The Harry Potter fandom is a community subculture drawn together by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Pottermania is a term describing the craze Potter fans have over the series. Potter fans maintain a wide variety of media outlets to express their enthusiasm, including web sites, fan fiction, podcasts, fan art, and a distinct genre of music. Fan conventions and parties are held for the release of each book and film. The conferences feature fun activities, such as wizard chess, water Quidditch, the showing of Harry Potter films, and keynote speakers. Fan websites contain updates on Harry Potter books, films, forums, fan art and videos. Romance in the books is a prominent source of debate among the online fandom. Podcasts have become a regular insight to the latest issues and discussions among Potter Fans. MuggleCast and PotterCast have both won awards in their respective categories in the 2006 Podcast Awards. In recent years, Potter fan fiction has become very popular. Topics include past and future events in the Harry Potter world, and romance between the character in the books. On FanFiction.Net, there are approximately 280,000 Harry Potter stories written by insiders in the Potter subculture. A unique creation from insiders in this particular subculture is the invention of Wizard rock, which is a musical movement of young musicians who play songs about the Harry Potter series. These wizard rock bands, such as Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, and The Whomping Willows usually write songs with humorous lyrics from the point of view of a particular character. Their inspiration for the music comes from the Harry Potter universe. These unique bands like to perform in libraries, bookstores and schools to promote reading the Harry Potter books.
Listen to a song by Draco and the Malfoys
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