Are you ready for it, Swifties?
Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour Party at St. Charles Parish East Regional Library on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 5:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to all ages, said Lauren Campo-Pitz, assistant library director. She said nearly 200 Swift fans, or Swifties, attended the library’s Eras Tour Party in January.
“We expect the same number of attendees this time, if not more,” Campo-Pitz said. “Since her concert is the next weekend, people are looking for Taylor Swift-themed events to attend. Plus, unlike a lot of other events, our party is in the parish, open to all ages and is free.”
The event will include food and drinks, a variety of themed crafts and a dance party in the meeting room.
“This is a casual event where you can pop in and out at your leisure,” Campo-Pitz said. “Everyone can decide which crafts and activities to participate in based on their interests.”
Themed stations thought the library will represent Swift’s 11 Eras, or albums. Attendees of the January party will see five new activities on Saturday, Campo-Pitz said. She said one station will involve making friendship bracelets, which was the most popular activity at the January event.
Attendees of Swift’s Eras Tour, which began in March 2023 and will end on Dec. 8 in Vancouver, often trade homemade friendship bracelets with other Swifties. The trend is inspired by Swift’s lyric to “make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it,” in a song titled You’re on Your Own Kid from her album Midnights.
For the lucky ones who managed to snag a coveted ticket to the tour in New Orleans Oct. 25-27, the library event will incorporate wearable crafts they can take with them, like the friendship bracelets.
“We definitely think the upcoming concert will create more buzz and that people are eager to hang out with their fellow Swifties whether they’re attending the concert or not,” Campo-Pitz said.
She said families, groups of friends, and Swifties who attended alone waited in a line outside the library for the January event.
“A group of tweens even came as part of a birthday celebration, and that was really fun for us to see,” Campo-Pitz said.
She said she is looking forward to seeing people enjoying themselves in the library.
“We love doing large-scale events because we see both old and new faces, and we get to see people exploring the library for the first time,” she said.
She said she wants people in the parish to see the library as a community space.
“People really want a place to get together with others who share their interests and to find people to connect with on that level, and the library is a great place to do that,” she said. “Whether you have a library card or not, you’re welcome to come to this event and have a fun evening out.”
Although Swift will not make an appearance at the library party, Campo-Pitz had a message for her: Taylor, if you read this, we’ll welcome you into our library with open arms!