Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is next week, which means the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will happen next week — and this year, another Indiana high school marching band will be in the NYC parade.
Here’s everything you need to know about how and where to watch the 2024 Thanksgiving parade.
The 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to noon in all time zones on Thursday, Nov. 28.
Americans can watch the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade telecast on NBC from 8:30 a.m. to noon in all time zones.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will also be available to stream for Peacock subscribers and Fubo subscribers.
The 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which takes place in New York City, will run for a full 3 ½ hours between 8:30 a.m. to noon.
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New Yorkers can catch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at Central Park West.
With a scheduled start of 8:30 a.m. ET, the parade begins at West 77th Street and Central Park West and concludes at Herald Square.
The following stars are listed to perform at this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade:
- Bishop Briggs
- Kylie Cantrall
- Chlöe
- Dan + Shay
- Dasha
- Jimmy Fallon & The Roots
- Coco Jones
- Walker Hayes
- Ariana Madix
- Joey McIntyre
- Idina Menzel
- Natti Natasha
- T-Pain
- Rachel Platten
- Lea Salonga
- The Temptations
- The War and Treaty
- Alex Warren
- Sebastián Yatra
- Charli D’Amelio
- Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia
Avon High School’s marching band, the Avon Marching Black & Gold, will be performing at the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They recently won both ISSMA State Finals and BOA Grand Nationals Finals (two years in a row).
Avon Marching Black & Gold:Local high school band to perform in ’24 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
At least 17 character balloons will fly at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, including Disney’s Minnie Mouse; Extraordinary Noorah, The Elf on the Shelf; DreamWorks’ Gabby; Goku from Dragon Ball Z; Nickelodeon’s Marshall and Spin Master and Marvel’s Spider-Man.
An additional 15 heritage and novelty balloons will also be featured during the parade along with 22 floats.
Contributing: Felecia Wellington Radel and KiMi Robinson
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