Mickey Guyton, Darren Criss, Zoe Wees, Jon Batiste, Kim Petras, Nelly and Kristin Chenoweth are among the stars who will perform today at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving parade in New York City.
Following last year’s crowd-free event, Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Parade is back in full force for 2021. The department store’s 95th celebration will take place on Thursday, November 25, where it will retrace its traditional 2.5-hour route. miles through Manhattan, from the Upper West side to Midtown.
This year, pop culture franchises, brands and businesses will once again get their names in front of live audiences, as the public returns to watch the floats, balloons and live performances of the parade. Macy’s is also taking part in the NFT action and auctioning off 10 digital art pieces inspired by inflatable floats from decades past, with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
This year’s Thanksgiving parade features a plethora of celebrity tricks. Mickey Guyton recently won three nominations for the upcoming 64e Grammy Awards annuels for Best Country Album with her recent September 24 debut album, Remember Her Name, and for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for the title track.
Guyton recently performed at the American Music Awards and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Tina Turner. CMT Breakout Artist of the Year has upcoming performances on Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade this week and the annual Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center on December 1.
Elsewhere, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor and Broadway star, Darren Criss’ new vacation record with Decca Records US will be his first full-length album and will feature original songs, creative re-imaginations of classic tunes, and rarely-hidden gems. covered with guest artists Adam Lambert, Lainey Wilson and Evan Rachel Wood. Criss will also be performing in the upcoming TV special, Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration! Sunday, November 28 on ABC and the next day on Hulu.
Zoe Wees gave a powerful performance of her women’s empowerment anthem, “Girls Like Us,” Sunday night (November 21) at the American Music Awards. 19-year-old German singer-songwriter The performance came as part of the new “AMA Song For Soul Moment,” which celebrated the power of music and artists who amplify their voices to inspire change. Also from Germany, Kim Petras from Cologne has steadily built a following among the LGBTQ community and beyond with her 80s-inspired bubblegum pop dance brand. Petras became the first transgender performer on MTV Video. Music Awards 2021 where she performed her new single “Future Starts Now”.
Grammy nominee Jon Batiste, meanwhile, is also about to present its latest opus, the culmination of more than a century of black shine, at Carnegie Hall in May 2022. In American Symphony, the Oscar-winning composer salutes music visionaries, such as Duke Ellington, James Reese Europe, Mahalia Jackson and Nina Simone, who stood on the very stage on which he concludes his Perspectives series.
Watch the live stream of this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
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