(CNN) — The kickoff to the Christmas season in New York City isn't complete without the annual tree lighting at Rockefeller Center. That tradition is scheduled for Wednesday evening, November 30.
The Radio City Rockettes, Andrea Bocelli, Mickey Guyton and Alicia Keys are among the other performers who will appear on the two-hour special.
This year's tree arrived in Rockefeller Plaza on November 12. It's an 82-foot-tall Norway spruce.
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This year's tree is an 82-foot-tall (25-meter-tall) Norway spruce from Queensbury, New York. The tree weighs about 14 tons and is 85 to 90 years old.
The tree will feature more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights, and it's topped with a Swarovski star covered in 3 million crystals.
After the lighting on November 30, the tree will be lit daily from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m., and it will be illuminated for 24 hours on Christmas Day. On New Year's Eve, it will be lit from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
After the tree comes down on a yet-to-be-determined date, it is set to be milled into lumber for Habitat for Humanity.
Top image: The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting on December 1, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
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