus
    • Fandom
    • Fandom Sortings
    • Fandom Timeline
    • Fun Lists
    • Games and Trivia
    • GNOMEs
    • Potter DIY
    • Potter Weddings
    • #PotterItForward
    • Rosmerta’s Recipes
    • Song Parodies
    • Wizard Rock
    • Wizarding Wordle
  • Site
    • Contact Us & FAQ
    • History
    • Meet the Team
    • MuggleNet Live!
    • Press
    • Publications
    • Special Projects
    • Volunteer with Us!
    • Year in Review
  • Podcasts
    • Alohomora!
    • Full Circle
    • LITHAPPENS
    • Potterversity
    • Promptly Potter
    • SpeakBeasty
  • Harry Potter
    • Book Quotes
    • Book Series
    • Coloring Books
    • Film Companions
    • Film Series
    • Hogwarts Library
    • Little Things
    • Music
    • Video Games
  • Fantastic Beasts
    • Book
    • Coloring Books
    • Film Companions
    • Fantastic Beasts Film Quotes
    • Film Series
    • Little Things
    • Music
    • Video Games
  • The Quibbler
    • Owl Post
    • Bathilda’s Notebook
    • The Department of MYTHteries
    • The Dirigible Plum
    • Into the Floo
    • Muggle Studies
    • The Pensieve Papers
    • The Three Broomsticks
    • April Fools’
    • The Quibbler Vault
  • The Daily Prophet
    • Book Trolley
    • Editorials
    • Event Reports
    • Exclusive Interviews
    • Features
    • Giveaways
    • Listicles
    • Merchandise Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • Television Reviews
    • Theater Reviews
    • Wizolympics
  • Muggle World
    • Charity
    • Exhibitions
    • J.K. Rowling
    • MinaLima
    • Quadball
    • Studio Tours
    • Theatrical Play
    • Theme Parks
    • Wizarding World Digital
  • Fans & Fun
    • Crazy Caption Contest
    • Fan Focus
    • Fandom
    • Fandom Sortings
    • Fandom Timeline
    • Fun Lists
    • Games and Trivia
    • GNOMEs
    • Potter DIY
    • Potter Weddings
    • #PotterItForward
    • Rosmerta’s Recipes
    • Song Parodies
    • Wizard Rock
    • Wizarding Wordle
  • Event Reports / The Daily Prophet

Music Is Magic at LeakyCon10!’s Wizard Rock Concert

by Gretchen Roesch · October 12, 2019

LeakyCon10! is here, and MuggleNet was on the scene celebrating in Boston, Massachusetts, this weekend. With Potter celebrity guests, podcasters, and wrock musicians, the weekend was set to be an amazing time for everyone!

This was my first wizard rock concert, and I had a delightful time. LeakyCon10!’s wrock concert featured Lauren Fairweather, Tonks and the Aurors, Draco and the Malfoys, and Harry and the Potters. Besides the billed performers, con attendees were also treated to performances by Matt Maggiacomo of the Whomping Willows and Neil Fridd, the amazing prop/dragon master who works with Harry and the Potters.

Additionally, almost every wrocker there played backup for another group – Brian Ross of Draco and the Malfoys was onstage for a majority of the three-hour show – and many of the musicians played multiple instruments throughout the night. This made the concert extra special because it was a group collaboration on the power of wrock.

The show opened with Lauren Fairweather, who started with her classic song “It’s Real for Us.” She then played a few songs from her new album, With You, Whatever Happens, including the album’s titular song. Fairweather’s newest album was released last year, and the crowd definitely knew the songs.

 

Lauren Fairweather performing at LeakyCon 10

 

After a short break, Draco and the Malfoys came on. I’ve been a fan of theirs for over a decade, so when they opened with “Potions Yesterday,” I was a little excited. The Malfoys stuck to mostly songs off their first album like “My Dad Is Rich.” Draco and the Malfoys didn’t have much time for talking with the crowd and just let their songs do the talking. Since their songs are such a delight, we were all fine with it.

