Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to Canada. Are you ready for it? Here’s a primer

Latest things to know

When, what and where

• Dates: Taylor Swift has six concerts in Toronto (Nov. 14-16 and Nov. 21-23), held at the Rogers Centre. Vancouver gets three nights with the pop star 6.-8. December at BC Place. If you’re going and have a concert outfit ready, The Globe would love to see it: Send in selfies and they might appear in print or online.
• Getting around: Toronto is expecting up to 500,000 fans on the streets over two weeks, and transit agencies are working overtime to accommodate them. Check TTC and GO Transit websites for a list of enhanced services. TransLink is the place to go for similar information about Vancouver.
• Where to stay, when to stay away: Hotel and short-term rental prices in both cities have risen to about 10 times the normal price, so if you plan to visit, budget accordingly. GTA residents should check the city’s list of road closures before commuting to the city centre.

For the tough swifties

• As breast cancer and grueling chemotherapy changed her life, The Globe’s Angela Pacienza found solace in Swiftiedom and a goal to look forward to: Attending an Eras concert with her daughter.
• Music writer Rob Sheffield, author of Heartbreak is the national anthemspoke with The Globe about his book about the Taylor Swift phenomenon and her legacy for other modern recording artists.

Who is Taylor Swift? Basic

• Taylor Swift is an American pop singer-songwriter who, since emerging from the Nashville country scene in the 2000s, has become one of the best-selling recording artists in the world. If her oeuvre is new to you, we’ve compiled a glossary of keywords and people to look out for.
• Concerts in Era’s Tour summary 10 phases of her career, hitting the highlights of albums she’s been busy with resumption to regain control of his music after a label conflict. Each concert runs more than 3½ hours.
• Swifties is a diverse, highly organized fan base that travels long distances to see their idol and each other. The Globe’s happiness reporter, Erin Anderssen, looked deeper into why “Tay Tay” appeals to them so much.

A playlist for the eyes: Globe coverage of Taylor Swift

The Green Era

Last year, Swift became the first artist in history to become a billionaire based on music and touring alone, and she could be considerably richer when the 152-show Eras Tour ends in Vancouver. Who benefits from all that wealth? Reporting on Business Magazine editor Dawn Calleja broke down the numbers, while reporter Josh O’Kane looked at how Swifties challenged Ticketmaster to get more bang for their buck.

Motorway? Don’t care

“Event tourism” has been big business in many of the American and European cities on the Eras Tour. Canadians hope to see similar benefits — but for whom and for how long? Andrew Clark asked travelers about their Swiftian vacations, while Jeff Gray looked at whether Toronto — whose tourism numbers have never quite returned to pre-pandemic levels — can really expect any long-term gains.

Will we ever, ever, ever get together?

At first, the end of November seemed like an ideal wedding date for Nina Bhayana and Eric Kormos of Toronto – but then the Eras Tour came to town and they moved their plans to March. The couple was one of several The Globe spoke to about the trickle-down effects of the tour, which has brought hotel room shortages and scheduling conflicts to two of Canada’s largest cities.