Taylor Swift Ticket Raffle Will Raise Money For 2 Batavia Groups

BATAVIA, IL — One lucky person will win two tickets to Taylor Swift's highly anticipated "The Eras Tour" thanks to a Batavia Chamber of Commerce raffle.

Instead of forking out hundreds or thousands of dollars to see the pop star perform June 3 at Soldier Field, fans can donate $100 for one entry into the raffle. The date is one of three — June 2-4 — that Swift will be performing at the downtown Chicago stadium.

Entries began April 27 and will be accepted until 11:50 a.m. May 19. A winner will be selected at random at noon May 19. In the week since the raffle has been going, it has raised nearly $4,000.

Entries will be capped at 500, organizers said. The only stipulations are participants must be at least 18 years old and cannot resell the tickets.

Money raised will be equally split between the Chamber's Inspire Scholarship fund and ChipIn Batavia. The latter, an acronym for Community Helpers Impacting People in Need, provides free and reduced lunches to Batavia School District 101 students in need of help. The program also donates clothes and offers supplies, furniture and mentor programs.

"We are grateful to Batavia Chamber member George Gladis of Volkman Insurance Agency for donating a pair of tickets for the upcoming Taylor Swift concert to us to raffle off," Chamber officials said.

Swift's "The Eras" tour will stop at Soldier Field on June 2 and June 3 It will be her first performance here since 2018.

The set list likely will be markedly different from her last tour, as she has released four original studio albums since then: "Lover," "Folklore," "Evermore" and "Midnights." In a statement, Swift said the tour will take fans back through her music career.