The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a beloved holiday tradition; kind of an unofficial start to the jolliest time of the year. If it's how you love to get your Turkey Day started, then we've got everything you need to know about how to watch the parade no matter where you are starting at 8:30 am across the country can watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade both broadcast TV and streaming starting at 8:30 am ET/PT on November 28.
US: NBC (live TV streaming services), Peacock
VPN: ExpressVPN
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of the marquee TV events on Thanksgiving, with a great lineup of performers, floats and balloons of popular TV and movie characters. NBC's Today anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker serve as the emcees for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade once again on NBC.
So, if you want to start your holiday off with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, here is everything you need to know to watch it.
How to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV
As it has since 1953, NBC is the official broadcast home of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Starting at 8:30 am no matter where you are in the US, local NBC stations are airing the parade for viewers. This means anyone with a traditional cable/satellite pay-TV subscription or a TV antenna that receives local TV station signals can watch the broadcast. In addition, subscribers to live TV streaming services like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV also have live NBC coverage as part of their service.
Telemundo is simulcasting a Spanish-language broadcast of the parade as well. Check local listings to see if and where Telemundo is located in your channel lineup, or visit www.telemundo.com.
How to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade online
NBC's coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is also available for Peacock subscribers, as the parade is simulcast on the streaming service.
How to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from anywhere
Macy’s Thanksgivig Day Parade performers, balloons and floats
We'll have a full list of the performers, balloons and floats closer to the day of the parade.
2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons
(* marks a balloon is making their debut in the parade)
- Beagle Scout Snoopy
- Bluey
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Minnie Mouse*
- Extraordinary Noorah & The Elf on the Shelf*
- Gabby*
- Goku*
- Kung Fu Panda's Po
- Marshall from PAW Patrol
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Macy's Stars
- Pikachu & Eevee
- The Pillsbury Doughboy
- Pumpkins
- Ronald McDonald
- Sinclair's Dino
- Smokey Bear
- Snow Crystals
- Spider-Man*
- SpongeBob SquarePants & Gary
- Stuart the Minion
- Tiptoe
There are also going to be a number of balloonicles (cold-air balloons attached to a vehicle) in the parade this year:
- Baby Dinos
- Bluey's Grannies Car*
- Cookie & Crouton*
- Go Bowling*
- Lox & Java Trycaloon*
- Mouse King
- Nutcracker
2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floats
(* marks a float is making their debut in the parade)
- 1-2-3 Sesame Street
- Big City Cheer
- Big Red Shoe Car
- Big Turkey Spectacular
- Birds of a Feather Stream Together
- The Brick Changer
- Camp Snoopy
- Candy Cosmos*
- Colossal Wave of Wonder
- Deck the Halls
- Dora's Fantastical Rainforest*
- Fantasy Chocolate Factory
- Geoffrey's Dazzling Dance Party
- Gift of Freedom
- Harvest in the Valley
- Heartwarming Holiday Countdown
- Macy's Santaland Express
- Macy's Winter Wonderland in Central Park
- Magic Meets the Sea*
- Palace of Sweets
- Pasta Knight*
- Rocking Giraffe
- Rocking Horse
- Rocking Flamingo
- Rocking Lobster
- Rocking Moose
- Santa's Sleigh
- SponeBob SquarePants Garriage*
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Tom Turkey
- Universal's Merry Moment
- Wednesday's Feast*
- The Wondership
- Wondrous World of Wildlife*
2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade performers
- Bishop Briggs
- Kylie Cantrall
- Chloe
- Liza Colon-Zayas
- Charli D'Amelio
- Dan & Shay
- Dasha
- Cole Escola
- Jimmy Fallon & The Roots
- Walker Hayes
- Jennifer Hudson
- Coco Jones
- Lord Luxury
- Ariana Madix
- Joey McIntyre
- Roman Mejia
- Idina Menzel
- Kylie Minogue
- Natti Natasha
- New York Liberty & Ellie the Elephant
- Tiler Peck
- Rachel Platten
- Lea Salonga
- The Temptations
- T-Pain
- The War and Treaty
- Alex Warren
- Sebastian Yatra
2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade marching bands
- Avon Marching Black & Gold
- The Carolina Band of the University of South Carolina
- East Tennessee State University Marching Buccaneers
- Flower Mound High School Marching Band
- The Lake Hamilton High School Marching Band - The Power Band of Arkansas
- Macy's Great American Marching Band
- The Majestic Marching Cardinals of Jonesboro High School
- New York City Police Department Marching Band
- The Pride of West Virginia - The Mountaineer Marching Band
- Sioux Falls Lincoln High School "Patriot" Marching Band
- University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band
2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade performance groups
- AUM Dance Creations
- Black Haus Creative
- BOSS Kids
- Circus Vazquez
- Indigenous Enterprise
- Kilgore College Rangerettes
- La Fuerza Dance Company
- MOVE | NYC | Young Professionals Ensemble
- Riverdance 30 - The New Generation
- Spirit of America Cheer
- Spirit of America Dance Stars
2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade clown crews
- Alphabet Clowns
- Aviator Clowns
- Baseball All-Star Clowns
- Birthday Party Clowns
- Breakfast Clowns
- Camper Clowns
- Car Wash Clowns
- City Tourist Clowns
- Coconutty Clowns
- Corny-Copia Clowns
- Funny Bone Medical Team
- Funny Farm Clowns
- Funny Firefighter Bridgade
- Funny Flurry Clowns
- Half-Bake Holiday Sweets
- Holiday Clowns
- Keystone Cops
- Macy's Superheros
- Malt Shop Clowns
- Nutty-Cracker Ballet Clowns
- Nutty Professor Einsteins & Wacky Graduates
- Photographer Clowns
- Santa's Elfen Helpers
- Silly Seaside Clowns & Sailors
- Sleepy Clowns
- Toy Boy Clowns
- Turkey Tech Players & Sports Fans
- Viking Clowns
