Travis Kelce, the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, swapped his football tactics for party planning, surprising his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, with a surprise party in Kansas City, Missouri. The event, which took place on December 13, 2024, was in honor of Swift’s 35th birthday and the conclusion of her highly successful Eras Tour.
“When she thought she was going to a small, quiet dinner, but it was actually a giant surprise party with her friends and family,” revealed Ashley Avignone, a close friend of Swift’s, on her Instagram, where she shared moments from the party.
The party paid homage to Swift’s musical career and tour performances, with Kelce reenacting a tradition from her Red era performances—placing the iconic “22” hat on her head, which she usually gives to a fan during her concerts.
Amanda Carlo, the party planner, collaborated closely with Kelce to ensure the celebration was meticulously executed. Swift was reportedly “shocked” and “blown away” by the effort her boyfriend put into planning the event, according to sources close to the couple.
Among the guests were close friends and fellow NFL couples, including Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. Brittany sported a silver fringe dress echoing Swift’s Fearless era, while Patrick wore a suit complementing the “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” costume change skit.
The party’s attention to detail was evident in every aspect. Attendees wore light-up concert bracelets and exchanged friendship bracelets that were strewn across the tables. Some guests donned green velvet capes, reminiscent of the attire used in Swift’s performance of “Willow” during the Evermore segment of her tour.
Kelce fully embraced the theme, donning a suit from the Tortured Poets Department skit and wielding a makeup brush—a nod to his appearance at Swift’s London show in June. The party also featured the now-iconic janitor’s cart, which Swift used as a unique mode of transportation to the stage during her Eras Tour shows.
Swift looked stunning in a Balmain black halter-neck minidress, priced at $4,290, and adorned with crystal embellishments. DeBeers diamond earrings and her signature golden hair swept back completed her look.
The surprise party marked the end of Swift’s groundbreaking Eras Tour that wrapped up in Vancouver on December 8, 2024. The tour, spanning over 150 shows across multiple continents, was a record-breaking success, with ticket sales doubling the gross of any previous concert tour in history.
A seemingly innocent detail in Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour wrap party photos has also set social media ablaze with engagement speculation. Eagle-eyed fan Liz Woods (@lizpwoods) sparked the rumors after noticing what appeared to be intentional blurring around Swift’s ring finger in images shared on Instagram.
The photos in question, posted by Brittany Mahomes, captured Swift enjoying cocktails alongside Kansas City Chiefs’ inner circle, including Mahomes herself, Lyndsay Bell, and Swift’s close friend Ashley Avignone. When followers questioned why the star would keep an engagement ring on for photos if trying to keep it private, Woods responded with romantic certainty: “Because wearing an engagement ring after getting engaged at a party celebrating you, sounds like the most perfect night ever!”
The timing of these rumors coincides with growing public interest in Swift’s relationship with Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce. Despite the social media frenzy and careful analysis of the party snapshots, Swift’s team has maintained silence, with representatives not immediately responding to requests for comment.