Farm Aid: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Founded by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, this annual festival raises funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and inspires audiences to choose family farm food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised more than $85 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.

Series details

• Title: Farm Aid
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1985-09-22
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CNN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 279 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11386

Cast and credited roles

• John Berman — Co-Anchor
• Laura Coates — Co-Anchor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1985: premiered 1985-09-22; final listed air date 1985-09-22.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-09-15; final listed air date 2015-09-15.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-09-17; final listed air date 2016-09-17; episode order: 1.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-09-16; final listed air date 2017-09-16; episode order: 1.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-09-22; final listed air date 2018-09-22.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-09-21; final listed air date 2019-09-21.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-04-11; final listed air date 2020-09-26.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-09-20; final listed air date 2025-09-20.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-09-26; final listed air date 2026-09-26; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from Farm Aid on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.