As Thanksgiving is only hours away, preparations for this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday (November 23) are underway.
Balloons, floats, and other iconic scenes are making a comeback in this year's parade, which would be the 97th installment of the New York City tradition marking the start of the year-end holidays.
Parade Features, Acts
This year's parade would feature 25 giant character balloons, 31 floats, six ballonicles, 29 clown crews, 11 marching bands, and 18 performers.
Among the balloons that would grace the parade include Stuart the Minion and Grogu balloons return, joined by new giants like Beagle Scout Snoopy, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Monkey D. Luffy, and Uncle Dan.
Aside from Santa Claus, a staple in Macy's parade, Cher would be expected to perform tracks from her very first Christmas album which was released last month.
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When, Where to Watch the Parade?
The parade would air from 08:30 to 12:00 in all time zones, with rebroadcasts airing from 14:00 to 17:30 on NBC.
Aside from NBC, the parade would be broadcast and livestreamed simultaneously on Telemundo and Peacock, respectively.
The parade would start from West 77th Street & Central Park West. It would traverse down Central Park West to Columbus Circle before turning left to Central Park South toward Sixth Avenue, and right to Sixth Avenue to Macy's Herald Square, where the parade would finish up.
Those who are in New York could watch the parade in person, beginning from Central Park West between West 75th and West 61st Streets, or the rest on Sixth Avenue between West 59th and West 38th Streets.
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