Taylor Swift ‘Showgirl’ release party coming to Connecticut with Swiftie-themed menu

Connecticut Swifties will have the opportunity to live like a showgirl at a newly announced listening party for Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album.

The Clubhouse on Main in Glastonbury is holding a party on Oct. 3 to celebrate the release of the pop superstar’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” The party will feature a food and drink menu made up entirely of Swift-themed bites and cocktails, as well as “Swingo,” or Taylor Swift musical bingo, where a DJ will play songs off the new album and from Swift’s catalogue, and attendees can compete with bingo cards.

“We had a similar event for her last album, and it was wonderful; we didn’t realize it would be so wonderful,” Sarah Dagon, the bar’s general manager, said. “We even hit max capacity (around 300 people) because so many people showed up.”

The bar has a history of Taylor Swift-themed events. In addition to its April 2024 release party for Swift’s album “The Tortured Poet’s Department,” the bar hosted a Swift-focused trivia night in July 2024.

The drink menu for The Clubhouse on Main’s Taylor Swift album release party. (Courtesy of The Clubhouse on Main)

For October’s celebrations, Dagon encouraged attendees to dress as “their favorite Taylor Swift era” and arrive early; the party begins at 6 p.m.

Four winners of the Swift musical bingo game will receive five tickets each to see “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” in theaters the next day, and guests will get to enjoy a drink menu that includes a kid-friendly slushy called “Orange You A Swiftie?” as well as a “jumbo-sized” cocktail named after the album, and another cocktail dubbed “The Fate of Ophelia” after the album’s opening track.

The Glastonbury-based bar’s event is just one of several album release parties that have been announced across Connecticut. Other events include a Swiftie trivia night in Wallingford and parties in Hartford and Bridgeport.