At which major music awards ceremony did Taylor Swift perform “august” in 2021?

Taylor Swift performed “august” at the Grammy Awards in 2021.

The performance took place at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, where Swift presented songs from her Folklore and Evermore era. She performed “cardigan,” “august,” and “willow” in a medley with collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.

The staging used a woodland setting that matched the imagery and atmosphere associated with Folklore. This presentation helped introduce the album’s fictional, rustic world to a major international television audience.

The performance is sometimes confused with later live appearances on Swift’s Eras Tour. She also performed “august” during that tour in 2023–2024, but the question’s 2021 event was the Grammy Awards. The ceremony therefore marks an important early live performance of the song, before its recurring August social-media trend became an established annual ritual.