![]() ![]() ![]() Sightseeing Tour Saint-Tropez & Port Grimaud.Sightseeing Tours Cannes Antibes St Paul de Vence.Sightseeing Tour Eze Village, Monaco & Monte Carlo.Sightseeing Tours Best of French Riviera Nice, Eze, Monaco, Antibes, Cannes,.Trip from Nice to Monaco – Walking Tour.Riviera Bar Crawl Paris – Pub Crawl Paris.Every dollar you give helps fund our ongoing mission to provide Athens with quality, independent journalism. Like what you just read? Support Flagpole by making a donation today. “Wizards have gone back through almost all of time, so it’s always been there.” “It gives people the chance to come out and do something that’s unique and fun and creative and geeky-especially with it being such a strong fandom,” Baggett says. People of the wizarding persuasion tend to be friendly and accepting, especially to those in their same “house,” and Baggett says that even if one attends Wizard Weekend alone, one will make friends. “…ffering a direct link to the geek community kind of allows people to come out and raise their geek flag high.” “A lot of the other crawls that have come to Athens are not as geek-oriented as the wizard pub crawl is,” Baggett says. His wizarding events have spread to neighboring states like South Carolina and Florida, giving people a place to immerse themselves into the fandom and culture. To manage his nearly 20 Markster Con events a year, Baggett brings five or six staff members and enlists local volunteers to help with setup and organization. “It gives people an opportunity to revisit their childhood or their fandom, but not have to worry about being limited as far as being in a family-esque environment,” Baggett says, though he adds that he eventually hopes to expand the two-day affair to include a Sunday event that would be all-ages. “They’re able to escape the reality of going to this class that they completely hate to where they can say, ‘Hey, I would love to be able to take a class in potion making or the dark arts or magical herbs,’” Baggett says.Īll of the weekend’s events are adults-only, with the ball being 18-and-up and the pub crawl 21-and-up. Baggett points out that Potter fandom ties into UGA culture, since a lot of fans are now young adults. Last year, at the first Athens event, Baggett says around 500 people attended the pub crawl, and 400 attended the ball. The bars will boast wizarding decor and themed special drinks for attendees. Registered crawlers will get a personalized attendance letter, Wizard Weekly newspaper and a free drink ticket. On Saturday, Iron Factory, Sandbar, Flanagan’s and Boar’s Head will host wizards and muggles of all kinds for the pub crawl. But he says last year saw a great selection of costumes, and he hopes this year will rival it. At first, Baggett was concerned that, in a college town, fewer people would dress up. “It gives people a creative outlet to be as simple as they want to be with their costumes, or spend a lot of time making their costumes,” Baggett says. The Wizard Ball will feature a costume contest, and awards will be given to best overall wizard (male and female), best group, best craftsmanship, crowd favorite and best wizarding-inspired costume. “There is a very creative element to Athens,” Baggett says, adding that many Athenians had reached out to him to suggest that he bring the event to town. Last year, Markster Con founder Mark Baggett decided to bring it to Athens. The city will be filled with fans of the Harry Potter series-as well as wizarding in general-as they attend the Wizard’s Ball at Live Wire Athens on Friday and a Wizard Pub Crawl on Saturday. 19–20, Markster Con’s Wizard Weekend returns to Athens for a second year. If you’re downtown this weekend, watch for wizards. ![]()
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