Berlin (dpa) — Brooms instead of wands: The legendary sport of Quidditch from the Harry Potter universe is celebrating ... and the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic to the World Cup stadium.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — If you’re a Harry Potter fan then get ready, because a show based on the popular books and movies is flying like a magic broomstick into the Jefferson Performing Arts Center.

In the Harry Potter series, the broom has a more practical function ... Example: You can’t erase your mistakes with a wave of a magic wand – you have to apologise and change.