Chestnut Hill's annual Harry Potter Festival, which drew more than 50,000 visitors last year, will likely never happen again.

Warner Bros., the owner of most of the rights to the popular franchise, is cracking down on Potter festivals and restricting the use of any terms and imagery from the books for profit.

The festival, which is based on author J.K. Rowling's internationally-acclaimed and beloved Harry Potter novels, usually takes place in October and has become something of a local sensation for its authenticity and good-intentioned fun among superfans.

But Warner Bros. is saying the festival violates the company's licensing rights because it uses both names and imagery from the novels and harry Potter films, the Chestnut Hill Local first reported Wednesday.

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Apparently Warner Bros. is pretty aggressive about shutting these events down. In March the studio sternly warned organizers of a Harry Potter festival in Aurora, Illinois, about potential trademark violations with an event there. The Chestnut Hill Local also referenced a Harry Potter-themed dinner planned by a woman in the U.K. that was shuttered.

Likewise, the reaction on Philly Twitter also has been pretty aggressive. Understandably, fans are upset about this, tweeting at Warner Bros. and Rowling with the hashtag #savethehpfestival.













The Chestnut Hill Local reported there is a Wizards & Wands pub crawl in the works that will likely line up with Chestnut Hill College's annual nonprofit Harry Potter Academic Conference, which is happening on Oct. 19-20 this year.

Sorry HP fans.

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