FRIDAY – OCTOBER 20, 2017
Wands & Wizards Night on the Avenue:
an evening of Potions, Pubs, and Magical Possibilities in Chestnut Hill.
When: 6-9 pm
Where: Germantown Avenue
Cost: Pay-as-you-go
What: New for 2017, to make the magic of the event more accessible for visitors – Chestnut Hill has replaced the Harry Potter Pub Crawl with Wands & Wizards on Germantown Avenue. No tickets required, no cost to attend (activities and entertainment options are pay-as-you-go unless otherwise noted), enough mischief to be managed by all.
Enjoy a special evening of magical fun including photo booths, performances by Secret Circus Aerialists, fortune tellers along Germantown Avenue, and much more. Spirited food and beverage specials will be available at participating restaurants throughout Chestnut Hill. Stores on the Avenue will remain open until 9 pm.
Family Movie Night and Pizza Party 8855 Germantown Avenue 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm $10 Gather in the Gryffindor Common Room (Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill fellowship hall) to watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on the big screen and enjoy a family friendly pizza party plus popcorn, beverages, and dessert. Tickets available on Ticket Leap and at the door. All proceeds go to support the church’s mission outreach.
El Quetzal is offering 20% off any full priced item when you find the golden snitch
Sample fabulous and magical food and drink in our Chestnut Hill eateries:
Fiery Roasted Tomato Soup
Wicked Goat Cheese Salad
arugula, pickled carrots and peppers,
cucumber, spicy goat cheese, almonds
and creamy poppy seed dressing
Dragon Fire Wings
charred lime and habanero sauce,
carrots and pepper sticks
Garden Goblin Pan Seared Salmon
sweet pea risotto, asparagus
and green goddess dressing
Peppercorn and Mustard Braised Pork Loin
bacon and scallion smashed potatoes,
creamed brussels sprouts
Ye Olde Tavern Fish and Chips
beer battered fried haddock,
garlic and parsley wedge fries,
coleslaw and smoky remoulade
Butterscotch Crumble with Ice Cream
house made candy, vanilla ice cream
and whipped cream
Exploding Hops: Pale ale dry hopped with magical mosaic and citra hops
One-Eyed Pale Ale: Single-hopped with Motueka hops from New Zealand
Deathly Howls Pizza: Red pizza with balsamic themed graphic
House Cupcakes (Vanilla Cupcakes with Red, Blue, Yellow or Green filling)
Chocolate and Gold Frog Iced Brownies
Lightening Bold Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
Black Lake Ceviche
Dirigible Paloma
The Fleur Delacour
The Pollyjuice Potion
The Dragon’s Den at Tradewinds will be offering a Harry Potter inspired special menu all weekend complete with BroomSticky Ribs and our signature Dragon Wings. Come BYOButter Beer and join the fun of a Dragon themed weekend.
Mc Nally’s Tavern, aka The LeakY Tap, will feature:
Hot Apple Spider: Spice Mulled Fresh Apple Cider served in keeper 9 ¾ ounce mugs
Shot of the Dark Ages: Salted Caramel Whiskey added to cider
Better Beers: Thirteen better beers on tap from local and other small brewers
Paper Potted Lunches: Sandwich on kaiser with chips and cookie in paper sack (Roast Beef with or w/o cheese, or Ham and Cheese)
McNally’s Magical Mugs: 9 ¾ ounce fluted crystal mugs with Festival related imprint
Young Wizard’s Eye Glasses
Tavern on the Hill: /The Boar’s Butt Pub
Drinks~
Potent Potter Punch
Boar’s Butt Lager
Budder Bier
Friday Nite Wizard’s Walk Snax~
Chamber Charmed ChickStyx
Fresh Baked Dumbledough Pretzel Twysts
Saturday Lunch &Dinner~
Beater Beef ‘n Cheese S’wich
Churlish Chcken Salad Wizard Wrap
Thin Krust Potterpan Pizza
Sorcerer’s Shrimp Sesame
Chicken Potter Pie
Snackenbox Grilled Cheeze w/ Cauldron o’ Soup
Garden Ganderer or Caesar Seeker Salads
Pumpkin Juice Martini – pumpkin spice liqueur, vanilla vodka, Kahlua, Buttershots, splash of cream and nutmeg
Apple Whiskey Wallop – Jim Beam Apple Whiskey, fresh apple cider, splash of ginger beer soda
Pure-Blood Orange Fizzy – Effen Blood Orange vodka, Blood Orange juice, lime juice and ginger beer soda
Mica:
Join us that evening for our first Harry Potter Themed Tasting Menu. $49.00 for four courses, seating available for 5:30,7:30, 9:30
“Herbology of Greens”
local autumn greens with a potion of buttermilk and lovage
“The Nimbus 8609”
soft pretzel stick with shredded wheat and beer cheese
“Pumpkin Pasties”
guinea hen ragout with savory pumpkin and puff pastry
“Owl Feed ”
butterscotch panna cotta with candied nuts, seeds and grains
Butter Brew
Pumpkin Punch
Witches Brew Fall San Gria
Witches brew and cherry brew in limited edition collector’s bottle
Dragon Tail Stew (Braised Oxtail Stew)
Fire Roasted Fowl (Jerk Chicken with Sides)
Hogwarts Hog Sandwich (Slow Roasted Jerk Pork and Slaw)
Beast Pie (beef)
Curry Fowl Pie (chicken)
Beastless Pie (vegetarian)
Ginger Beer (soda)
Herbal Brew (sorrel hibiscus)
Campbell’s (AKA The Three Broomsticks)
Goblet of Fire
raspberry vodka, fireball, ginger, simple syrup
Butter Beer
Neshaminy Creek Croydon Cream Ale
Fire Whiskey
Fireball shot
Sangria
housemade red sangria
Yuengling Lager & Slyfox Pils
Costume Contest
When: 8 pm
Where: Jenks Academy of the Arts & Sciences 8301 Germantown Avenue
Cost: $10 to participate, free to spectate
Step into the spotlight dressed as your favorite Harry Potter character during the annual costume contest. Participants will dress in their best wizardly wardrobes and will be asked to recite a line attributed to their character in order to compete for cash prizes and all-important bragging rights. Registration details will be announced by September 25 via chestnuthillpa.com. Participants must be 18 years of age or older. Seating for the costume contest will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.