The festivities celebrating the 50th Anniversary of John Glenn's orbit around the Earth on February 20th 1962 will kick off on the Northbridge Piazza on the corner of James and Lake street in Northbridge from 5pm on Monday the 20th of February 2012.

If you cannot be there, you can still join in and see what we're up to thanks to the efforts of many different people.

If you're an Amateur, you can tune in via IRLP or Echolink:

• IRLP Discovery reflector, node #9010
• Echolink AMSAT node #10137

If you've got access to the Internet, you can tune in via a video web-stream provided by iiNet:

• http://freezone.iinet.net.au/channels/freezone/lifestyle/city-of-light