Farm Aid to hold concert in suburban St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — Farm Aid, the longest-running benefit concert in the U.S., will be Oct. 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in suburban St. Louis.

Ticket pre-sales for Farm Aid members begin Friday with seats available to the general public on July 25. Tickets cost $44 to $169, with lawn seats going for $39.

Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp organized the first Farm Aid concert in 1985 to raise money for family farmers and draw attention to their plight.

Dave Matthews joined the Farm Aid Board of Directors in 2001.

Farm Aid has raised nearly $35 million to help keep family farmers on their land.