How to Watch Farm Aid 2026 Live on CNN Tonight
Farm Aid 2026 airs live on CNN tonight from Virginia Beach, with four hours of music in support of American family farms.
The broadcast runs from 7-11 p.m. ET, 4-8 p.m. PT, according to Deadline. CNN has titled it ‘Farm Aid 2026: Music Festival Live, a CNN Special Event,’ per the network’s press office. It is the second year running that CNN has carried the benefit concert on television.
Anchors John Berman and Laura Coates will co-anchor the special coverage. CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir will report from the ground in Virginia Beach.
The expected performers include board members Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds. Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff are also listed as expected to perform, according to Farm Aid.
For viewers at home, this means more than one way to follow the day. The CNN window covers the evening. The full festival starts much earlier.
A free live stream begins at 11:30 a.m. ET on nugs, via the nugs mobile app, nugs.net and the nugs YouTube channel. A live webcast is also available on the Farm Aid website. SiriusXM will carry the full festival from 12 p.m. ET on Willie’s Roadhouse (channel 61) and Dave Matthews Band Radio (channel 30).
The in-person event takes place today, Saturday, September 26, at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to Farm Aid. Doors open at noon. Farm Aid describes itself as an annual festival to raise funds and awareness for American family farms.
Donors who give $100 or more receive the official Farm Aid logo shirt, which the organisation says is grown, made and union-printed in the USA.
