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40th Anniversary of Farm Aid

by Shane Kramer

September 13, 2025

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Willie Nelson continues to play even after the CMT telecast is over at the Farm Aid concert at the Post Gazette Pavilion September 21, 2002 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
Willie Nelson continues to play even after the CMT telecast is over at the Farm Aid concert at the Post Gazette Pavilion September 21, 2002 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. Archie Carpenter/Getty Images

Farm Aid is coming to Minneapolis next weekend. Go back 40 years to the origins of Farm Aid. Join guest host Shane Kramer filling in for Bill DeVille this week and hear songs from the defining moments, as well as artists that played then and now.

Program Playlist, hour 1
Program Playlist, hour 2

40th Anniversary of Farm Aid