Wrockstock was a yearly music festival featuring wizard rock, music inspired by the world of Harry Potter."Wrockstock Festival Dates Announced". WIRED, 8/11/2009. Its name is a play on the music festival Woodstock. Wrockstock was first held in 2007. Organized by Abby Hupp, it was the first large Wizard Rock gathering of its kind that was not part of a general Harry Potter fan conference.Erin A. Pyne. "The Ultimate Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom". Winter Park, Florida: Flux Comics Publishing, Inc. Pages 185-186. It took place at the YMCA summer camp near Ozark, Missouri.Alan Scher Zagier. "Harry Potter devotees put wizard tales to music". USA Today, 6/18/2008 . The first year it was titled "WRockstock Spooktacular". It doubled as a fundraiser for the Harry Potter Alliance, a charitable foundation run by Harry Potter fans."Our Weapon is Love: WRockstock 2008". WIRED, 5/20/2008. Its final festival was in 2013.
The events were broadcast live over the internet for those unable to attend in person.Rohlman, Kelli. "Identity, Rhetoric and Behavior: The Contradictory Communities of Wizard Rock". Diss. Texas Tech University, 2010.
Festival history EventDatesNotesWRockstock SpooktacularOctober 26–28, 2007 Wizrockpedia.Wrockstock IIMay 23–26, 2008"Wrockstock 2008 Registration Opens".15 bands, more than 300 attendees.Wrockstock IIINovember 6–9, 2009500 attendeesRohlman, Kelli. "Identity, Rhetoric and Behavior: The Contradictory Communities of Wizard Rock". Diss. Texas Tech University, 2010. Page 16.Wrockstock IVNovember 5–8, 2010Linda Austin. "Harry Potter fans to rock out this evening and weekend". examiner.com.Wrockstock VOctober 28–31, 2011Keith Hawk. "Registration now open for Wrockstock V coming this October". MuggleNet.Wrockstock ReunitedJuly 26–28, 2013 Wizrocklopedia.Held in Saint Louis
Culture A recurring joke is about "Uncle Carl"Terrell, Jennifer. "Transmediated Magic: Sociality in Wizard Rock." Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2011 Eighth International Conference on. IEEE, 2011. who allegedly drives the Knight Bus to pick up attendees for Wrockstock.
See also
Harry Potter fandom List of music festivals
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