Farm Aid, the annual music festival to raise funds and awareness for American family farms, will be broadcast tonight on CNN from 7-11 pm/ET, 4-8 pm/PT. The benefit concert marks the second consecutive partnership with CNN.
Performers expected to play at the Virginia Beach fest are Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Turnpike Troubadours, Lukas Nelson, Ty Myers, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Jesse Welles, Sierra Ferrel, Mon Rovîa, I’m With Her, Amythyst Kiah, Lily Meola and Chris Pierce.
CNN Anchors John Berman and Laura Coates will co-anchor tonight’s special coverage and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir will provide on-the-ground reporting.
Other ways of watching are:
- You can watch the already-in-progress, pre-primetime streaming live webcast at the Farm Aid site here and the Farm Aid YouTube channel here.
- Fans around the world can watch Farm Aid 2026 live for free on nugs via the nugs mobile app, at nugs.net, or on the official nugs YouTube channel starting at 11:30 a.m. ET. nugs All Access subscribers will also be able to stream the festival on the big screen through Roku and Apple TV.
- Beginning at 12 p.m. ET, SiriusXM subscribers will be able to listen to the full Farm Aid 2026 festival on SiriusXM’s Willie’s Roadhouse (channel 61) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (channel 30) via SiriusXM radio and on the SiriusXM app. The live coverage will also include backstage interviews with artists and family farmers, hosted by SiriusXM’s Dallas Wayne and Joey Black. All coverage will feature an inside look at Farm Aid 2026 and the organization’s year-round work to strengthen family farm agriculture. This marks the 17th year that SiriusXM has carried the festival on satellite radio.
