Farm Aid Benefit Concert To Air On AXS TV

Co-found Willie Nelson will be among the 2018 Farm Aid performers.

(Hartford, CT)  --  The 2018 Farm Aid event will air on TV. 

The benefit concert was organized back in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp as a way to raise money to keep family farms in operation. 

This year's event features performances from all three founders, as well as Dave Mathews, Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson. 

It takes place on September 22nd at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford, Connecticut and will air on AXS TV. 

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