The annual Farm Aid Concert and Food Festival will be held in Virginia Beach, Virginia for the first time this year. The fundraiser for America’s Family Farms will take place on September 26th at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater and will feature appearances by board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young (and the Chrome Hearts Band), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), Margo Price and Nathaniel Ratliff.
This year’s lineup will include the Turnpike Troubadours, Lukas Nelson, Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs, Jesse Wells, Sierra Ferrell, Mont Lovia, I’m With Her, Amidist Kia, Lily Meola, and Chris Pearce. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday (June 12) at 10 a.m. ET through the Farm Aid website and box office. A limited number of tickets will go on pre-sale starting Wednesday, June 10th at 10am ET.
“Family farmers grow our food and strengthen our communities, and when farmers are struggling like they are right now, communities feel it,” Farm Aid co-founder Willie Nelson said in a statement. “The challenges farmers face threaten their livelihoods and put us all at risk. We stand with the farmers and fishermen who feed Hampton Roads and beyond, and we are bringing Farm Aid to Virginia to grow a food system that works for everyone.”
Since its founding in 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $90 million for programs that support family farmers and help grow the Good Food movement, which prioritizes locally grown, organic and humanely raised food. According to a press release, attendees at this year’s festival will be able to see first-hand the contributions of farmers through the Homegrown Concession, which offers fresh menus featuring ingredients grown and raised by farmers using environmentally responsible methods, as well as hands-on activities at exhibits on soil, water, energy and agriculture.
Last year’s 40th Anniversary Farm Aid was held in Minneapolis and featured, in addition to the Founders, sets from Bob Dylan, Kenny Chesney, Billy Strings, Rateliff & the Night Sweat, Lukas Nelson, Tramples by Turtles, Wynonna Judd, Steve Earle, Waxahatchee, Eric Burton of Black Puma, Wells, Madeline Edwards, and the Wisdom Indian Dancers.
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