Taylor Swift included “august” in the Folklore section of The Eras Tour.
The Eras Tour was designed as a career-spanning concert, with separate sections representing Swift’s different musical periods. The Folklore portion featured “august” alongside other songs from the album and used a frilly gown and cottage-like visual style that matched the record’s cottagecore aesthetic.
The tour ran from 2023 to 2024 and gave “august” a large live audience beyond its annual online resurgence. Fans who encounter the song through August playlists sometimes assume it was written specifically for a tour, but it was recorded and released in 2020.
The song was also performed at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, but that was a single awards-show appearance rather than a concert tour. “Lover Fest” was a planned tour that was canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic and never became the tour associated with the song’s regular live set.