CNN is partnering with Farm Aid for a second consecutive year, airing “Farm Aid 2026: Music Festival Live” on Saturday, September 26th from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET. The broadcast will also stream on CNN.com and the CNN app. Performers include Willie Nelson and Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, and Nathaniel Rateliff. Anchors John Berman and Laura Coates will co-host from Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Last year’s broadcast reached 3.88 million viewers globally, with audiences donating over $615,000 to Farm Aid. Since 1985, the festival has raised more than $85 million supporting family farmers.
CNN To Broadcast Farm Aid 2026
L-R) Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp backstage at Farm Aid at the KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States on September 16, 2017. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)