8:30 AM
8:30 AM
- Box Office Open Seaport World Trade Center - Attendee Check In
- 8:30 AM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT | 9 hours 30 minutes
- Friday - 8:30 AM to 6:00 PMSaturday - 8:30 AM to 6:00 PMSunday - 8:30 ...
- Event Hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Marketplace Open Seaport World Trade Center - Marketplace (Commonwealth Complex CDE)
- 9:00 AM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT | 9 hours
- Friday - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM (Marauder Preview) Friday - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Event Hours
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Spotlight: Wizarding World Actors Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- They each have their own perspective on what being part of the Wizarding World has meant. We'll gather them all together for a conversation about a...
- Interview
- Author AMA Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Panel
- Marauder’s Maps and Forbidden Forests: A Conversation On What Harry Potter Can Teach Us Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published over 20 years ago, yet Harry, Hermione, and Ron continue to inspire. Why? The generati...
- Panel
- Magizoology: An In-Depth Examination of the Care of Magical Creatures Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- We'll examine the realm of magical creatures and beasts found in the wizarding world and analyze methods of capture, conservation, breeding, and cl...
- Lecture
- Harry Potter and the Question of Canon Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- As Potter fans move further away from the core novels and into the realms of Fantastic Beasts, Cursed Child, the Universal parks, Wiz...
- Panel
- J.K. Rowling, Giftedness, and the Ghost of Ravenclaw Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Of the four Houses, Rowling writes the least about Ravenclaw. Harry Potter is a Gryffindor story, Cursed Child explores Slytherin, a...
- Lecture
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Dan Fogler Photograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:10 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Photograph Session
- Snitchwiches Presentation Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Join Paul and Joe DeGeorge, the creators and purveyors of the Golden Snitchwich – the unofficial sandwich of LeakyCon – on a delicious journey. The...
- Panel
- Trans Magic: Gender in the Wizarding World Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Trans folks have existed throughout time and space, so it stands to reason they exist in the wizarding world too. Our program will unpack the pros ...
- Roundtable
- Wandlore: An Ancient and Mysterious Magic Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- The magic wand. No other symbol identifies a wizard more clearly than the instrument that channels their most powerful magic. We will look to go be...
- Lecture
- Nowhere Safer than Hogwarts: Magical Security and its Faults Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- It is often stated in the Harry Potter series that there’s no place safer than Hogwarts. Is it because Dumbledore is the greatest wizard of ...
- Panel
- Credence: Human or Beast? Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Aurelius… who? Join us as we break down the character that is Credence. We will discuss theories, breakdowns of how this characte...
- Panel
- An Excess of "Phlegm" and the Lack of Femme Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Heroines of Harry Potter are often presented as and praised for not being classically feminine, while "feminine" characters are seen as inhe...
- Panel
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Louis Cordice Photograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1
- 12:15 PM EDT - 12:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Photograph Session
- Dan Fogler Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1
- 12:15 PM EDT - 12:55 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Luke Youngblood Photograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:15 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Photograph Session
- Louis Cordice Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:15 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery - A Retrospective Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Join Matt London, the original writer of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, and learn what it takes to create official, original stories in the...
- Presentation
- Wizards in Space Literary Magazine: We Tell Your Story Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Wizards in Space was born from the Harry Potter community, in an effort to showcase the original works of its talented fans. We're he...
- Panel
- Decreasing World Suck: Fan Activism Across the Globe Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Sure, you already know about fan activism organizations like the Harry Potter Alliance and Nerdfighteria here in the United States, but how much do...
- Lecture
- Time Travel in the Wizarding World: The When, the How, the Why, and the When Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Time-Turners. They pop up in the Harry Potter universe as confusing plot devices, but their secret is that they are part of a much larger tr...
- Lecture
- Hagrid, Half-bloods, and Squibs: One-Drop Rule? Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- As a fandom, we talk a lot about pureblood and wizard supremacy, but how often do we investigate what lies between the extremes? Using the portraya...
- Panel
- Spoonie Meetup Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Do you or a loved one experience disability or chronic illness? Would you like to meet others in the same boat? Come join us in a safe space to di...
- Meetup
- Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Class Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Join the team of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text in sacred reading the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Together we’...
- Podcast
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Luke Youngblood Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 3
- 1:15 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Potterless Live: Tales of Beedle the Bard Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Join Mike Schubert, a grown man who just finished the Harry Potter series for the first time, as he and a guest talk about the highlights, l...
- Podcast
- How Harry Potter Influenced Us Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- The "Harry Potter Generation" has grown up and some of its members are now adults creating stories of their own. We'll discuss how our lov...
