Burlingame High School will be rocking Sunday, thanks to some hardworking teens who have put together what is expected to be one epic bash as part of the city's centennial celebration.

Five Burlingame High sophomores and juniors on the city's Youth Advisory Committee have spent months organizing the first "A Day on the Green'' at the school's football stadium. At least 800 to 1,000 teenagers, young adults and alternative music lovers of all ages are expected to turn out to hear eight Bay Area bands. It is also attracting rock station, Live 105, and will have a fun zone complete with a Slip-N-Slide for people to cool off on what is expected to be a warm day.

The Burlingame Lions Club will also be cooking up some chow to help raise money for the event's causes: The VH1 Save the Music Foundation for restoring music programs in schools; Youth Advisory Committee; and the Parks and Recreation Department's scholarship program. San Bruno apparel company Priority One has printed up T-shirts to help raise money.

The idea for "A Day on the Green" started with the Burlingame Centennial Committee asking the Youth Advisory Committee to organize an event at the high school. The teenagers who put it together said they initially thought about doing a "Battle of the Bands'' competition, but it just got bigger.

"We are all kind of looking forward to seeing what this is going to be like,'' said Burlingame High sophomore Roddy Gali, 15. "I think it is

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kind of mind-blowing to all of us. This has been taking over a giant portion of our lives over the last six months.''

Roddy helped attract sponsor Mollie Stone's, which is providing food and beverages for the bands' hospitality tent. He also contacted Live 105 via e-mail. About 30 teen and 40 adult volunteers are helping out as well.

The other Youth Advisory Committee members who helped put the event together are sophomores Casey Sullivan and Nic Martin and juniors Alexis Mazzoni and Amanda Delbon. They spread the word about the event on MySpace and Facebook, with Live 105's help, and by handing out fliers at events at Carlmont High and other schools. Casey is eyeing a career as a music and festival producer.

"We want to do this annually, probably every May,'' Alexis, 16, said. "Next year we will do more planning. We just want to make it bigger and better every year.''

"A Day on the Green" is already the "biggest teen-focused event the city has ever had,'' said Stacy Poncia, Youth Advisory Committee's advisor and a recreation supervisor for the city.

"The nice thing about having it at the high school stadium is people are used to noise and activities going on there,'' Poncia said.

Being connected to VH1's cause helped attract the bands, said Nic, 16. And not all the groups could make it. One had to cancel because it is on tour back East. Next year, when the Youth Advisory Committee has more time to organize the event, the committee wants to get VH1 more involved, he said.

Commitee members said they are looking forward to seeing how the event turns out, and they are glad the city has so much faith in them.

"It's really good to know the centennial committee and the rest of the community has trusted us with such a big event,'' Alexis said.

"A Day on the Green" will feature bands Element 94, Fighting The Villain, Undergone, All Ages, Company Car, Mud and Chow Nasty. It takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 but students with a high school or junior high school ID can get in for $8.

E-mail Mark Abramson at mabramson@dailynewsgroup.com.