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Macy’s 99th Thanksgiving Parade Locks Final Lineup as Seven New Floats Are Unveiled, From Labubu to Stranger Things

The Nov. 27 telecast airs on NBC and Peacock with live audio description plus a Telemundo simulcast.

Cheerleaders perform in the rain during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 28, 2024.
The Tom Turkey float rides at the start of the 98th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 28, 2024.
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Overview

  • A Macy’s Parade Studio preview revealed POP MART’s first Labubu float, featuring 16-foot fuzzy inflatables Labubu and Mokoko on the Friendsgiving in POP CITY unit.
  • Netflix’s Stranger Things float recreates Hawkins National Laboratory and includes an approximately 8.5-foot Demogorgon puppet operated by a puppeteer with practical lighting and smoke effects.
  • Seven floats are new this year, including designs from The LEGO Group, Lindt, Holland America Line, Serta, POP MART, Netflix’s Stranger Things and Pepperidge Farm’s Goldfish.
  • Cynthia Erivo will open the broadcast, joining a slate that features Broadway casts, the Radio City Rockettes and performers ranging from Ciara to Foreigner.
  • Coverage begins at 8:30 a.m. ET with hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker, streams on Peacock, includes a 2 p.m. encore, SAP live audio description and a Nov. 26 Countdown special.