What you should know
- Although we are used to seeing the masses flocking to see the great balloons making their way down the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade route, this year the celebration will be a little different.
- The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will have no audience and will air nationwide as a television-only event on NBC and Telemundo on Thursday, November 26 from 9 am to 12 pm
- Although there will be no parade amid a sea of crowds, a number of stage performances and musical artists have been scheduled to participate in this year’s event.
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NEW YORK – Although the ongoing pandemic has canceled or postponed many events, there are some annual traditions that will take place, albeit with certain changes. One such event is the beloved Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Although we are used to seeing the masses flocking to see the great balloons making their way down the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade route, this year the celebration will be a little different. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will have no audience and will air nationwide as a television-only event on NBC and Telemundo on Thursday, November 26 from 9 am to 12 pm
To safely bring the show to millions of people across the country during this unprecedented time, the annual production will reinvent itself as an exclusive television event with no audience. This year, the procession will stop marching the traditional 2.5-mile route in Manhattan to avoid gathering large crowds.
Although there will be no parade amid a sea of crowds, a number of stage performances and musical artists have been scheduled to participate in this year’s event. However, while artists are subject to change, here are all who are scheduled to participate:
BROADWAY / THEATER PERFORMANCES:
- Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations
- Hamilton
- Jagged Little Pill
- Mean Girls
- Radio City Rockettes
GROUPS:
- All-female samba drumline Fogo Azul NYC along with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and Mermaid Queen Lynn Nottage and Dick Zigun representing the Coney Island USA Mermaid Parade
- Danza Fiesta representing the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
- The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Band representing the NYC Pride March
- The Sugarplum Fairy from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker representing the New York City Ballet
- The FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums representing the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- A special performance entitled CaribeFuturism featuring a collective of acts including partners Pan in Motion, Batingua Arts, Sesame Flyers, and Kaisokah Moko Jumbies with Carnival Queen Kay Mason representing the West Indian American Day Carnival Association
- The Big Apple Circus
- The NYPD Police Band
- The West Point Marching Band
- Zeta Phi Beta
STARS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES:
- Lauren Alaina
- Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus
- Ally Brooke
- Sofia Carson
- CNCO
- Jimmy Fallon and The Roots
- Karol G
- Tori Kelly |
- Patti LaBelle
- Ella Mai
- Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier
- The cast and Muppets of Sesame Street
- Leslie Odom Jr.
- Keke Palmer
- Dolly Parton
- Pentatonix
- Bebe Rexha
- Jordin Sparks
- Sebastian Yatra
- Brett Young
- Santa claus
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