Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2025 in NYC: Route, road closures, balloons, floats and performances
NEW YORK (WABC) — The 99th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will function Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” this 12 months, filling New York’s sky and streets.
The parade on November 27 begins rain or shine on Manhattan’s Higher West Facet and ends at Macy’s Herald Sq. flagship retailer on thirty fourth Road, which serves as a stage and backdrop for performances.
This 12 months’s parade will function 34 balloons, 4 mini-balloons, 28 floats, 33 clown teams and 11 marching bands – all main the way in which for Santa Claus.
Performers embrace Audrey Nuna, Ciara, and Busta Rhymes. New balloons function Buzz Lightyear and Pac-Man, whereas new floats embrace Labubu and “Stranger Issues.”
Marching bands come from numerous states and Panama.
What time does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begin?
It begins at 8:30 a.m. Jap
What is the climate going to be like?
The Eyewitness Information AccuWeather crew predicts a blustery and chilly day with sunny to partially cloudy skies. It should really feel just like the 30s due to the wind. Stronger gusts ought to maintain off till later within the day. New York Metropolis regulation prohibits Macy’s from flying the full-size balloons if sustained winds exceed 23 mph or wind gusts are over 35 mph.
Who’re among the stars performing?
“Depraved” star Cynthia Erivo will kick off a starry present. Audrey Nuna, EJAE and Rei Ami of HUNTR/X, the fictional lady group on the coronary heart of the Netflix hit “KPop Demon Hunters,” will function alongside Ciara, Foreigner, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Busta Rhymes, Mickey Guyton and Teyana. An eclectic group of stars – from ballet dancer Tiler Peck to YouTube’s “Scorching Ones” host Sean Evans – will be part of the annual vacation kick-off.
Broadway will probably be represented by forged members from “Buena Vista Social Membership,” “Simply in Time” and “Ragtime,” whereas the Radio Metropolis Rockettes will probably be there and a few critical athletes – three-time U.S. nationwide champion determine skater Ilia Malinin and U.S Paralympian Jack Wallace. Alumni and college students at LaGuardia Excessive College in New York Metropolis – the college featured within the film and TV sequence “Fame” – will assist rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of “A Refrain Line.”
Others available will probably be Jewel, Debbie Gibson, Drew Baldridge, Matteo Bocelli, Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw, Meg Donnelly, Christopher Jackson, Darlene Love, Roman Mejia, Taylor Momsen, Calum Scott, Shaggy, Lauren Spencer Smith and Luísa Sonza.
What are the brand new balloons?
This 12 months, 4 new featured character balloons will debut, together with Buzz Lightyear, Pac-Man, Mario from Tremendous Mario Brothers and a 32-foot-tall (9.8-meter) balloon onion carriage that includes eight characters from the world of “Shrek.” “KPop Demon Hunters” can even be represented within the sky with the characters Derpy Tiger and Sussie.
What about new floats?
Seven new floats will debut throughout the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Annually, new floats are conceived and crafted by the artisans of Macy’s Parade Studio, a design and manufacturing facility that features carpenters, engineers, electricians, painters, animators, balloon technicians, sculptors, metallic fabricators, scenic and costume designers.
This 12 months’s new floats embrace The Land of Glaciers, Wildlife & Marvel by Holland America Line; Brick-tastic Winter Mountain by The LEGO Group; Grasp Chocolatier Ballroom by Lindt; Upside Down Invasion: Stranger Issues by Netflix; Pals-giving in POPCITY by Pop Mart, the makers of Labubu; The Counting Sheep’s Dream Generator by Serta; and The Littlest Float from Goldfish.
Toni Yates experiences from Moonachie, New Jersey.
Is your state represented by any of the bands?
The marching bands will hail from South Carolina, California, Texas, Arizona, New Hampshire, Mississippi, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Santiago, Panama. The New York Police Division’s marching band can even be part of. There can even be dancers and cheerleaders from Spirit of America Dance and Spirit of America Cheer.
What’s the easiest way to get to the parade?
Mass transit.
Not solely is heavy visitors anticipated due to the vacation, but additionally many streets will probably be closed.
The NYPD additionally reminds spectators that no giant backpacks, garden chairs, umbrellas, giant coolers or alcoholic drinks will probably be allowed within the viewing space alongside the route.
Central Park West will probably be closed from West 72nd Road to West 86th Road from 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 26 by 12:00 p.m. Thursday November 27.
West 72nd Road will probably be closed by West eighth Road will probably be closed from Central Park West to Columbus Avenue from 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 26 by Thursday, November 27.
The 79th Road Transverse will probably be closed from 2:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 26 by 12:00 p.m. Thursday, November 27.
thirty fourth Road between sixth Avenue and seventh Avenue
The next streets will probably be closed Thursday November twenty seventh, 2025 on the Discretion of the NYPD:
Formation:
Columbus Avenue between 72nd Road and 86th Road
Central Park West between 81st Road and 86th Road
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Central Park West between 81st Road and East Facet of Columbus Circle/59th Road
Columbus Circle (Total Circle)
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Dispersal:
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Broadway between forty fifth Road and thirty fourth Road
Miscellaneous (Formation and Dispersal):
58th Road between sixth Avenue and fifth Avenue
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fortieth Road between Broadway and sixth Avenue
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sixth Avenue between thirty second Road and thirty fourth Road
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Broadway between thirty third Road and thirty fourth Road
Broadway between Columbus Circle and 58th Road
Grand Military Plaza between 59th Road and fifth Avenue
Occasion Day Development Embargo:
73rd Road between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
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Rockefeller Plaza between 51st Road and forty eighth Road
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forty fifth Road between seventh Avenue and fifth Avenue
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Columbus Avenue between 72nd Road and 59th Road
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Broadway between Columbus Circle and sixty fifth Road
eighth Avenue between Columbus Circle and 58th Road
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