The Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony starts at 8:00 p.m. ET tonight (December 3) in New York City. The eight-ton, 72-foot Norway spruce will actually be lit at 8:58 p.m. Once illuminated, 30,000 energy-efficient LED lights will shine over the city, supported by five full miles of wire.

Here’s the live stream. You can right-click the player to select full-screen mode if you’d like.

Beyonce, Tony Bennett, Harry Connick, Jr., and Jamie Foxx are set to perform on NBC’s televised coverage of the event, which also begins at 8 p.m. ET.

Waiting for the tree lighting to begin? In the meantime, you can check out live Webcams of other official city trees around the world — including St. Louis’s, Prague’s, Lake Superior’s, Little Italy’s, Trafalgar Square’s, and St. Croix’ — here.

Or watch video from the 2007 Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony below.

Watch the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Live Online is a post from: The Inquisitr