Calling all Swifties! Taylor Swift’s mega stadium tour is finally coming to Australia this February. The massive Eras Tour will play in Melbourne and then Sydney for an impressive 3 and 4 consecutive nights respectively. Whether you were one of The Lucky Ones to get tickets or you got snubbed by the Ticketek debacle, here’s everything you need to know ahead of the tour including outfit ideas, where to score merchandise and other fun activities taking over the city.
Dates and timings
Swift is set to perform in two Aussie cities, Melbourne and Sydney. The tour is open to all age groups but attendees below the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult. The dates and timings are as follows:
Melbourne
Friday, February 16
Saturday, February 17 and
Sunday, February 18, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Timings will be announced closer to the event. Check out the venue map here.
Sydney:
Friday, February 23
Saturday, February 24
Sunday, February 25 and
Monday, February 26 at the Accor Stadium.
Timings are yet to be announced. Take a peek at the venue map here.
Setlist
The pop star is set to dazzle with a huge 3-hour, 44-song setlist and even the most diehard Swiftie will likely need to brush up on their lyrics ahead of the show. The Cruel Summer singer will perform songs from all her albums across her career including Lover, Fearless, Evermore, Reputation, Speak Now, Red, Folklore, 1989 and her latest Midnights, she will be supported by Sabrina Carpenter in Australia.
While the setlist remains fairly certain, the singer is known to throw in a surprise song during her show. So far these have included Mirrorball, State of Grace, Dear John and Snow on the Beach.
Regular fixtures on the setlist include Cruel Summer, Champagne Problems, Look What You Made Me Do, Enchanted, All Too Well, Cardigan, Shake it Off and Bejeweled.
Check out the full setlist here.
Eras Tour merch
The tour promises a once-in-a-lifetime experience so it’s only fair to have a souvenir to remember it by, whether you managed to score some tickets or unfortunately missed out.
Luckily for fans, there are multiple opportunities to score some exclusive Tay-Tay merch and take your concert experience to new heights. An official merchandise pop-up will be set up at Crown Melbourne, on February 13 from 9am to 6pm. To manage crowds, fans will need to book a free spot online which can be done on February 7.
If you can’t make it to the Melbourne pop-up, there are plenty of other opportunities to buy merchandise in both cities. Merchandise pre-sale will kick off at the MCG on February 14 and 15 from 10am to 6pm and also during the concert dates from 12pm. Sydney’s Accor Stadium merchandise sales will happen from on February 21 and 22 from 10am to 6pm, then from 12pm during the show dates. No reservation is needed to pick up merchandise from Accor Stadium or the MCG.
What to wear
If you’ve already spent hundreds trying to nab tickets, you won’t want to attend the concert in your basic beige outfit. Cowboy boots, sequins, and head-to-toe glitter are all staples. Here are some outfit ideas for the big day. (Spoiler: You can’t go wrong with the Lover outfits.)
If you’re a fan of the Speak Now or Fearless era, you’ll want to dig out your cowboy boots and frilly dress, princessy flowy gowns, gold sequins, fringe and cutesy babydoll dresses. You can’t go wrong with the colour purple and tulle for Speak Now. For Folklore and Evermore lovers (It’s me, hi), plaid check clothes, oversized flannel, earthy colours and whimsical, flowy dresses are the way to go.
Reputation fans will want to lean into the all-black aesthetic with snakes, leather and mesh details, graphic tees and a little bit of punk, a smokey eye won’t hurt. The Lover era might be the most fun in terms of outfit ideas with candy colours, pink sparkly outfits and bedazzled sunglasses. Don’t forget the face glitter and heart shaped earrings. Shake it Off with your prettiest sequins and skirts for 1989 and bling out for Midnights to your heart’s content.
Things to do around Sydney
There are a bunch of fun events and activities taking over the city this February so even if you didn’t get your tickets, there’s no reason to miss out on all the fun.
Eras Tour themed high tea
Crown Sydney is dishing out a Taylor Swift-themed high tea with plenty of sweet and savoury snacks, themed birdcages and just as many photo opportunities, all while you listen to some of Swift’s biggest hits in the background. There’s another sweet reason to book a spot — Crown is giving away 170 free tickets to one of the Eras Tour Sydney dates and you go in the draw to nab one. Yes, really. Book a spot here.
Eras Tour themed brunch
There’s also a bottomless brunch experience happening at Harry’s by Giuls with plenty of food and puns to get you in the spirit. There’s also a cardboard cutout of the singer for photo ops if you’re missing out on seeing the real deal. Get more info here.
Oxford Art Factory tribute concert
Head to the Oxford Art Factory in Darlinghurst on February 24 for a fun and peppy tribute concert. Get your tickets here.
Get more information about Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour here.
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