How to Watch the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Coverage of the 98th annual parade will kick off from New York City at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Tom the Turkey float at the 94th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® on November 26, 2020 in New York City. The World-Famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® kicks off the holiday season for millions of television viewers watching safely at home.

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The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is returning for its 98th installment this year and will air across the country on Thursday (Nov. 28).

This year’s parade is set to take place in New York City in front of 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.

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 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will broadcast on NBC and Telemundo from 8:30 a.m. to noon ET/tape-delayed PT.

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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, fuboTV, 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 is performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?

This year’s parade will feature loads 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 Platten, Sebastián Yatra, Walker Hayes, The War and Treaty, Bishop Briggs, Charli D’Amelio, Ariana Madix 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 America Grace Stanke and Paul Russell.

Last year’s parade featured performances from Cher — a Flavor Flav-approved rendition of her Christmas disco hit “DJ Play a Christmas Song” — as well as ENHYPEN, Brandy, Pentatonix 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.

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