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The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be in its 98th year and will be broadcast nationwide on Thursday (November 28).
This year’s parade is scheduled to take place in New York City in front of a live audience and will feature performers and participants as the procession travels 2.5 miles through Manhattan, from New York City’s Upper West Side to Midtown.
Fans wanting to watch this year’s parade are in luck, as there are several ways to watch the event via wired or wireless means. Learn how below.
How to Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The 98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air on NBC and Telemundo from 8:30 a.m. to noon ET/PT on tape delay.
How to live stream the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
If you have cable TV (or a digital TV antenna from Amazon), you can watch the parade on TV through your local network NBC affiliate. The parade will also be live-streamed on Peacock Premium (click here for more details on Peacock’s Black Friday discounts).
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade can be watched online as NBC streams it using SlingTV, fuboTV, DirecTV Stream or Hulu + Live TV. Most of these services offer free trials, allowing you to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade online for free without cable TV.
How to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has a limited viewing area, but fans can arrive on Central Park West between West 75th Street and West 61st Street starting at 6 a.m. ET. Beautiful views will be available on Sixth Avenue between West 59th Street and West 38th Street, and limited public viewing will be available on the south side of West 34th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue.
Who performs in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This year’s parade will feature a slew of performances including 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 Pu Raton, Sebastian Attila, Walker Hayes, War and Treaties, Bishop Briggs, Charlie D’Amelio, Arianna Maddix, and more.
Cher, Brandy, ENHYPEN, Jon Batiste, Jesse James Decker, En Vogue, Manuel Turizo, Jabari Banks, Bell Biv Devoe, Pentatonix, Ashley Park, Chicago, David Foster, Katherine McPhee, Alex Smith, Amanda Shaw, Miss USA Grace Stanke and Paul Russell.
Last year’s parade featured performances by Cher (a Flavor Flav-approved rendition of the Christmas disco hit “DJ Play a Christmas Song”) as well as ENHYPEN, Brandy, Pentatonix and more. In previous years, stars including Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande have performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
