FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 12, 2019
CONTACT:
Faith James
(202) 248-5450
fjames@vancomm.com
**Media Advisory**
Tickets on Sale for Farm Aid 2019
EAST TROY, Wis. — Tickets for Farm Aid’s annual music and food festival featuring family farmers, the good food they produce, inspiring music and agrarian experiences go on sale today at 10 a.m. CDT. Prices range from $54.50 to $249.50 and will be available for purchase at LiveNation.com. This year’s festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets early, as last year’s festival in Hartford, Connecticut, sold out in just under four hours.
Farm Aid 2019 will feature performances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, as well as Bonnie Raitt, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Margo Price, Jamey Johnson, Tanya Tucker, Brothers Osborne, Yola, and Particle Kid. Additional artists will be announced later this summer
Festivalgoers will experience family farm agriculture firsthand via Farm Aid’s HOMEGROWN Concessions® and the HOMEGROWN Village. HOMEGROWN Concessions® showcases family farm-sourced ingredients at all of the festival’s food stands, including the HOMEGROWN Youthmarket, a farm stand operated by youth involved in farming and farmers markets. Farm Aid’s HOMEGROWN Village features hands-on activities about soil, water, energy, food and farming. Festivalgoers can hear farmers and artists discuss pressing issues and share inspiring stories on the FarmYard Stage and attend demonstrations to learn agrarian skills and celebrate the culture of agriculture in the HOMEGROWN Skills tent.
For event updates, follow Farm Aid on Twitter (@FarmAid), Facebook (facebook.com/farmaid) and Instagram (instagram.com/farmaid), and visit farmaid.org/festival. Festivalgoers are encouraged to use the hashtags #FarmAid2019 and #Road2FarmAid to join the conversation on social media around this year’s festival.
Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. For more than 30 years, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised $57 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
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**Editors and Producers Note: Advance credentials are required for all media to attend Farm Aid 2019. Please visit farmaid.org/media by Friday, Sept. 13, to apply. Media can download official Farm Aid photos and videos at farmaid.org/media.**
