Twenty-five years ago, a kid in taped-up glasses walked onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and none of us ever really came back.
This year, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone returns to theaters worldwide for its 25th anniversary — a one-week limited release running August 27 through September 3, 2026, with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage cut into the film. All eight Harry Potter movies will be playing on the big screen during that window, and the whole thing is timed around Back to Hogwarts Day on September 1, the date the Hogwarts Express leaves King’s Cross.
So here’s our pitch: see the movie, then go win a bar tab with what you know.
We’ve rounded up every Harry Potter trivia night we could verify across the United States for August and September 2026 — 18 events in 15 cities, now spanning fifteen states from South Carolina to Texas to Oklahoma. Whether you’re searching for Harry Potter trivia near me, a Back to Hogwarts party, or just a pub quiz where your Hogwarts house finally counts for something, start here.
The 25th Anniversary Re-Release: What You Need to Know
- What: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 25th anniversary theatrical re-release, with previously unseen behind-the-scenes footage
- When: August 27 – September 3, 2026
- Also playing: All eight Harry Potter films return to theaters during the same window
- Why September 1: It’s Back to Hogwarts Day — the in-universe date students board the Hogwarts Express
Several venues on this list built their trivia nights directly around that date. Slattery’s Midtown Pub in New York is running “Back to School on the Hogwarts Express” on August 31, and September 1 itself now carries two events — a full Back to Hogwarts party at The Cady Club in Jacksonville, and the finale of a book-by-book series at Philosophers & Fools in Charleston. Tommy Fox’s in New Jersey picks it up again the following night.
Harry Potter Trivia Near Me: All Events (August – September 2026)
Listed in date order. Times are local. Always check the venue before you go — themed nights fill up fast and details change.
Tuesday, August 11 — Columbia, MD
Happy Birthday Harry Potter Trivia at The Collective – Encore
- Venue: The Collective – Encore
- Location: Columbia, Maryland
- Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM
This event has already taken place — check the venue for future wizarding nights.
A belated birthday party for the Boy Who Lived, whose birthday lands on July 31. Rounds span the books and the films.
Wednesday, August 12 — New York, NY
Harry Potter (Books) Trivia at Slattery’s Midtown Pub
- Venue: Slattery’s Midtown Pub
- Location: New York, New York
- Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Hosted by: Trivia, AD
- Cost: Free to play, food and drink minimum
This event has already taken place — check the venue for future wizarding nights.
Books only — no film shortcuts. Five rounds drawn from the original seven novels, so the deep-cut chapter details actually matter. This is the first of three separate Harry Potter nights Slattery’s is running between August and September.
Wednesday, August 12 — Durham, NC
Harry Potter Movies Trivia at Chubby’s Tacos Durham
- Venue: Chubby’s Tacos Durham
- Location: Durham, North Carolina
- Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Cost: Free to play
This event has already taken place — check the venue for future wizarding nights.
Wednesday, August 12 — Raleigh, NC
Harry Potter Movies Trivia at Chubby’s Tacos Raleigh
- Venue: Chubby’s Tacos Raleigh
- Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
- Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Cost: Free to play
This event has already taken place — check the venue for future wizarding nights.
Chubby’s is running the same eight-film quiz at both Triangle locations on the same night — pick whichever room is closer.
Sunday, August 16 — Indianapolis, IN
Harry Potter Trivia at 4320 W 96th St
- Venue: 4320 W 96th St
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026
- Time: 1:00 PM
- Hosted by: Bakes & Bites
This event has already taken place — check the venue for future wizarding nights.
One of only two daytime Harry Potter trivia events on this list — good if late nights aren’t your thing.
Wednesday, August 26 — Montclair, NJ
Harry Potter (Books & Movies) Trivia at The Splendid Rooftop
- Venue: The Splendid Rooftop
- Location: Montclair, New Jersey
- Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Hosted by: Trivia, AD
- Cost: Free to play
A combined books-and-films format on the roof of The MC Hotel, which puts book purists and movie fans on equal footing.
Thursday, August 27 — New York, NY
Harry Potter (Movies) Trivia at Barn Joo Union Square
- Venue: Barn Joo Union Square
- Location: New York, New York
- Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- Hosted by: Trivia, AD
Films only, and it lands on opening day of the Sorcerer’s Stone re-release. Catch the matinee, then head downtown.
Friday, August 28 — Charlotte, NC
Back to Hogwarts: Harry Potter Movie Trivia at Suffolk Punch Brewing South End
- Venue: Suffolk Punch Brewing South End
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Date: Friday, August 28, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Cost: Free to play
Films only, covering all eight movies, in a converted furniture warehouse whose front door faces the Charlotte Rail Trail. Prizes go to the top teams, and the invitation is open to witches, wizards and Muggles alike.
