Thanksgiving is around the corner, which means so is the famed Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Next week Turkey Day will commence, and so will the parade as its set to air on November 28. The Thanksgiving Day parade will be filled with beloved entertainers who will be getting viewers hyped for the holiday, and to see all of the amazing floats that make the parade iconic. This years parade is going to have 22 balloons, 34 floats, 11 marching bands, and 28 clown crews, People reported.
Like each year, the parade will include a star-studded line-up for the Thanksgiving celebration.
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The music artists set to perform at the 2024 Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade next Thursday are, Alex Warren, Ariana Madix, Bishop Briggs, Charli D’Amelio, Chloe Bailey, Coco Jones, Dan + Shay, Dasha, and Idina Menzel.
Jimmy Fallon & the Roots, New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre, Kylie Cantrall, Lea Salonga, and Liza Colón-Zayas of The Bear will also be there.
Other performers are: Natti Natasha, the New York Liberty and mascot Ellie the Elephant, Rachel Platten, Sebastián Yatra, T-Pain, Walker Hayes, Loud Luxury, Cynthia Erivo, Oh, Mary! writer/star Cole Escola, Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Hudson, and Billy Porter.
Additionally, performance groups such as 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 and Spirit of America Dance Stars, will also perform.
Many balloons will also make their annual appearance such as Smokey Bear, Stuart the Minion, SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary, The Pillsbury Doughboy, and Ronald McDonald. There will also be some balloons debuting, Minnie Mouse being one of them.
Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade Executive Producer Will Coss is “super excited about bringing Minnie to life.”
Will told USA Today: “It has been a Macy’s Studios dream for quite some time, and the folks here on my team who’ve worked on the design, actually bringing that character to life as a balloon in the sky, couldn’t be more excited about it.