The Flaming Lips to Headline Earth Day Event on National Mall

I just got this news via e-mail newsletter from the Earth Day Network, although it looks like a press release went out yesterday.

The big Earth Day event on the National Mall this Sunday, April 19 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. will feature performers The Flaming Lips, Los Lobos, DJ Spooky and others. Actor Chevy Chase will emcee the event. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be one of the speakers, along with Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network, actor Matthew Modine, Philippe Pierre Jacques-Yves Arnault Cousteau Jr., and Rep. Edward Markey, U.S. House of Representatives.

This year's event will also mark the launch of a new Green Generation Campaign and the kickoff of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010.

Plus, there will be an Eco-Roadshow on the Mall, with exhibits from non-profits, companies striving to go green, government agencies and foreign embassies.

If you can't make it, check out the live stream of the event from www.MySpace.com/GreenAppleFestival; http://www.earthday.net/www.GreenAppleFestival.com; and http://www.earthdaytv.net/.

Will you go down to the Mall for this? Have you gone in the past?