The Assiniboine Park’s Lyric Theatre was packed with approximately 12,000 Harry Potter fans this weekend, celebrating the release of the newest book in this popular series.

A young Harry Potter and Dumbledore hang out with thousands of Potter-heads at the Harry Potter Party at Assiniboine Park. /GREG PETZOLD
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the title of J.K. Rowling’s latest installment in her critically acclaimed Harry Potter series.
With a story line set 19 years later, the reader discovers a middle-aged Harry who has settled into life as a civil servant in London where he works at the Ministry of Magic.
Potter is also a father in this one, as his teenage son, Albus, deals with the enormous pressure of having a famous father.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is all about Albus’ journey and his role in saving the planet from the forces of darkness.