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The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is back for its 99th installment this year and will air across the country just in time for turkey day Thursday (Nov. 27).
This year’s parade is set to take place in New York City before a live audience, making its 2.5-mile trek through Manhattan and featuring performers and attendees as it travels from the city’s Upper West Side to Midtown. Knowing Billboard, it’s all about the musical guests, of which there will be several.
You’ve got big names like EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, the voices of the girl group HUNTR/X from Netflix’s hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters showing you how it’s “done, done, done,” along with Wicked’s own Elphaba Thropp Cynthia Erivo, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, Conan Gray, Gavin DeGraw, Foreigner, Lainey Wilson, Teyana Taylor and Taylor Momsen, among a slew of others.
Of course, you’ll be able to catch some of your favorite floats live on the big screen including SpongeBob Squarepants with his little snail companion Gary, Stuart the Minion, Goku from the anime Dragon Ball Z, Monkey D. Luffy from the anime One Piece, Beagle Scout Snoopy with his pal Woodstock and so much more.
Fans looking to watch the parade this year are in luck, because there are several ways to tune in to the event with or without cable. Find out how below.
How to Watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
The 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will broadcast on NBC and Telemundo from 8:30 a.m. to noon ET/tape-delayed PT.
How to Stream Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
If you have cable (or a digital TV antenna like this one from Amazon), you can watch the parade on TV through your local network NBC affiliate. The parade will also stream live on Peacock Premium (click here for more details on Peacock’s Black Friday discount).
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade can be viewed online, as NBC can be streamed using SlingTV, DirecTV Stream or Hulu + Live TV. Most of these services offer free trials, which will allow you to watch the Thanksgiving parade for free online without cable.
How to View the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in Person
There are a small number of viewing areas for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, but fans can start arriving at 6 a.m. ET at Central Park West between W. 75th and W. 61st streets. Great views can be found on Sixth Avenue between W. 59th and W. 38th streets, and limited public viewing on the south side of W. 34th St. between Broadway and Seventh Avenue will be available.
Who has performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?
Last year’s parade featured performances from Jennifer Hudson, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots, Idina Menzel, Kylie Minogue, T-Pain, Coco Jones, Dan + Shay, Chloë, The Temptations, Dasha, Joey McIntyre, Natti Natasha, Rachel Platten, Sebastián Yatra, Walker Hayes, The War and Treaty, Bishop Briggs, Charli D’Amelio, Ariana Madix and more. In previous years, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande are some of the stars who have performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
