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Dave Matthews performs at Farm Aid 2024. Photo © Brian Bruner / Bruner Photo

Blog | September 3, 2025

How to Watch Farm Aid 40 on September 20

by Farm Aid

Farm Aid 40 will take place on Saturday, September 20, in Minneapolis. There are still some tickets available, but if you can’t be there to celebrate family farmers and our 40th anniversary in person, you can join in at home!

Watch & Listen to Farm Aid 40

Tune in to watch performances by:

  • Willie Nelson
  • Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
  • John Mellencamp
  • Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
  • Margo Price
  • Billy Strings
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
  • Lukas Nelson
  • Trampled by Turtles
  • Wynonna Judd
  • Steve Earle
  • Waxahatchee
  • Eric Burton of Black Pumas
  • Jesse Welles
  • Madeline Edwards
  • Wisdom Indian Dancers

Watch the Webcast

Farm Aid 40 will stream live in HD at farmaid.org, starting at 11:30am CDT.

Watch the festival on your TV, computer, phone, or tablet at farmaid.org or on Farm Aid’s YouTube channel.

The webcast will start with the press event featuring featuring Farm Aid artists and farmers from across Minnesota, offering a special opportunity to experience a conversation between farmers and artists.

Watch on CNN

From 6pm – 11pm CDT, CNN will broadcast a special presentation of Farm Aid 40, featuring live performances of Farm Aid Board artists, Willie Nelson and Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, and Margo Price. CNN Anchors John Berman and Laura Coates will co-anchor the special coverage and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir will provide on-the-ground reporting.

Watch on nugs

Fans around the world can watch Farm Aid 40 live for free on nugs via the nugs mobile app, at nugs.net, or on the official nugs YouTube channel starting at 11:30am CDT. nugs All Access subscribers will also be able to stream the festival on the big screen through Roku and Apple TV.

Listen on Sirius XM

Beginning at 12 p.m. CT, SiriusXM subscribers will be able to listen to the full Farm Aid 40 festival on SiriusXM’s Willie’s Roadhouse (channel 61) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (channel 30) via SiriusXM radio and on the SXM app. The live coverage also will include backstage interviews with artists and family farmers, hosted by SiriusXM’s Dallas Wayne and Ari Fink. All coverage will feature a behind-the-scenes look at Farm Aid 40 and the organization’s year-round work to strengthen family farm agriculture. This marks the 16th year that SiriusXM has carried the festival on satellite radio.


Join A Watch Party

Farm Aid 40 Official Watch Party

Farm Aid has created a special Farm Aid 40 Watch Party Kit to give individual Farm Aid celebrations that festival feel. The kit includes HOMEGROWN recipes, Farm Aid bingo and trivia and more. Order by September 10 to get a delivery of organic soft Bavarian pretzels from Milwaukee Pretzel Company (our #1 selling Farm Aid HOMEGROWN concessions item), Farm Aid 40 pins and stickers and a discount code for Farm Aid 40 merch.

Learn more about Farm Aid 40 Watch Parties

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