Farm Aid 2024 Videos & Photo Gallery

The Farm Aid Festival

Each year, Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised nearly $80 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.

Farm Aid 2024 brought a sold-out crowd to Broadview Stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, on September 21. In a food landscape largely controlled by corporations, Farm Aid 2024 showcased farmers who are creating community-based food systems that improve food access and quality, boost farmer income and local economies, and promote healthier soil and water.

The Farm Aid 2024 stage featured Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (performing with Tim Reynolds) and Margo Price, as well as Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson with The Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis, Jesse Welles, Wisdom Indian Dancers and Kontiwennenha:Wi, who all donated their time and talent.

“Farmers are doing right by their communities, just as they always have, but if we’re going to get the food system we need, we all have to work together to support their efforts.” – Willie Nelson

Farm Aid’s HOMEGROWN Village engaged festivalgoers in hands-on activities about climate, soil, water, energy, food and farming. Activities included identifying wild plants that are good for the local habitat, learning about cover crops, visiting with heritage breed livestock and poultry, and much more. Attendees also heard from artists and farmers on the FarmYard Stage about pressing issues like food access, soil health and climate change.