If it had been left as much as followers, one of many incoming Toronto mayor’s first acts can be to declare a municipal vacation in honor of Beyoncé’s newest tour cease within the metropolis to kick off her North American exhibits.

“I really feel like Toronto goes to close down this weekend,” stated Timothy Achacoso, a Beyoncé fan who was shopping for a T-shirt emblazoned with the star’s holographic horse at a pop-up store within the metropolis’s downtown luxurious procuring district.

“Olivia Chow ought to actually make it Beyoncé weekend,” Mr. Achacoso, a customer support agent, stated of Toronto’s newly elected mayor.

With two exhibits scheduled in Toronto this weekend, Beyoncé begins the North American leg of her first solo tour in seven years in a metropolis nonetheless rebounding from the pandemic, which shut down reside exhibits and capped live performance attendance properly beneath capability.

Her blockbuster exhibits, a part of the Renaissance World Tour, are anticipated to set off gridlock across the live performance venue, the Rogers Middle, with throngs of pedestrians pouring onto the town’s downtown streets.

Mr. Achacoso is bracing for an hourslong wait to board public transit and get again residence after the present, an estimate primarily based on previous concert-going experiences for megastars like Girl Gaga, who performed the Rogers Middle final summer season.

“She’s an icon, she’s a legend, so I really feel like I’ll by no means cease being a fan of Beyoncé,” he stated.

This week, 1000’s of followers flocked to the pop-up store that opened Wednesday on the third flooring of the division retailer Holt Renfrew. The shop bought T-shirts — together with a Toronto unique that claims “Shut This Metropolis Down” — hooded sweatshirts and different live performance memorabilia. The shiny silver “Renaissance” cowboy hats had been bought out by the store’s second day of enterprise.

“We had been going up the escalator and we’re like, ‘They’re enjoying Beyoncé,’ we’re prepared,” stated Maya Coplin, a graphic designer who traveled from New York for the present, and bought a tour e book on the store.

Ms. Coplin and her Toronto-based good friend, Victor Guo, purchased their tickets for round 200 Canadian {dollars} every, or $150, in comparison with costs nearer to $500 for nosebleed seats at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, she stated.

It can imply a greater view of the choreography that Mr. Guo has been rehearsing at residence in preparation for the live performance, particularly for numbers like “Black Parade,” for which Beyoncé has been identified to convey out her daughter, Blue Ivy, to carry out.

“I particularly realized that whole routine,” he stated.

Choreography courses to study the dance strikes of Beyoncé’s music movies and previous excursions — or “Beyography” — had been as soon as so hotly in demand in Toronto that Nicky Nasrallah taught them to teams of as much as 35 individuals 9 instances per week for a 12 months, ending round 2018.

Mr. Nasrallah, a drag performer in Toronto who goes by the stage identify Selena Vyle, has seen Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter Present tour in three cities, the Formation tour 4 instances, and will probably be within the V.I.P. part at Sunday’s present.

“Her live shows are church, like they’re a non secular awakening,” he stated, including that the tour’s homage to queer dance music will probably be a extra playful distinction to the heavier themes associated to racism and infidelity in her previous exhibits.

“I do know that even earlier than the music begins, I’m going to get this surge of power charging by my physique, as a result of that’s what her live shows convey,” he stated. “They raise you up. It’s such as you’re not even in your toes anymore.”

This live performance, and a September present scheduled in Vancouver, is an opportunity for Canadian followers to faucet into the worldwide hype that may elude them in the case of one other pop star who has been on tour: Taylor Swift.

Earlier this week, the musician introduced 14 new exhibits to the Eras Tour, with Canadian cities notably absent from the roster. It sparked a plea to Ms. Swift on social media by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“I do know locations in Canada would like to have you ever,” Mr. Trudeau stated, referencing her tune “Merciless Summer time” in a put up on Twitter. “So, don’t make it one other merciless summer season. We hope to see you quickly.” (Ms. Swift has, thus far, not responded).

Beyoncé followers like Justin Main, a customer support agent at a software program firm, will possible be getting in line early on the Rogers Middle, previously often known as the SkyDome, Toronto’s baseball discipline and a live performance venue, which relying on the configuration, seats greater than 50,000.

“All my pals know that is the one album I’ve been listening to since final 12 months,” stated Mr. Main, emphasizing that he replayed “Renaissance” for 10 hours straight on a current return flight from Egypt.

He was ready to journey so far as Miami to see Beyoncé, however managed to land stage-front tickets for 600 Canadian {dollars}, or about $451, to Saturday’s present.

“I knew coming into the live performance that if I spend the cash, I’m going to get a present, and never simply backup singing,” stated Mr. Main, 25. “I’m going to get visuals, efficiency, dances, the entire shebang.”