Those who missed out on getting tickets for Taylor Swift’s Singapore concert next year now have a surprise lifeline, courtesy of a youth festival in Bedok.
The inaugural Heartware-East Coast Youth Festival, by Heartware Network, will be held this Saturday (Nov 4) at the open field near 131 Bedok North Avenue 3.
In addition to performances, job fairs, food and games, the festival has a unique lucky draw with an equally unique prize: A seat with Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC Mr Tan Kiat How at Taylor Swift’s Singapore concert next year.
That’s right, you’ll be enjoying hits like Shake It Off and Cruel Summer right next to Mr Tan, who is also the Senior Minister of State of Communications and Information.
The festival didn’t explicitly mention Taylor Swift by name, however, with a hint like “the artist behind unforgettable chart-toppers like You Belong With Me, Enchanted and Anti-Hero”, it isn’t hard to put two and two together.
That being said, getting the chance to win this concert ticket comes with a few caveats.
Firstly, you’ll need to be between the ages of 13 and 35. Then, you’ll need to register for the event via this form before Nov 4 to redeem a bingo card. At the festival, you’ll have to complete the bingo card to enter the lucky draw and stand a chance to win the Taylor Swift concert ticket.
Heartware Network told news outlet TODAY that they went with a Taylor Swift concert ticket as a prize as the singer is “quite an icon for the youth” and getting to watch the concert with Mr Tan is in line with the “youth engagement” that the organisation has been doing in collaboration with him.
With resale tickets to her concert reaching sky high prices and increasing reports of scams, this festival might just be your best bet at seeing Swift next year.