I know many of you were looking for information on where to purchase tickets for the various Yule Balls that are coming up and here’s what I’ve found out from reading various blogs.

Boston Yule Ball on Saturday, December 8th at Brandeis University. Tickets are free to Brandeis students, $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Doors open at 7, music starts at 8 and lasts until midnight. The line up includes The Whomping Willows, Harry and the Potters, Justin Finch-Fletchly and the Sugar Quills, Jason Anderson and the Best and Potter Puppet Pals. You can purchase tickets online by clicking here.

For details and how to pre-order your tickets for the Philly Yule Ball on Saturday, December 15th head on over to DJ Luna Lovegood’s Blog, there’s a nice and shiny paypall button for your convenience, tickets are $12. Bands performing include Princess of Hogwarts, The Hungarian Horntails, MC Kreacher. The Chocolate Frogs, Snidget, The Greybacks, dj Luna Lovegood, 25 Hour Unicorn Diner, The Moaning Myrtles and The Whomping Willows. Also a donation has been set up to try to bring Jace of Catchlove to PA to perform. You can donate by contacting sendjacetophillyyuleball@gmail.com

In other news, don’t forget to pre-order The Whomping Willows new album III. The pre-order price is $10.50, and the official release date is January 3rd–which is when prices will go up. Pre-order now for the special savings, I’ve pre-ordered mine so what’s keeping you?

More on Yule Balls as the information comes in.

Gred and Forge have released a new album titled “Half the Band I Used to Be.” There are 14 songs on the album and those in the U.S. can get the album for $10, International orders are $12. Check out the myspace page for more details.

Alex of The Remus Lupins so nicely lumped together all the Yule Balls/Wizard Rock dance parties in  his blog, so the credit goes to him because I’m lazy as sin.

December 15: The Toronto Yule Ball. A bunch of great northern Wrock bands are playing, including Tonks and the Aurors, and Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls.

November 30: HP-Ohio’s Crystal Ball. This is more of an upscale, adult event, with a higher ticket price and a higher age limit. You have to be 18+ to attend, and dress swanky. The Whomping Willows and Draco and the Malfoys will be performing as well as a DJ. Click here for more information. Very little time left to order tickets.

December 15 and 16: The Philly Yule Ball. This event is being put on by DJ Luna Lovegood, also known as Mama Horntail, and the lineup is being solidified. You know Team Horntail is going to be there though, which means its going to be really awesome.

December 8 and 9: The Boston Yule Balls. Instead of playing in Boston and Philly as last year, Harry and the Potters decided to keep their annual holiday party in Awesomchusetts as they call it. Dec 8 and 9, they are playing shows with great lineups of bands – muggle and wizard alike. The Dec 8 show is at Brandeis University, just west of Boston, and will feature the Potters, Jason Anderson and the Best, the Whomping Willows, Potter Puppet Pals and Justin Finch Fletchly! Should be pretty fun. You cant go wrong when you have the puppet pals (botherbotherbother) and a singing tree in the same place. December 9, the show returns to it’s traditional homeland – the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge. This show will featured Draco and the Malfoys, Uncle Monsterface, Math the Band, Harry and the Potters and Remus and the Lupins. Make no mistake, this is a show that should not be missed. Also, don’t be confused, Remus and the Lupins, not The Remus Lupins are playing this show.

Draco and the Malfoys have announced a special Holiday Deal, and you know how Death Eaters like to save money! Order both CDs and save $4!!! What Death Eater would pass up that deal?!

In other news, the dates for the 2008 Wrockstock have been announced. It will be held at the same location at Trout Lodge in Potosi, Missouri Memorial Day weekend. That’s May 23rd-26th!!!

That’s a lot of awesome news… can you handle it?!

This year the Yule Ball will be in TWO different locations!

Night One: December 8, 2007
Brandeis University - Levin Ballroom
Waltham, MA
7:00pm doors, $10/$5 under 12
415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454

Night One of the Yule Ball 2007 will take place at Brandies University. This show is all ages and will be open to non-students! We’ll be joined by some of our best pals in rock and roll! Don’t miss it!

Night One lineup:
Harry and the Potters
Jason Anderson and the Best
The Whomping Willows
Potter Puppet Pals
Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills

Night Two: December 9, 2007
Middle East Downstairs
Cambridge, MA
5:00pm doors, $12 (with $3 from each ticket going to the Harry Potter Alliance)
480 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, MA

Night Two of the Yule Ball 2007 will take place, for the third year running, at the Middle East Downstairs. This show is all ages and will SELL OUT! Get your tickets before the show. Tickets on sale 11/12. I’ll post a link when they’re up.

Night Two lineup:
Harry and the Potters
Draco and the Malfoys
Uncle Monsterface
Math the Band
Remus and the Lupins
and special guests!

Mr. Yule Ball, Paul DeGeorge, has just let the world know that there may be two Yule Balls in Boston this year! If all goes to plan they will be December 8th and 9th. Mr. Yule Ball wrote about other Harry and the Potter news in their blog which you can read here.

The Remus Lupins have updated their MySpace blog. In this update Alex tells us that he will be leaving in the morning to fly to New York to kick off “The Godfather Tour”. He also tells us that a new Valentine’s day song, Someone to Snog, is now available for listening and download on his supplemental MySpace page.

Also… Road to the Yule Ball Episode 5 (II)! Which… I can’t resist saying, opens with video of yours truely catching a Horcrux, and ends with a most awesome performance of Looking for Trouble.

Chris from AlleyCast recorded Harry and the Potters playing “Dumbledore” at the second Yule Ball in Boston and posted it on Gooogle video (the file was to large for YouTube) and you can watch it here.
Speaking of the awesomeness that is AlleyCast there latest episode is out and it features Jon of Sue and the Hufflepuffs and extensive coverage of the Yule Ball you you can direct download it .

Melissa Anelli from The Leaky Cauldron was lucky enough to attend the Boston Yule Balls and posted a report of its awesomeness. You can read it here. Pictures from the Yule Ball have been posted in the Leaky gallery and you can view them here. This weeks PotterCast will feature interviews and audio from the Yule Ball. Thank you Mellisa and Leaky!

Did you go to the Yule Ball? If you did, we’re looking for you! Many of you have already been blogging and posting photos about your experience, and there’s still the Yule Balls this Saturday, too. If you went, or plan on going, we’d love to hear an account of your experience to create a comprehensive account of this year’s Yule Balls. If you have something you’d like to share, please send your experiences and photos to wizardrocking@yahoo.com. We can’t wait to hear from you!

The upcoming Yule Ball seems to be attracting a lot of media attention! The newest article is from the Philadelphia Daily News. You can read the article here.

Yule Ball Tickets for Sale!