Farm Aid Exhibit Curator Talk: Destination Champaign - The Roots and Routes of Farm Aid
- Event Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025
- Time: 4:30 pm–5:30 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free
This talk will trace the journeys of the artists and activists who converged at Memorial Stadium in September 1985 to make the inaugural Farm Aid concert a landmark event in the history of popular music.
Speaker: Dan Gilbert is Associate Professor of History and Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and faculty curator of Spurlock's Songs of Solidarity exhibit.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at spurlock-museum@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 333-2360.
All are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.