 

Draco and the Malfoys perform at LeakyCon 10

 

Then it was time for Tonks and the Aurors. Steph Anderson opened with “Harry Potter’s Alive,” which appears on her newest album, Huffleriot, and is a great tune. Anderson is a very talented musician who sings and strums her custom Hufflepuff guitar and puts on a good show.

 

Tonks and the Aurors performs at LeakyCon 10

 

After Anderson’s performance, it was time to hear from the Boy Who Lived. The first three groups shared the first two hours, and the last hour was devoted to Harry and the Potters, who performed at the first LeakyCon.

I’m also a longtime fan of Harry and the Potters, and seeing them in person lived up to my expectations. They are fully in character as Harry and Harry (which is what I will call them here). Bradley Mehlenbacher from Draco and the Malfoys played percussion for the duo, and at one point, Harry said, “Let’s give it up for Lauren Fairweather, Tonks and the Aurors, and no one else!” 

The Harrys played a few classic songs but made sure to devote most of their performance to their new album, Lumos. Many of the new songs are political, and Harry explained the meanings behind the politically charged songs they played, including “On the Importance of Media Literacy Under Authoritarian Rule” and “No Pure[-]blood Supremacy.”

The Harrys create the perfect mix of political call to action and fun. Fridd, who’s from Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, did an amazing job bringing out props and putting on absurd costumes, like a phoenix costume that squirted tears. The props were hilarious, and the entire show was a delight. Here’s Harry under his Invisibility Cloak.

 

Harry is standing in front of a prop wall and is under a piece of fabric from the same prop wall, making him "invisible."

 

“Anyone been camping for about 400 pages?” Harry asked before singing “Gone Campin’.” They invited the audience to sit on the floor around a magical campfire with them and sit we did.

 

The band is sitting at the edge of the stage with a forest background behind them. The audience is also sitting.

 

Other props included chef hats, pots and pans, fish, a blow-up dragon, and a huge stuffed snake. I have to give amazing props to Fridd. He was everywhere with these props, including in the audience, backstage, and onstage. He dressed up as a giant phoenix and a sword. He was amazing.

As they wrapped up their time on stage, the Harrys implored the audience to take the spell that had been cast that night and use it to “push the world a little further toward justice and equality.”

 

Harry and the Potters wrock out on stage.

 

Seeing an amazingly talented group of musicians come together to make magic made me feel like Potter fans can certainly do anything. The wrock concert is not an event to be missed.

Social:

  • Next story Seven Magical Takeaways: A LeakyCon Boston Recap
  • Previous story Freshly Picked Has Released a “Harry Potter” Collection of Baby Shoes

MuggleNet Archive

Important Dates

July 2025

Sat, Jul 12

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie (UK)
Recurs yearly

2007

Harry and Dumbledore travel to get Slughorn
Recurs yearly

1996

Harry officially learns he inherited Grimmauld Place and Kreacher
Recurs yearly

1996

Sun, Jul 13

OWL results arrive at the Burrow
Recurs yearly

1996

Tue, Jul 15

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 movie
Recurs yearly

2011

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie
Recurs yearly

2009

WWoHP at Universal Japan's anniversary
Recurs yearly

2014

Wed, Jul 16

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book
Recurs yearly

2005

MuggleNet podcasts are sponsored in part by Secretlab.

Thanks to its research-backed ergonomic design, including a proprietary 4-way adaptive lumbar support system, the Secretlab TITAN Evo Harry Potter Edition will comfortably support you even when you’re up to no good.

Did You Know

Hermione Granger is an only child. She originally had a younger sister, but the storyline didn’t work out.

Potter History

November 7, 2010 – The official Harry Potter website announces that Alexandre Desplat will return to compose the music for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

Potter Quote

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”

MuggleNet is an unofficial Harry Potter fansite.
Please email us if you have any questions or concerns.
© 1999–2025 MuggleNet.com. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy | COPPA Policy | Terms of Use | Feedback


MuggleNet is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and Bookshop.org's affiliate program, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and bookshop.org.