An evening in Central Park’s East Meadow with music performances and highlights from Ken Burns’s upcoming PBS series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA.

An evening in Central Park's East Meadow with music performances from Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, José Feliciano, Carole King, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow in a special tribute to Mary Travers, plus Counting Crows and Augustana; highlights from Ken Burns's upcoming PBS series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA; and remarks by filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and actor and film narrator Peter Coyote. Note: This was a non-broadcast event.

This event is part of NPCA's National Parks Week NYC, leading up to National Public Lands Day on September 26, when the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite people to visit America's national parks and historic sites for free for a day of service, celebration and a sneak peek of the Ken Burns film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering September 27th on PBS. Activities are planned at more than 200 sites across the country.