Farm Aid Tickets

We could not understand the artists when were singing. Their voices came across as garbled. When I got home and tuned into farmaid.org, the sound was perfect for vocalization. If this problem can't be fixed, it only makes sense to stay home and watch on line and make a donation to farmaid via the web. It would cheaper and benefit the organization more directly.

Good show with some legendary artist. However I will say that they should have picked a different venue for this type of concert. The majority of the mainstream artist played an acoustic sound. Guitar & vocals. In my opinion whenever a concert offering mostly guitar and vocal singing they should stick to a smaller venue. Considering the size of this venue, unless you were sitting in the front of the stadium you could not feel the impact of the music. It was a major difference when the entire band were on the stage. Outside from this significant detail, Neil young and dave Mathews were PHENOMINALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so excited to get to go to a Farm Aid concert... I see Willie every year in KCMO!!! I went at noon and left at 7 pm as I was exhausted!!! I really would have appreciated a performance schedule so I could wait until the acts I was so looking forward to were on. I mean although the local bands were great I just wore out... I would also like to point out how expensive everything was at the venue!!! $5.50 for an ear of corn? Wow!!! Glad I don't drink - beer $8.75 for one 20 oz bottle!!! Whatever! Sure sorry I didn't get to see Willie, John or Neil!!! Disappointed...

I went last year to STL and it was too cold and there were not enough flushing toilets. The LiveStrong Sports Park was perfect for an all day event. There was shade. I am always amazed at how great the performers are.

Farm Aid is a great cause. I will continue to support it. However, I have to reconsider my attendance at Farm Aid concerts after attending numerous of them. Over the years, the lineup has become less and less impressive. I remember the days of big acts with energetic performances - Kid Rock, Brooks & Dunn, Los Lonely Boys, the full Dave Matthews Band, etc. The last two concerts, this year in Kansas City and two years ago in St. Louis, were BORING - and certainly not worth the expense of travel, hotel, tickets, astronomically priced venue food and beer. The lineup has become one after another accoustic performances of people I don't know or care about. (Seriously, how many times in a row can you watch a dude with a guitar sing slow songs?) The performances aren't energized, the crowd is not energized, the atmosphere is not energized. This is an all-day event, and people need performances to be punctuated with something they can at least tap their toes to. That said, as usual and expected, the "big four" performances of Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), John Mellencamp (sounding like he gargled gravel and razor blades), Neil Young, and Willie Nelson were great. Jason Mraz was also good, although his set list was a little boring compared to his usual.

The venue was great. The last 4 acts were very good, except Willie had a few too many guests.

This event wasn't quite what i expected as far as the performances were concerned. We are big Dave Matthews and Jason Mraz fans. They were both awesome, however, I wanted to see more. The big 'headliners' John Mellancamp, Willie Nelson, and Neil Young rocked it, they were great, but not who I went to see. If you are of a younger generation and want a Dave Matthews concert I would avoid this event. I am not taking anything away from them though, it was a fantastic experience for a great cause. Most of the food was local and organic and amazing. As Neil Young kept stating over and over, "Don't ever forget your local farmer, they need us and we need them, support local farms, Don't Ever Forget "

What a great day and night of music! I sang and danced and hooted and hollered. To have such incredible talent in one place was amazing. Thank you Lukas and Jakob and Jason and Dave and Tim and John and Neil and Willie. The short sets left us wanting for more ... but to be honest, I don't think I could have survived much more from Dave and John ... I would have been too exhausted. Neil: loved your rants ... keep it up ... we need passionate advocates for important causes like this one. But Livestrong Park has some issues. Parking is an incredible mess. And how they ran out of food before the headliners too the stage is beyond me.

I think it is great what these guys are doing for the farmers! And like so many other things we have just let the Corporate world take over the small companies and send the jobs over seas just to save money. We need America back!!!

I wish the artists would have played more of their older songs. I think most people I spoke with would have loved that-we can relate more to the older songs.

This was the worst show I have ever paid to see.! The stadium sucked and was not made for this big of a crowd. The parking was terrible. You had to be shuttled to the stadium in a school bus, and getting back was like watching a monkey do a football. Now to the actual show. Jamie Johnson was awesome. I came to see Neil Young and was disapointed. Performed maybe 5 songs on a acoustic guitar and that was it. Guess I didnt know how Farm Aid was but I will never return.

Concert was amazing! Great venue.....except for the beer being almost $10!!!

We thought the venue was great and so was the performers but wondered why more large name performers aren't invited so that possibly the event could be held at a larger venue and raise even more money.

Terrible venue. Terrible Show. There were a few amazing greats, Ray Price and Billy Joe Shaver to name two. The others were less than desirable and very disappointing. Concession prices were extremely outrageous and the cold water was turned off in the ladies room. No sunscreen allowed in an open air venue is rediculous.

This was a great concert! Loved Jakob Dylan, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Mellencamp and Jason Mraz....other performances were good too but these were my favorites.

Great event for enjoying some of the music greats and supporting America's Family Farmers at the same time! Enjoyed the set by Lukas Nelson and his band.

The Farm Aid cause is a great and noble cause, however, the actual show was very, very disappointing show. I have been to several Farm Aid concerts and they had all been very strong, however, this one was weak. Most of the sets were acoustic (Matthews, Cougar, Neil, Dylan), which didn't translate well in a large, outdoor venue. The young guns just didn't have it. Their whole bag was lame-o country rock that has been done a thousand time already. I didn't hear one decent song from the whole bunch. Robert Francis, Jamey Johnson, and Greg Mraz did nothing for me. Willie's kid Lucas appears to have promise, but he's not there yet. It wasn't all bad I thought the old timers Ray Price and Billy Joe Shaver had great sets. All and all, a huge disappointment. If Willie and the boys can't get these shows back to their previous level of excellence, they need to retire the concept.

It was a good venue and I had great seats. The bands were all great. I had a blast!

Excellent venue for a concert!! Livestrong is big but seems intimate.....wish all future Farm Aid concerts could be at Livestrong Sporting Park!! Beers should be cheaper, however! 9.50 is a little steep for us frugal Boomers! :-) Liked John the best, followed by Dave Matthews...his buddy Tim can sure play the guitar! Neil Young can still inspire the crowd....that is great as he has aged.... Liked Luke Nelson and Mrasz and Jakob Dylan also. Congrats to all the singers....and thanks for their time in donating to a great cause! Go American Farmers!! :-) God bless you and the USA! SJ

With a line-up that includes Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Jason Mraz, John Mellencamp and Neil Young, I was expecting big things. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I left even before Willie Nelson because sleep sounded like it would be more fun.