2013 edition of Farm Aid is sold out

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., July 8 (UPI) -- Tickets for Farm Aid 2013 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., have been sold out, organizers announced.

The family farm benefit festival is scheduled for Sept. 21 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

"We are honored that upstate New York has embraced Farm Aid in this way," Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid, said in a statement.

"Your enthusiasm is a clear sign that people here and across the northeast value family farmers and the work they do to grow strong and healthy communities for all of us."

Farm Aid 2013, which sold slightly more than 25,000 available tickets, will feature appearances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, as well as Jack Johnson, Amos Lee, Kacey Musgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Bahamas, JD & The Straight Shot, Carlene Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors and The Blackwood Quartet.