Who is performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC?

NEW YORK – The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is here, marking the official start of the holiday season.

This year’s parade promises to be no different, with an exciting lineup of real and animated guests. Here is a complete list of real and animated guests that will be featured in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Featured stars include Jennifer Hudson, Billy Porter, T-Pain and Jimmy Fallon, making this one of the most star-studded parades yet.

As always, the Radio City Rockettes will bring the holiday cheer and perform their festive routine, “Christmas Lights.” The Rockettes have been a central part of the parade since 1957.

And of course, no Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is complete without Santa Claus, who will make his grand entrance at the end of the parade, officially kicking off the holiday season. Santa has appeared in the parade every year since 1924.

Here’s a complete list of all the performances you can expect at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Acts before parade:

• Death Becomes Her Performs “If You Want Perfection”
• Hell’s Kitchen Will Perform “The Gospel” State of Mind”
• The Outsiders perform “Tulsa ’67”
• Radio City Rockettes Perform “Christmas Lights”

• Alison Brie and Matt Bush will cut the ribbon
• Alex Warren (Fantasy Chocolate Factory)
• Ariana Madix (Birds of a Feather Stream Together)
• Billy Porter, will sing “Ease On Down the Road”
• Bishop Briggs (Wednesday Feast)
• Captain Minnie Mouse, Captain Mickey Mouse and friends will perform “Live the Adventure” (Magic Meets the Seas)
• Cynthia Erivo
• The cast of Sesame Street and Lea Salonga, will sing “Sing” (1-2-3 Sesame Street)
• Charli D’Amelio (Tom Turkey)
• Chlöe (Geoffrey’s Dazzling Dance Party)
• Coco Jones, will sing “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” (Colossal Wave of Wonder)
• Cole Escola (Rocking Lobster)
• Dan + Shay (Heartwarming Holiday Countdown)
• Dasha (Big City Cheer!)
• Idina Menzel, will sing “Great Escape” (Wondrous World of Wildlife)
• Jennifer Hudson
• Jimmy Fallon and The Roots (Macy’s Santaland Express)
• Joey McIntyre, will sing “A Brand New Christmas” (Palace of Sweets)
• Jonathan Bennett and Gina Claire Mason (Heartwarming Holiday Countdown)
• Kylie Cantrall, will sing “Red Christmas” (The Brick-Changer)
• Kylie Minogue
• Liza Colon-Zayas
• Loud Luxury (Gift of Freedom)
• Natti Natasha (Dora’s Fantastic Rainforest)
• WNBA Champions New York Liberty (Gift of Freedom)
• Rachel Platten (Pasta Knight)
• Roman Mejia and Tiler Peck (Fantasy Chocolate Factory)
• Ronald McDonald, Grimace and Hamburglar (Big Red Shoe Car)
• Santa and Mrs. Claus (Santa’s sleigh)
• Sebastián Yatra with Macy’s and Big Brothers Big Sisters Choir (Macy’s Winter Wonderland in Central Park)
• The Temptations (The Wondership)
• Tom Kenny (Marriage)
• T-Pain (Big Turkey Spectacular)
• Walker Hayes (Autumn in the Valley)
• The War and Treaty (Deck the Halls)

• AUM Dance Creations (Bridgewater, NJ), will perform “Woh Kisna Hai”
• Black Haus Creative (New York, NY), escort for Idina Menzel (Wondrous World of Wildlife)
• BOSS Kids (New York, NY), escort for Kylie Cantrell (The Brick-Changer)
• Circus Vazquez (Paramus, NJ)
• Graham 2 (New York, New York), escort for Rachel Platten (Pasta Knight)
• Indigenous Enterprise (Phoenix, AZ)
• Kilgore College Rangerettes (Kilgore, TX), escort for Dasha (Big City Cheer!)
• La Fuerza Dance Company (New York, NY), escort for Natti Natasha (Dora’s Fantastical Rainforest)
• MOVE NYC (New York, NY)
• Riverdance (North American Tour and Academy), will perform “Riverdance”
• Spirit of America Cheer (Nationwide), will perform “Chappell Roan Medley”
• Spirit of America Dance Stars (Nationwide), will perform “Brat Medley”

This year, 17 giant character balloons will be heading to Macy’s.

Additionally, there will be six new featured character balloons including Minnie Mouse, Extraordinary Noorah” with The Elf on the Shelf, “Gabby’s Dollhouse”, “Goku” and “Spider-Man”.

This year, some new floats will debut in the Macy’s Parade, including Candy Cosmos by Haribo, Dora’s Fantastical Rainforest by Nickelodeon & Paramount, Magic Meets the Seas by Disney Cruise Line, Pasta Knight by Rao’s Homemade, Wednesday’s Feast by Netflix and Wondrous World of Wildlife by Bronx Zoo.

Click here for a complete list of floats, balloons in the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.