Farm Aid

This week in 1985, the first Farm Aid concert happened in Champaign, Illinois. The show was put together by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young to help the nation's family farmers and raised $10 million. This past weekend Farm Aid 2016 took place in Bristow, Virginia...

It was today September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois, that the first Farm Aid happened. Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, and Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers where there to kick off the now famous yearly concert to help out the family farms across America.