Saturday, August 29 — Concord, NC
2nd Annual Harry Potter Wizarding Festival & Triwizard Trivia Tournament at Percent – The Nook
- Venue: Percent – The Nook
- Location: Concord, North Carolina
- Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026
- Time: Market 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM; Triwizard Trivia Tournament 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Hosted by: The Trivia Academy
- Cost: Market is free; trivia tournament is ticketed
The biggest event on this list. A free magical marketplace with 30-plus wizarding vendors, butterbeer (alcoholic and not), food trucks, photo ops and a costume contest — then the Triwizard Trivia Tournament in the evening. The first 50 attendees aged 12 and under get a free swag bag.
Monday, August 31 — New York, NY
Harry Potter Trivia: Back to School on the Hogwarts Express at Slattery’s Midtown Pub
- Venue: Slattery’s Midtown Pub
- Location: New York, New York
- Date: Monday, August 31, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- Hosted by: Trivia, AD
- Cost: Free to play, food and drink minimum
Timed to the eve of September 1. If you’re going to do exactly one Harry Potter trivia night this season, the symbolism here is hard to beat.
Tuesday, September 1 — Jacksonville, FL
Back to Hogwarts: A Harry Potter-Inspired Experience at The Cady Club
- Venue: The Cady Club
- Location: Jacksonville, Florida
- Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Cost: Ticketed, adults only
One of two events happening on Back to Hogwarts Day itself. Harry Potter trivia plus House competitions, magical cocktails, immersive decor, shopping and prizes, set in a restored 1930 brick building on Kings Avenue in San Marco.
Tuesday, September 1 — Charleston, SC
Harry Potter Trivia: Book 7 at Philosophers & Fools
- Venue: Philosophers & Fools
- Location: Charleston, South Carolina
- Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
- Cost: Free to play
The other Back to Hogwarts Day event, and the most hardcore format on this list. Philosophers & Fools is a bookstore and bar that has been working through the series one novel a month since March — this is installment seven, which means it’s Deathly Hallows and nothing but. No sign-up and no reservations: first come, first seated. Prizes go to the top two teams plus best team name. The venue says this is its last Harry Potter trivia of 2026.
Wednesday, September 2 — Bergenfield, NJ
Harry Potter Trivia: Back to School on the Hogwarts Express at Tommy Fox’s
- Venue: Tommy Fox’s
- Location: Bergenfield, New Jersey
- Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- Hosted by: Trivia, AD
- Cost: Tickets required, reserve in advance
Trivia, AD carries its “Back to School on the Hogwarts Express” package across the river the night after September 1. Same five-round structure as the Slattery’s edition — Hogwarts houses, professors, magical creatures, spells, Quidditch and characters — drawing on both the books and the films. One team captain can book for the whole table. If you missed the Midtown run on August 31, this is the make-up exam.
Friday, September 4 — Okmulgee, OK
Wizarding Trivia Night at Prairie Witch Coffee & Wine
- Venue: Prairie Witch Coffee & Wine
- Location: Okmulgee, Oklahoma
- Date: Friday, September 4, 2026
- Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Oklahoma’s only wizarding trivia night this season, hosted by a venue that was clearly waiting for exactly this event. Prairie Witch is a used bookstore, coffee shop and wine bar on East 6th Street in downtown Okmulgee, and the quiz comes with wizarding-themed food and desserts plus local candle and artisanal soap vendors set up on site. Coffee, wine, mead and craft beer are all on the menu. Worth the drive from Tulsa.
Sunday, September 13 — Buffalo, NY
Harry Potter Trivia Brunch at Resurgence Brewing Company
- Venue: Resurgence Brewing Company
- Location: Buffalo, New York
- Date: Sunday, September 13, 2026
- Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Cost: $25, includes brunch buffet
Consider this your Hogwarts letter. Ticket covers trivia plus a brunch buffet, with specialty Harry Potter cocktails at the bar and a costume contest — bring the robes.
Tuesday, September 15 — Austin, TX
Harry Potter Trivia at Little Woodrow’s Burnet
- Venue: Little Woodrow’s Burnet
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM
- Cost: Free to play
- Age: 21+ after 6:00 PM
Texas finally gets on the board. Little Woodrow’s Burnet runs general trivia every Tuesday at 8:00 PM and drops in themed editions at 7:00 PM — Harry Potter is the September 15 slot. Expect themed cocktails, beer specials and prizes for the top three teams, in a big dog-friendly backyard with its own patio bar. Note the earlier start: themed nights run an hour ahead of the usual Tuesday quiz. Arrive early, because the room fills.
Monday, September 21 — New York, NY
Harry Potter Movies Trivia at Slattery’s Midtown Pub
- Venue: Slattery’s Midtown Pub
- Location: New York, New York
- Date: Monday, September 21, 2026
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- Hosted by: Trivia, AD
- Cost: Free to play, food and drink minimum
The films edition, closing out Slattery’s anniversary run.
