Farm Aid returning in September with Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson

Willie Nelson will be performing at the 2021 Farm Aid festival, which will also feature performances from Sturgill Simpson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews. File Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI Neil Young performs onstage during Desert Trip 2 in October 2016. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI John Mellencamp closes out the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in May 2011. File Photo by A.J. Sisco/UPI Dave Matthews performs at a rally for Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in June 2016. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI Willie Nelson performs at "A Salute to the Troops: In Performance at the White House" concert in November 2014. File Photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool

July 20 (UPI) -- The Farm Aid festival is returning to the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 25 with a live audience.

Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds and Margo Price will be performing.

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Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, Bettye LaVette, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Allison Russell, Particle Kid and Ian Mellencamp are also a part of the festival lineup.

Tickets go on sale Friday starting at 10 a.m. EDT through LiveNation.com.

Farm Aid, first started in 1985, has raised over $60 million to help family farmers. Last year's event was livestreamed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The experience of the past 18 months has reminded us how much we need each other. I'm so glad we can come together again at Farm Aid 2021. When we combine music, family farmers and good food, we have the power to grow the kind of agriculture that strengthens all of us," Nelson said in a statement.