SEPT. 8 DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR FARM AID 2026 MEDIA CREDENTIALS

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Farm Aid's deadline to make advance requests for media credentials to attend this year's music, farm and food festival is less than two weeks away. After Tuesday, Sept. 8, media who apply for credentials will incur a $30 fee.

All media attending the festival are required to obtain Farm Aid-issued press credentials, which will only be distributed to working reporters and photographers. The credentialing applications for Farm Aid 2026 can be completed online at www.farmaid.org/credentials. Festival media policies are also available for download.   

Farm Aid 2026, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26, at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach, will bring together family farmers and musician activists, with performances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson (& Family), Neil Young (& The Chrome Hearts), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (& Tim Reynolds), Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff, as well as Turnpike Troubadours, Lukas Nelson, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Jesse Welles, Sierra Ferrell, Mon Rovîa, I'm With Her, Amythyst Kiah, Lily Meola, Chris Pierce and Ty Myers.

Members of the media who pre-register will receive credentials on the day of the festival at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater. All freelance reporters and photographers must pre-register and provide proof of assignment. A limited number of credentials will be available at the venue for reporters only on the day of the festival. Information about the time and location of media credentialing, as well as parking information and a schedule of events, can be found in Farm Aid's media room at www.farmaid.org/media. 

Tickets for Farm Aid 2026 are available for purchase at farmaid.org/2026 and the amphitheater box office (open only on Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Ticket prices range from $85 to $350 (fees included, not sales tax). For venue information, visit farmaid.org/festival/venue-information. More details are also available at farmaid.org/festival.

For festival updates, follow Farm Aid on Facebook (facebook.com/farmaid), Instagram (instagram.com/farmaid), X (@FarmAid), Bluesky (@farmaid.org) and Threads (threads.com/@farmaid). More details are also available at farmaid.org/festival. Festivalgoers are encouraged to use the hashtags #FarmAid2026 and #Road2FarmAid to join the conversation on social media.

Farm Aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff host an annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people 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 $90 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.

SOURCE Farm Aid