U.S. Quidditch tournament to be held in Baton Rouge this weekend

by: Karli Carpenter

Posted: Feb 5, 2020 / 02:23 PM CST / Updated: Feb 5, 2020 / 02:23 PM CST

Competitors take part in a Quidditch match, Harry Potter’s magical and fictional game, during the 4th Quidditch World Cup, in New York, November 14, 2010. Quidditch, , the brainchild of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, has taken its flight in some 400 hundreds of colleges and 300 high schools in North America, getting its start in 2005 at Middlebury College, Vermont. Hundreds of competitors took over a Manhattan park to participate in the games fourth world cup. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

College quidditch teams from Louisiana and Texas will compete in the U.S. Quidditch Southwest Regional Championship tournament this weekend in Baton Rouge.

This tournament gives teams a shot at qualifying for the U.S. Quidditch Cup, the collegiate sport’s national championship event.

LSU’s team will attend the tournament, which will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the LSU UREC Field Complex, located at Gourrier Ave. in Baton Rouge.

Admission is free to the public, and tickets can be obtained here.

Click here for more information on the event.