Tuesday, September 22 — Wilmington, DE
Harry Potter Night Trivia at HomeBase Delaware
- Venue: HomeBase Delaware
- Location: Wilmington, Delaware
- Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
- Time: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- Cost: Free to play
The last date on the calendar and one of the few with a full costume contest attached. Four rounds spanning the books, the movies and general wizarding lore, with gift cards for the top teams, House Points on the line and separate prizes for best costume. The venue’s own pitch sets the difficulty expectation: “Think you know your Gillyweed from your Grindylows? Can you name every Horcrux without breaking a sweat?” No booking needed to play, though you can reserve a table.
Sorcerer’s Stone Trivia: 15 Questions to Warm Up With
Before you show up and get humbled by a table of Ravenclaws, run these. Answers are at the bottom — no scrolling ahead, we’ll know.
Round 1: First Years (Easy)
- Which platform at King’s Cross Station does the Hogwarts Express depart from?
- What position does Harry play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team?
- What is the name of the three-headed dog guarding the trapdoor?
- Which house does the Sorting Hat seriously consider putting Harry in?
- What is the name of Harry’s snowy owl?
Round 2: O.W.L. Level (Medium)
- What wood is Harry’s first wand made from, and what is its core?
- What does the Mirror of Erised show the person looking into it — and what does Harry see?
- What is the name of Hagrid’s baby dragon, and what breed is it?
- Whose face is on the first Chocolate Frog card Harry ever opens?
- What creature was Quirrell drinking the blood of in the Forbidden Forest?
Round 3: N.E.W.T. Level (Hard)
- What is Harry’s personal Gringotts vault number — and which vault held the Stone?
- Who created the Sorcerer’s Stone, and how old is he?
- How many points does Neville Longbottom earn at the end-of-year feast, and what does it win?
- What is the plant blocking the first chamber beneath the trapdoor, and what defeats it?
- What is the book and film called outside the United States?
Answers
- Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
- Seeker
- Fluffy
- Slytherin
- Hedwig
- Holly, with a phoenix feather core (eleven inches)
- The deepest, most desperate desire of the viewer’s heart. Harry sees his parents.
- Norbert, a Norwegian Ridgeback
- Albus Dumbledore
- A unicorn
- Harry’s vault is 687; the Stone was kept in vault 713
- Nicolas Flamel, who is 665 years old
- Ten points — which wins Gryffindor the House Cup
- Devil’s Snare, which recoils from light and heat (and loosens its grip if you relax)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Scoring: 12+ and you should be captaining a team. Under 6 and, respectfully, rewatch the movie during the re-release.
Possible Team Names
- Dumbledore’s Almost-Army
- The Chamber of Secrets Was an Inside Job
- Expecto Patronum, Expect No Points
- Accio Bar Tab
- We Solemnly Swear We Googled Nothing
- Hufflepuffs in the Streets
- It’s Levi-O-sa, Not Levio-SA
Why Harry Potter Trivia Hits Different
Harry Potter is one of the few fandoms where nearly everyone at the table has some baseline. Your friend who hasn’t read a book since college still knows what a Horcrux is. That makes it one of the best themed trivia formats out there — nobody gets frozen out, but there’s enough depth that the real fans still get to show off.
And 2026 is the year to do it. Between the theatrical re-release, Back to Hogwarts Day, and the upcoming HBO series, the wizarding world is having its biggest cultural moment in years. Venues know it, which is why we’re seeing butterbeer on tap and costume contests at bars that normally just run general knowledge nights.
One thing worth knowing if your search is coming up empty: this year the events are almost entirely independent bars, breweries and bookstores rather than the big national trivia companies. Several of the largest hosts aren’t running Harry Potter nights this season at all, so the quizzes that do exist tend to be one-off dates posted by individual venues — often on social media and nowhere else. Checking a venue’s own page directly is usually more reliable than a general search.
Tips Before You Go
- September 1 is the night to circle — Back to Hogwarts Day carries two events, in Jacksonville and Charleston, with New Jersey following on September 2.
- Check the format before you commit. Some of these are books-only, some films-only, some combined. Slattery’s runs all three variations, and Charleston’s is a single-book deep dive on Deathly Hallows.
- Ticketed events sell out. Concord’s Triwizard Tournament, Jacksonville’s Back to Hogwarts night, Buffalo’s trivia brunch and New Jersey’s September 2 quiz all require advance tickets.
- Watch the start times. Austin’s themed nights run at 7:00 PM, an hour earlier than the venue’s usual Tuesday quiz — turning up at the regular time means missing the first rounds.
- Costumes are welcome nearly everywhere, and several venues award prizes for them. House scarves count.
- Arrive early. Most of these are first-come, first-served seating, and themed nights draw bigger crowds than regular trivia.
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Twenty-five years after Harry first walked into the Great Hall, the best way to celebrate isn’t rewatching alone on the couch. Grab four friends, pick a house, argue about whether Snape counts as a hero, and go win something.
See you at trivia.
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