- Panel
- Stop. Howler Time! Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- If you're attending LeakyCon, there's a pretty good chance that you have a lot of feelings about Harry Potter and need the space to vent abo...
- Roundtable
- A Ravenclaw's Dream Come True: Integrating Harry Potter into Academic Research and Therapeutic Practice Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- At LeakyCon 2018 in Dallas, I collected stories from other LGBTQ+ Harry Potter fans about their experiences as part of the Harry Potter
- Lecture
- We Refuse to Discuss How We're Always Called Evil: A Slytherin Panel Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Leave your misconceptions and your wrath over those misconceptions at the door. Join two very devoted, yet very different Slytherins, as they discu...
- Panel
- The LeakyCon 2019 Gender-Expansive Meetup! Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- "We're all human aren't we?" Kingsley Shacklebolt said it best. If having to choose between "M or F" on some form makes you cringe, we have just th...
- Meetup
- Hogwarts As A Home 2.0 Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- "For home is not where you live, but where they understand you."Many of us live challenging lives, and we have found solace and wi...
- Panel
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
- Stanislav Yanevski Photograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1
- 2:45 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Photograph Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Stanislav Yanevski Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1
- 3:15 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Preeti Chhibber Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2
- 3:15 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Claudia Gray Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 3
- 3:15 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Name That Character (OR "The Ultimate PotterCast/MuggleCast Showdown") Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)
- 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
- We've compiled a list of characters from Harry Potter to Augusta Longbottom. Now, our contestants will have to give their teammates clues about the...
- Game
- Coming Out of My Cupboard and I'm Doing Just Fine: Harry Potter and the LGBTQ+ Community Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and love to talk about Harry Potter? Join us for a discussion about your experience as a...
- Roundtable
- Harry Potter and the Failing Wizardry Economy (The Economics of the Wizarding World) Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
- The wizarding world economy is one that has withstood the test of time. Rather than the potions, spells, and transfiguration, the most magical part...
- Lecture
- Speed Dating Fanfiction Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Neville/Giant Squid or McGonagall/Argus Filch? Come prepared with your wildest Harry Potter pairings, and we'll write fanfiction about their...
- Panel
- Potterheads of Color Meetup Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Are you a Potterhead of Color looking to be nerdy with other Potterheads of Color? Come to this meetup to discuss the students of color at Hogwarts...
- Meetup
- We Really Really Want to Discuss Cursed Child Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Whether you want to discuss plot points or suggest fanfic, this is your chance to share your feels about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. ...
- Discussion
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Potter Puppet Pals Photograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1
- 3:45 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Photograph Session
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Chris Rankin Photograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Photograph Session
- Jackson Bird Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Mark Oshiro Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Theorizing for the Bored Witch and Wizard: After Dark Edition Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- What makes a creature magic? Like centaurs are cool but so are fireflies and anglerfish. Is there a wizard version of Uber? Is it broom or side-alo...
- Panel
- 19 Years Later, Still The Most Trusted Name In Potter: A Cauldronside Fansite Chat with The-Leaky-Cauldron.org Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Where would the Harry Potter fandom be without the internet? Next year marks 20 years of The-Leaky-Cauldron.org, and the team is coming together to...
- Panel
- When Fanfic Goes off the Rails Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- What is the best genre of fanfiction? While authors and readers could no doubt argue endlessly, we believe we’ve found the answer. From unlikely ro...
- Lecture
- The Other Chosen One: A New Musical Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:40 PM EDT | 1 hour 10 minutes
- While Harry, Hermione, and Ron were in the countryside finding Horcruxes to take down You Know Who, what was happening back at Hogwarts? The Oth...
- Performance
- Wizard Rock Cafe (Saturday) Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex
- 4:30 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Performance
- Hufflepuff Guide to Self-Care: Recharging your Badger Batteries When Being the Loyal Friend is Exhausting Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Hufflepuffs pride ourselves on being the loyal and hardworking friend, always there to give support and labor (both physical and emotional). But th...
- Panel
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
- Chris Rankin Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1
- 5:15 PM EDT - 5:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Kacen Callender Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2
- 5:15 PM EDT - 5:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
- Mason Deaver Autograph – Saturday A Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 3
- 5:15 PM EDT - 5:45 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...
- Autograph Session
5:40 PM
5:40 PM
- Author Reading: Jackson Bird's "Sorted" Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom
- 5:40 PM EDT - 6:10 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- Join newly published author, Jackson Bird, as he reads an excerpt from his book, Sorted. -------------------------------------------...
- Special Event
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- The Esther Earl Ball Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)
- 8:00 PM EDT - 11:30 PM EDT | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Whether you wear your favorite costume, nicest outfit, or comfiest clothes, come party with your friends and dance the night away at the Esther Ear...
- Special Event