Lydia May @ The Sunflower Lounge

On Sunday the 11th of August, The Sunflower Lounge hosted the Birmingham date of Lydia May’s Lifesaver tour.

May and her Maybelles (the name for her fan community) swarmed The Sunny in their red, black and cherry themed outfits. Trading friendship bracelets in the bar and drawing red lipstick hearts on each other’s cheeks, I felt like I was watching an eerily nostalgic crossover of Taylor Swift and 2010s Marina and The Diamonds fans. The creativity and inclusivity of her fans was second to none: despite attending on my own, I was included in several fan traditions by those around me, as well as a fan’s TikTok.

Read the full review on The Sunflower Lounge website here.