Lots and lots of Wizard Rock bands are hitting the road this summer to bring their music to a conference, house, or library near you. With all the summer tours that have been announced in recent weeks, it can be daunting to try and sift through the deluge of information to try and find something clear. Hopefully this summary can be a helpful guide to aid you in your quest for Wizard Rock shows this summer.

Heading out on her 4th official tour, Grace (of Snidget) is looking forward to traveling up and down the East Coast. In her previous tours, Grace has shared the stage with Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons, Fred and George the Band, and, most recently, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills and The Whomping Willows. With all this experience under her belt, Grace is ready to spend a longer time on the road.

This tour will last from July 24 through August 8, and will feature not only Snidget, but Muggle Mike (originally lined up as a humble Merch Girl), Nagini, and Fred and George the Band as well.

The official name for this tour is Carpe Geekdom, and Grace describes it as “a generic nerd tour.” Every band will be performing “a lot of other nerdy songs as well, because we all have very diverse geeky interests.” In addition to the usual venues like libraries and house parties, the groups will be playing shows in a few comic book stores.

When booking venues for this tour, Grace and Devon (Fred and George the Band) worked together to compose a schedule that included both of their hometowns of Fredericksburg, VA and Mount Kisco, NY. Using these two cities as benchmarks, the girls “played fill-in-the-dots to decide what cool cities are on the way.”

Grace says that she is looking forward to being on the road again: “Road trips are always fun, and stopping in new cities each night to meet the people there and play music with them is such a treat.” Another treat? Grace will be playing her ukulele on this tour!

Grace is trying her hardest to get as many shows booked as possible for this tour. Once everything is certain, she will be putting all the information on one convenient website.

Another set of bands hitting the road this summer are The Remus Lupins, Tonks and the Aurors, Gred and Forge, and Skyway Flyer, featuring Ministry of Magic‘s Jason Munday. They are embarking upon The Next Great Adventour, which will last from June 25 through July 28.

For the past two summers, Jarrod Perkins (Gred and Forge) has joined The Remus Lupins on tour, usually traveling from Phoenix to Boston. This summer, Jarrod has elected to travel from New Orleans to Los Angeles to “see some new cities and people I normally miss.” Jarrod is especially excited to be a part of this leg of the tour, because “Denver has asked me to play there for ages, so I can finally say I’LL BE THERE!”

Like Jarrod, Stephanie Anderson (Tonks and the Aurors) has opted to do something different for her part in this tour. In previous tours, Stephanie has been on the road for around 10 days, so she is joining The Next Great Adventour for a longer period of time. This time around, Stephanie is in more of a supporting role, as opposed to headlining, managing the tour, and booking venues. When Alex Carpenter invited her to join him on this tour, he had most of the summer already planned out, so all Stephanie had to do was accept the invitation and start getting excited.

For details about The Next Great Adventour, check out the tour’s website, or The Remus Lupins’ MySpace page.

In a quick-and-dirty June tour, The Whomping Willows, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills, Lauren Fairweather, and The Nifflers will be playing shows around the East Coast, the Midwest, and parts of eastern Canada! This tour is being called Canadian Baconatour, and will last from June 4 through June 19. You can see details on Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills’ website.

Finally, a group of 5 bands will be traversing the country from June 25 through July 23. These 5 bands include Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills, The Whomping Willows, Lauren Fairweather, The Parselmouths, and ALL CAPS. This tour is called ROFLCOPTOUR: To Infinitus and Beyond, and has its own blog.

Since founding The Moaning Myrtles, Lauren Fairweather has wanted to tour on the West Coast. ROFLCOPTOUR is taking her to many, many places she’s never been before, including Michigan, Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico. “I’m probably most excited to play in Santa Monica, CA, but there are so many places on our tour schedule that I’ve never been, and I’m super excited for the rest of those as well.”

All the information for ROFLCOPTOUR can be found on The Whomping Willows’ MySpace or on the tour’s blog.

Like many other bands who tour during the summer, Lauren is excited about “spending ridiculous amounts of time in the car with my best friends.” Stephanie Anderson echoes this sentiment. She is excited about “seeing all my friends that live in different states.” Jarrod Perkins, however, has a different, and somewhat surprising, expectation for touring this summer. When asked what he was most looking forward to on his tour, Jarrod said, “Going to some amazing restaurants along the way.”

For a hyper-condensed comparison of both The Next Great Adventour’s and ROLFCOPTOUR’s tour dates, check out this handy-dandy spreadsheet: