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Bay Area Cities Welcome Taylor With Honorary Mayorship And “Taylor Swift Weekend”
Taylor Swift is about to get a hero's welcome in the Bay Area for her Santa Clara tour stop this July. 
JAMIE FERRELL - STAFF WRITER • JULY 19, 2023
Photo by Brian Friedman on Shutterstock

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour will soon touch down at Levi’s Stadium on July 28-29, 2023, and Bay Area cities are going all out to honor her visit. As per the Chronicle, SF District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey just proposed a resolution that will declare Taylor’s Bay Area tour dates as “Taylor Swift Weekend” in San Francisco, which the Board will vote on next Tuesday, July 25.
On the same day as SF’s proposal, Santa Clara declared similar motions to honor Taylor Swift. Santa Clara Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor said in a video announcement that the city will be renamed “Swiftie Clara” and the singer will be proclaimed Honorary Mayor on Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29.



And yes, of course both Gillmor’s Santa Clara announcement and Dorsey’s San Francisco proposal included the requisite Taylor Swift song references.
“So join us in Swiftie Clara as we dance like we’re ’22,’ like we’re made of ‘Starlight,’ and scream to be heard in unison, said Gillmor. “These days will be ‘Golden’ as we write a chapter in our city’s history. Let’s create a ‘Love Story’ that echos through the ages. Swiftie Clara, you’re our ‘Evermore.'” 
Dorsey credited the references in his speech to “four passionate Swifties” in his office, saying, “With only one more board meeting left, I must ‘Speak Now’ on this resolutiondeclaring July 28 and 29th Taylor Swift weekend in the City and County of San Francisco. As you may know ‘All Too Well,’ Taylor Swift is a music industry icon and an advocate for change.”
SF and Santa Clara are certainly not the first cities honoring Taylor during the Eras Tour stops. Billboard reported that Glendale, AZ was renamed to “Swift City;” Las Vegas, NV lit up its Gateway Arches; Arlington, TX renamed a street to “Taylor Swift Way;” Houston, TXrenamed its venue “NRG Stadium (Taylor’s Version);” Nashville, TN dedicated a bench to Taylor in Centennial Park; and Minneapolis, MN was renamed “Swiftie-apolis.”
Santa Clara is gearing up for huge crowds on the weekend of July 28-29, for which they’ll be running an extra light rail train service.