The 95th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place on November 25th, 2021, in New York City, and will be shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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Parade Lineup
Listed below is the current information known about the 2021 line of march. More information will be added as time goes by and new/returning Parade units are announced.
Bold indicates a new Parade unit, and * indicates a retired Parade unit.
Balloons
Giant Balloons
- Astronaut Snoopy (Peanuts Worldwide) - 3rd time
- The Boss Baby (DreamWorks Animation & Universal Pictures) - 2nd time
- Goku (Toei Animation, Inc.) - 3rd time
- Green Eggs & Ham (Netflix) - 2nd time
- Red Titan from Ryan's World (Sunlight Entertainment and Pocket.Watch) - 2nd time
- SpongeBob SquarePants & Gary (Nickelodeon) - 3rd time
Heritage Balloons
- The Nutcracker (Universal Orlando Resort) - 4th time
- Santa Starflakes (Universal Orlando Resort) - 1st time
Floats
- 1-2-3 Sesame Street (Sesame Workshop) - 17th time
- Big Turkey Spectacular (Jennie-O) - 2nd time
- Blue's Clues & You! (Nickelodeon) - 3rd time
- The Brick-Changer (The LEGO Group) - 3rd time
- Christmas in Town Square (Lifetime) - 2nd time
- Fantasy Chocolate Factory (Kinder) - 3rd time
- Her Future is Stem-Sational (Olay) - 2nd time
- Home Sweet Home (Cracker Barrel) - 3rd time
- Macy's Singing Christmas Tree (Delta Air Lines) - 4th time
- Rexy in the City (Coach) - 3rd time
- Santa's Sleigh (Macy's) - 13th time
- Splashing Safari Adventure (Kalahari Resorts & Conventions) - 4th time
- Tom & Jerry's Tourist Trap (Warner Bros. Pictures) - 2nd time
- Tom Turkey (Macy's) - 4th time
- Toy House of Marvelous Milestones* (New York Life) - 3rd time
- Winning Winter Together (MassMutual/NHL) - 1st time
Marching Bands
- Macy's Great American Marching Band
- NYPD Marching Band
- The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders "Marching Stars" (Austin, TX)
- Trabuco Hills High School’s Thundering Mustangs Marching Unit (Mission Viejo, CA)
- Union High School Renegade Regiment (Tulsa, OK)
- Lincoln-Way High School Marching Band (New Lenox and Frankfort, IL)
- Sound of Brownsburg Marching Band (Brownsburg, IN)
- Centerville High School Jazz Band (Centerville, OH)
- Hampton University Marching Force (Hampton, VA)
- University of Alabama Million Dollar Band (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Performance Groups
- Spirit of America Cheer
- Spirit of America Dance Stars
Trivia
- The regional marching bands listed above were originally scheduled for the 2020 Parade, but due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, their appearances were deferred to 2021.
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