Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Tuesday will give the signal for the official illumination of the capital of Greece, inaugurating the holiday season.

The ceremony began at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday when two sections of the Athens Municipality Wind Instrument Philharmonic Orchestra will set off from National Resistance Square (formerly Kotzias) and Monastiraki metro station.

They are meeting at Syntagma Square, where the Athens Municipality Big Band and popular Greek pop singer Sakis Rouvas are performing Christmas songs and music as the city’s Christmas lights and the tree in Syntagma Square are lit.

Nea Smyrni Leontio School choir will also participate.