Farm Aid returning to SPAC in September

Farm Aid is making its return to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) on Saturday, September 21. The family-friendly music festival highlights how family farmers are essential for nutritious food, healthy soil and water, strong communities.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Farm Aid is making its return to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) on Saturday, September 21. The family-friendly music festival highlights how farmers are essential for nutritious food, healthy soil and water, and strong communities.

Lineup

• Willie Nelson
• Neil Young
• John Mellencamp
• Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds
• Mavis Staples
• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
• Lukas Nelson with The Travelin’ McCourys
• Charley Crockett
• Joy Oladokun
• Southern Avenue
• Cassandra Lewis
• Jesse Welles
• With more to be announced

This is the third time Farm Aid is being held in New York, and the second time in Saratoga Springs. In 2007, Farm Aid was held at Randall’s Island and in 2013, the festival was at SPAC.

“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,” said Farm Aid President and Founder Willie Nelson. “Farmers need us to stand with them as they work to grow our future.”

According to the 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture Census, between 2017 and 2022, New York State lost 3,000 of its 33,000 farms. Farms across the United States are declining due to rising production and labor costs, consolidation and abnormal weather.

Farm Aid will feature concessions with ingredients by family farmers, and exhibits about soil, water, energy, food and farming. Festivalgoers will also be able to hear directly from farmers and artists and celebrate agriculture.

Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, July 26 at 10 a.m. You can buy tickets on the Live Nation website.