Jack to Join Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews at this Year’s Farm Aid
Jul 09, 2012
Farm Aid announced today that its annual benefit concert will return to Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Hersheypark Stadium. This year Jack will join Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews along with Tim Reynolds - as well as ALO, Pegi Young & The Survivors, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Read the press release for more info.
The first Farm Aid concert was organized in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. Farm Aid is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to keep family farmers on their land and has raised more than $39 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture
“The Farm Aid concert is our chance to shine a spotlight on the independent family farmers who are essential to the well-being of our country.”
- Willie Nelson.
Tickets for Farm Aid 2012 will go on sale Friday, July 13, at 10 a.m. EDT and will be available at www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, GIANT Center Box Office, or by phone at 800-745-3000. Ticket prices range from $35.75 to $99.75. For venue information, visit www.hersheyparkstadium.com.
Farm Aid will offer advance sale tickets to Farm Aid members beginning tomorrow, July 10. To become a member of Farm Aid, visit www.farmaid.org.
Farm Aid is all about good music, good food and family farmers. Come check out the show and visit www.farmaid.org for more info.