Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews share one stage today. Here's how to watch for free, and who else is on the bill.
Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach. Virginia last hosted Farm Aid in Bristow in 2016 and 2019. Shown: Farm Aid 2011.
The full show streams free on farmaid.org and Farm Aid's YouTube channel from 11:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. PT). Nugs also streams it free on its app and YouTube.
CNN airs the headliners live from 7 to 11 p.m. ET (4 to 8 p.m. PT), anchored by John Berman and Laura Coates. It also streams on CNN.com/Watch and the CNN app.
Willie Nelson & Family headline. Nelson co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 and, at 93, is still the president of the organization he started.
Fellow co-founder Neil Young plays with the Chrome Hearts, his current band. He has been part of Farm Aid since the very first show in 1985.
John Mellencamp completes the founding trio. The Indiana rocker helped start Farm Aid with Nelson and Young and still sits on its board.
Dave Matthews plays a duo set with guitarist Tim Reynolds. He joined Farm Aid's board in 2001, the first artist added after the founders.
Country singer Margo Price is back too. In 2021 she became the first female artist named to Farm Aid's board of directors.
Also on the bill: Nathaniel Rateliff, Turnpike Troubadours, Lukas Nelson, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Sierra Ferrell, I'm With Her and more.
The first Farm Aid drew 80,000 fans to Champaign, Illinois, on Sept. 22, 1985. Since then it has raised more than $90 million for family farmers.