JEFFERSON — Detailed plans for the upcoming Harry Potter Festival were unveiled to the Jefferson Common Council Committee of the Whole on Tuesday.
Slated Friday through Sunday, Oct. 20-22, it will mark the third annual Harry Potter Festival USA. The past two years’ events were held in Edgerton.
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