Taylor Swift tribute artist is the new must-book act on D.C.’s birthday-party circuit

There’s a new way to make your kid’s wildest dreams come true on their birthday: A Taylor Swift tribute artist.

Who: Amanda Browning-Bloyd founded the Fantastical Character Company in 2019. She was busy playing Elsa, Belle and other princess-y types around Washington’s next-level birthday-entertainment scene.

Then the Eras Tour blew up. It was all she and her friends could talk about.
Plus: “I’ve been told by a stranger here and there over the years that I ‘kind of look like Taylor.'”
👀 And how: I hired Browning-Bloyd to do a dance party for my second grader. She and her friends were so stunned they barely moved during “Taylor’s” first couple songs.

“Is that really her? Is it, is it?” some small human asked me approximately every 2.7 minutes for 90 minutes straight.
✨ Browning-Bloyd says she spent a couple months essentially in method-acting mode, learning the moves and lyrics to some of Swift’s vibiest songs like “Karma” and “Cruel Summer.” And yep, she sings.

A five-word review from a fellow parent, because you kind of lose perspective as a person who spends five hundos on a tribute artist for your 7-year-old: “Damn, she’s actually really good!”
Run of show: 45-, 60- or 90-minute parties with outfit changes, optional choreography and various Swiftie activities.

Step-and-repeat-style pH๏τos with each kiddo were a crowd pleaser.
Not included: A Kelce brother (yes, your child might ask), Ticketmaster snafus or a dancing Prince William.

🗓️ Like with everything involving your D.C. offspring, plan ahead: Browning-Bloyd is already booking into January 2025.

Yes, but: I scored a last-minute opening 3 weeks out.
Pro tip: You won’t find “The Taylor Experience” details on Browning-Bloyd’s website, so email her for the details.
Price tag: $245-345 (plus travel); add a sparkly backdrop and lights for $125 (✅ recommend).