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Destination Champaign - The Roots and Routes of Farm Aid

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Spurlock Museum
Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
Date: Nov 6, 2025 4:30 pm
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Originating Calendar: History Department Public Events; 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.

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