“It’s not clique-y here,” says Madeleine, who premiered her original song Daddy’s Attitude at the event on Wednesday.
Her and her friends, Helena Yasmin, 25, and Jenny, 26, who also write and perform their own music, moved back to Bournemouth after university.
Madeleine says they are “falling back in love” with their hometown and that they feel things may be changing for the better through the arts.
“As a teenager, I fully rejected the town,” she says.
“Then coming back as an adult, it was like, ‘wait, there’s loads of things to do’.
“And with things like this, it’s something where I can bring all my friends. It is really good vibes.”
“It’s not all doom and gloom,” chimes in Helena.