Farm Aid makes its first stand in the Northeast
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews will headline Farm Aid 2002, which is set to take place on Sept. 21 at Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pa.
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews will headline Farm Aid 2002, which is set to take place on Sept. 21 at Post-Gazette Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pa.
Additional acts for the 15th installment of Farm Aid--which will be the first to take place in the northeastern U.S.--will be announced soon, as will ticket information, according to organizers.
Nelson, Mellencamp and Young staged the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land. Matthews, who has appeared on several Farm Aid bills, joined Farm Aid’s board of directors last year.
The Farm Aid organization claims it has raised more than $24 million to promote family farms. It supports national, regional and local efforts to promote sustainable agriculture, fight factory farms, advocate for fair farm prices, and provide credit counseling and direct assistance to farm families.
For the fifth consecutive year, Farm Aid will be telecast live on CMT: Country Music Television.
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