Farm Aid is returning to New York this September, featuring a lineup including Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and more. The annual charity concert will be held Sept. 21 at Broadview Stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Proceeds from Farm Aid support local family farming.
The Farm Aid 2024 lineup also features Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson with the Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis and Jesse Welles. Additional artists are yet to be announced.
Farm Aid has raised nearly $80 million to aid programs that help farmers survive and thrive over the past 35 years. Farm Aid also promotes the acceleration of the Good Food Movement and family farms as well as works to shift the dominant system of industrial agriculture. Nelson, Young and Mellencamp organized the inaugural Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness and funds to combat the loss of family farms. Matthews joined the Farm Aid board of directors in 2001, while Margo Price joined the board in 2021.
This year marks the third time Farm Aid has been held in New York (and the second time in Saratoga Springs). In 2007, Farm Aid was held at Randall’s Island, New York, followed by Saratoga Springs in 2013. Farm Aid will feature not only music, but also homegrown food and agrarian experiences. Said Nelson: “We’re energized to be back in New York. The farmers here have always found ways to innovate and contribute to their communities, even as they deal with uncertainties, extreme weather and policies that favor corporations over people. Farmers need us to stand with them as they work to grow our future.”
Tickets for Farm Aid 2024 are on sale now via: Ticketmaster.com.
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