The 150th anniversary of the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) will be celebrated in a grand manner. Chief minister Jagadish Shettar will inaugurate the formal function to mark the occasion on August 27. There will be year-long celebrations, said district in-charge minister S A Ramdas. A meeting will be held next week to decide on the events, he added. MLA Tanveer Sait said various programmes should be held in all the 65 wards for 150 days. The decade-old corporation building will get a makeover ahead of the celebrations. Work on painting and decorating the building has already begun.