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

Current facts worth knowing

When, what and where

• Dates: Taylor Swift will perform six concerts in Toronto (November 14-16 and November 21-23), taking place at the Rogers Centre. Vancouver gets three nights with the pop star at BC Place from December 6th to 8th. If you’re going to a concert and have a concert outfit prepared, The Globe would like 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 the next two weeks, and transit agencies are working overtime to accommodate them. A list of expanded services can be found on the TTC and GO Transit websites. TransLink is the go-to source for similar information about Vancouver.
• Where to stay, when to stay away: Hotel and short-term rental prices have risen to about 10 times normal costs in both cities. So if you’re planning a visit, plan accordingly. GTA residents should check the city’s list of road closures before heading downtown.

For the die-hard Swifties

• When breast cancer and grueling chemotherapy turned her life upside down, 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 to The Globe about his book on the Taylor Swift phenomenon and her legacy to other modern recording artists.

Who is Taylor Swift? Basics

• Taylor Swift is an American pop singer-songwriter who has become one of the world’s best-selling recording artists since emerging on the Nashville country scene in the 2000s. If your work is new to you, we’ve put together a glossary of key terms and people to look out for.
• Concerts in the Eras tour Recap 10 stages of her career and highlight the albums she eagerly re-recorded to regain control of her music after a label dispute. Each concert lasts more than 3½ hours
• Swifties are a diverse, well-organized fan base that travel long distances to see their idol and each other. Globe happiness reporter Erin Anderssen took a closer look at why “Tay Tay” appeals to her.

A Playlist for the Eyes: World Coverage of Taylor Swift

The green age

Last year, Swift became the first artist in history to become a billionaire through music and touring alone, and she could be considerably richer by the end of the 152-show Eras Tour in Vancouver. Who benefits from all this wealth? Dawn Calleja, editor of Report on Business Magazine, analyzed the numbers, while reporter Josh O’Kane examined how Swifties challenged Ticketmaster to get more bang for their buck.

Highway? I don’t care

“Event tourism” is big business in many of the U.S. and European Eras Tour cities. Canadians hope for similar benefits – but for whom and for how long? Andrew Clark surveyed travelers about their Swiftian vacations, while Jeff Gray examined whether Toronto — whose tourism numbers have never quite returned to pre-pandemic levels — can really expect long-term gains.

Will we ever, ever, ever get together?

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