How To Watch Farm Aid 2026: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & More To Perform — SkimNews
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- Farm Aid airs tonight on CNN from 7-11 pm/ET (4-8 pm/PT), marking the annual benefit concert's second consecutive year partnering with the network, with the festival held in Virginia Beach.
- Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds headline the lineup, joined by Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Turnpike Troubadours, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Sierra Ferrel, I'm With Her, and others.
- CNN anchors John Berman and Laura Coates co-host the special broadcast, with Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir providing on-the-ground reporting from the festival.
- Farm Aid offers a free live stream starting at 11:30 am ET via the Farm Aid website, its YouTube channel, nugs.net, and the nugs mobile app, with nugs All Access subscribers able to stream via Roku and Apple TV.
- SiriusXM carries full festival audio from 12 pm ET on Willie's Roadhouse (channel 61) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (channel 30) — the 17th consecutive year the festival has aired on satellite radio.
- SiriusXM's Dallas Wayne and Joey Black host backstage interviews with artists and family farmers throughout the live coverage.
Why it matters: Farm Aid is the marquee benefit concert for American family farms, and this year its multi-platform broadcast strategy — CNN primetime, free nugs streaming, and 17-year SiriusXM partnership — makes it one of the most broadly accessible charity concert broadcasts on TV tonight, with anchors and climate reporting framing it as cultural coverage rather than just a music special.
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