MalfoyCon 2025
Friday. October 17 – Sunday, October 19
A Celebration Worthy of the Malfoys
In honor of the publication of Malfoy, join us in New York City for a weekend of Malfoy-themed festivities!
Schedule of Events
Launch Party for Malfoy: The Most Treacherous Family
Malfoy-themed Concert, Wrock the Peacock
Saturday, October 18, 2025
2PM – 7PM
Ripley Grier 939
Studio 4A, 939 8th Avenue
New York NY 10019
Click to View All Performers:
- Draco and the Malfoys
- Dancing Death Eaters
- Lauren Fairweather
- Celestial Warmbottom
- Gringotts Girls
- Priori Incantatem
- Any attendees partaking in the Lip Sync Battle
Panels & Presentations
If you have ideas for a presentation or a panel about anything Malfoy-related, please submit your proposal.
Sunday, October 19, 2025
1pm – 6pm
Molloy Studios at Manhattan Center
1pm – 4pm Studio #407
4pm – 6pm Studio #405
50 Broadway
New York NY 10004
Click to View List of Panels And Videos From the Event:
1:15
Lillian King (“LuxaLucifer”)
“I didn’t know you could read”:
How Adaptation Influences Interpretation
Description
With Lucius and Draco Malfoy as primary examples, how is fan interpretation influenced by adaptation? How does this complicate the popular idea of canon formation as stemming from a single immutable source?
2:00
Natalia Mariano
&
Natasha Mariano
Malfoy Trivia:
Test Your Knowledge of the Treacherous Family
Description
Examining the actions of the Malfoy family throughout the Harry Potter series, and how they should be judged morally.
3:00
Charles Boyd
Evil As A Family Business:
Assessing The Actions Of The Malfoy Family
Description
Teams will compete to test their knowledge of the Malfoy family and the dark side of the wizarding world, in bar-style trivia crafted and run by two HP experts.
4:00
Mary-Grace Lamonte
&
Yelena Mirsakova
Fanon of Draco:
A Fanfiction Panel
Description
Discussion of Draco Malfoy’s presence in fanfiction – including popular pairings, tropes and common themes and characteristics involving Draco.
4:30
Alice Leung
LLMs and Leather Pants:
Generative AI as a Tool to Study Fanfiction
Description
How much do modern large language models “know” about canon and fanon Harry Potter, and how might you use generative AI to probe fandom’s facts, opinions, and favorite ships?
5:00
Irvin Khaytman
&
Sophia Jenkins
(The Three Broomsticks Podcast)
Malfoy the Marauder:
Draco’s Doppelgängers in the Preceding Generation
Description
There are parallels between Harry and Draco’s generation and that of the Marauders – the interpersonal relationships, the moral quandaries, and the deeds done. What does comparing Draco to his predecessors reveal?