“Harry Potter” celebrates its 25th anniversary in the cinema with a big party at the Palace of Versailles, here’s how to take part | TF1 Info

• The annual “Return to Hogwarts” event provides a great setting to celebrate the quarter century since the release of the first film dedicated to the bespectacled wizard.
• The Orangery of the Château de Versailles will welcome fans of the world of JK Rowling all day on August 29.
• Free but obligatory, reservation opens next week.

After the quidditch tournament and the giant quiz, she could only think bigger to mark this very special birthday. The saga Harry Potter will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its arrival at the cinema in the gardens of the Orangery of the Château de Versailles. The Sun King’s palace will welcome fans of the little wizard on August 29 for the annual “Return to Hogwarts” event, organized before the start of the school year.

From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., the day will be punctuated by different activities, including spell classes taught by Paul Harris, “choreographer of the baton fights in several films of the saga and creator of the iconic gestures” seen in the films, specify the organizers. Three 3-hour sessions will be offered to the most daring. Other activities will be communicated as close as possible to the event.

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This celebration will be accessible free of charge but reservations are required. See you Wednesday, June 3 at 2 p.m. on the official website of the event (nouvelle fenêtre)to try to win your precious sesame.

Please note that the Nocturnal Fountains Show on the theme of Harry Potter is already sold out. You won’t find better preparations before discovering the series which will be broadcast in December on HBO Max.