This Saturday, September 20th, you can tune in for free to the star-studded 40th-anniversary edition of Farm Aid via YouTube and nugs. The agricultural benefit will make its Minnesota debut this year at Huntington Bank Stadium, the 50,805-capacity home of the University of Minnesota’s football program.
In addition to headliners/Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, and Margo Price, the 2025 benefit lineup includes appearances by Bob Dylan, Billy Strings, Kenny Chesney, Steve Earle, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson, Wynonna Judd, Trampled by Turtles, Waxahatchee, Eric Burton (Black Pumas), Waxahatchee, Jesse Welles, Madeline Edwards and more.
Of note, this year’s festival will mark a full-circle moment for Neil Young’s backing band the Chrome Hearts, which made a surprise debut at last year’s Farm Aid in Saratoga Springs, NY.
“For 40 years, Farm Aid and our partners have stood with farmers, supporting them to stay on their land even when corporate power, bad policies and broken promises make it harder to keep going,” said Willie Nelson in a statement on the 40th-anniversary event. “This year, we’re proud to bring Farm Aid to Minnesota to celebrate the farmers who sustain us and to fight for a food system that works for all of us. Family farmers aren’t backing down, and neither are we.”
Founded by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young in 1985, Farm Aid has become an annual multi-million dollar fundraiser for family farmers across the United States. Over the past four decades, the organization has raised over $80 million to “build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America,” per its website.
Tune in to the full livestream of Farm Aid 40 via the video player below on Saturday, September 20th beginning at 11:30 a.m. CT / 12:30 p.m. ET. You can also tune in via nugs.
Farm Aid 40 – Official Livestream – 9/20/25