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The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is returning for its 97th installment this year and will air across the country on Thursday (Nov. 23).
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.
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How to Watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
The 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be broadcast on NBC and Telemundo from 8:30 a.m. to noon ET.
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 Parade can be viewed online, as NBC can be streamed using SlingTV, fuboTV, DirecTV Stream, or Hulu + Live TV. Most these services offer free trials, which will allow you to watch the Thanksgiving parade fun 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 Central Park West between West 75th to West 61st Streets. Great views can be found on 6th avenue between West 59th to West 38th Streets, and limited public viewing on the south side of West 34th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue will be available.
Who is performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?
This year’s parade will feature lots of performances, including 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, Gloria Estefan and her family sang atop the Deck the Halls float by Balsam Hills, while Joss Stone appeared on a Hallmark Channel float, and Jordan Sparks performed on a Toys R Us float. Paula Abdul, Big Time Rush, Kirk Franklin, Cam, Betty Who, Sean Paul, Zigg Marley and more were featured during the 2022 parade. Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and Ariana Grande are some of the stars who have performed at the Thanksgiving Day Parade in previous years.
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On Thursday (Nov. 23), thousands of gatherings will bring together families and friends to enjoy a day of fellowship and food. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 73% of U.S. adults say family time is one of the most important aspects of their life. When it comes to the foods spread out on Thanksgiving […]
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Joe Biden got two blonde pop stars confused on Monday (Nov. 20) during his Thanksgiving turkey pardoning speech. During the speech, which also happened to take place on his 81st birthday, the President was discussing the pardoned turkeys, named Liberty and Bell, noting that they went through a difficult journey of traveling over a thousand […]
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Madonna gave a peek into her Thanksgiving celebrations via social media over the weekend, sharing a rare photo with all six of her children together.
“What I’m thankful for………….” the pop icon captioned the Instagram carousel, tagging both Lourdes Leon and Rocco Ritchie. The third photo of the bunch is a portrait featuring her four youngest kids as well — David Banda, Chifundo “Mercy” James and twins Stella and Estere Ciccone — all of whom were adopted from the East African nation of Malawi.
Other snaps show Madonna posing in a cinched black corset in front of a bathtub, Lourdes teaching one of the twins how to DJ and a look at the handmade centerpieces for the family’s Thanksgiving meal, which included a handwritten note for each of them to write down everything they’re grateful for this year.
Her Madgesty announced just last week that she’ll be marking the thirtieth anniversary of Sex, her groundbreaking 1992 coffee table book, with an exclusive exhibition and re-release in conjunction with Yves Saint Laurent at Art Basel Miami starting Tuesday (Nov. 29) and running through the rest of the week.
Meanwhile, Lourdes has started following in her famous mom’s musical footsteps by releasing her debut EP Go under her stage name Lolahol. The five-track collection arrived via Chemical X Records and was accompanied by lead single “Lock&Key” and a music video for the NSFW “CUNTRADICTION.” However, it seems the 26-year-old’s sonic inspirations are far afield from her mom’s “Material Girl” days, hewing a bit closer to Bedtime Stories territory. According to a release, the EP “spans R&B, alternative pop and classic trip-hop.”
Check out more from Madonna’s family-filled Thanksgiving below.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an iconic holiday event for more than 90 years, and in recent memory, it has brought some of music’s shining stars and up-and-coming acts along for the float- and balloon-filled ride.
Ahead of the 2022 parade, which features Gloria Estefan, Fitz & the Tantrums, Ziggy Marley, Joss Stone, Jordin Sparks and Betty Who, take a trip down memory lane with some big-name artists who (you may have forgotten) once graced a Thanksgiving float.