{"id":404367,"date":"2025-11-25T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/404367\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:31:21","slug":"what-to-know-about-this-years-thanksgiving-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/404367\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about this year\u2019s Thanksgiving parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP22327797152465-scaled.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Macy's Thanksgiving Parade\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Everything you need to know about the 99th annual Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A man inspects a float of Tom Turkey that is lined up for the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>(AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s officially the most wonderful time of the year, New York! The 99th annual Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade will take to the streets this Thursday, November 27th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are watching from home or live in person, here is everything to know about this year\u2019s parade.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>What time does the parade start?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The parade will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>What can viewers expect to see in this year\u2019s parade?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Each year, the parade dazzles audiences with its talented performers. This year, some special performances will include the daytime debut of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the singing voices of HUNTR\/X from Netflix\u2019s hit animated original film \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d and acts from some of Broadway\u2019s biggest hits: \u201cBuena Vista Social Club\u201d, \u201cJust in Time\u201d and \u201cRagtime.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per usual, the iconic Radio City Rockettes will also perform\u2013 this year celebrating their 100th anniversary.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The parade lineup this year will also feature over 5,000 volunteers, 32 balloons, 3 ballonicles, 27 floats, 4 specialty units, 33 clown groups, and more to welcome Santa Claus and ring in the holiday season.\u202f\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of this year\u2019s newest balloons include Buzz Lightyear, PAC-MAN, Mario, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/holidays\/buzz-lightyear-pac-man-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><b>What is the parade route?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The parade will start at 77th Street and make its way down the 2.5-mile route ending at Macy\u2019s Herald Square flagship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?attachment_id=137813845\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137813845 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137813845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MapThanksgiving.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1306\" title=\"Everything you need to know about the 99th annual Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade 3\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Where can I watch the parade in person?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There will be designated areas for public viewing along the parade route that will be managed by the New York City Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Where can I watch the parade virtually?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Viewers across the country can watch the parade from the comfort of their own homes on NBC and Peacock starting at 8:30 a.m. in all time zones. Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker will return to host the Emmy Award-winning celebration.<\/p>\n<p>An encore telecast will also air at 2 p.m. ET\/PT, and a Spanish-language simulcast will be hosted by Andrea Meza, Aleyda Ortiz, and Clovis Nienow on Telemundo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/macys.com\/parade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">macys.com\/parade<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man inspects a float of Tom Turkey that is lined up for the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":404368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,147987,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,19140,44599,191008,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-404367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-parade","17":"tag-thanksgiving","18":"tag-thanksgiving-parade","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115612240725861521","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}