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The 99th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 27, 2025, in New York City and was broadcast to viewers live on NBC and Peacock that same day from 8:30 a.m. to noon EST. The broadcast was hosted by Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker. The lineup featured 18 giant helium balloons, 33 mid-sized balloons, 27 floats, 33 clown groups, 11 marching bands, nine performance groups, a host of musical stars, and the one-and-only Santa Claus.
Listed below are the parade elements that appeared in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They are categorized by unit type, with their respective sponsors in bold. Home locations of talent ensembles are featured in brackets, and guest star’s float appearances are indicated in bold.
Bold denotes a new parade element, and an underline indicates a unit that was brought back after an absence.
Jewel, sang "You Were Meant for Me" (The Land of Ice and Wonder)
Foreigner, performed "Cold as Ice" (Upside Down Invasion: Stranger Things)
Busta Rhymes, sang "Pass the Courvoisier Part II" / "Break Ya Neck" / "Look at Me Now" / "Put Ya Hands Where My Eyes Could See" (World of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Lil Jon, sang "Turn Down for What" (Geoffrey's Dazzling Dance Party)
Mr. Fantasy, sang "Mr. Fantasy" (Jolly Polly Pirate Ship)
Technical Managers: Barry Sprague, Aaron Sasson, Andrew Godsick
Location Managers: Mike Lisboa, Mackenzie Matwick, Mario Romero
Production Manager: Hatice Soyal
Music Manager: Jaynell Grayson
Music Production: Al Theurer
Choreographers: Luam Kefelzghi, Sarah O'Gleby
EVS Producer: Barbra Dannov
Segment Producer: Mario Garcia
SFX Supervisor: Adam Biscow
Segment Director: Alex Vietmeier
Associate Directors: Adam Mishler, Bill Bracken, John Coleman, Casey B. Davis, Janine DeVito, Renee Goldkorn, Amy Mancini, Susan Sullivan, Corissa Trani, Jackie Twohie
Stage Managers: Eddie Valk, Joey Despenzero, Phyllis Digilio, Kevin Lishawa, Julie Lorusso, Linda Spadaro-Carrizzo, Thomas Ucciferri
Talent Executive: Kate Tuckwood-Taylor
Talent Managers: Kelly Brugess, Blake Brooks, Bella Maytorena, Jillian Woodward
Production Coordinators: Dabney Rauh, Matty Fodera, Jonathan Jackson
Script Coordinator: Matt Balfour
Music Coordinator: Scott Siegel
Transportation Coordinator: Savannah Wolfe
Executive Coordinator: Merry Nestor
Production Assistants: Rachel Koch, Alex Austin, Macie Barefoot, Ruby Brooks, Anne Brunnemann, Sydney Campbell, Dorey Casey, Peter Charney, Liam Davis, Doug Gallo, Chloe Henderson, Christina Kaden, Riki Klaskin, Jordan Kulick, Taylor Mair, Jonathan Melo, Marcelle Owona, Jack Parr, Leah Pye, Barbara Rosales, Charlie Sacha, Alex Saveliev, Julia Schemmer, Arielle Silbert, Sara Vandivier, Mickey White, Robert Wielder, Sam Wilde
Technical Directors: Dave Saretsky, Rene Butler
Staging Supervisor: Rick Juliano
Lighting Directors: Geoff Amoral, Michael Gottlieb, Rick McGuiness
Lead Carps & Props: Armend Sefaj
Prop Master: Jeff Steiner
Post Production Supervisor: David Emanuele
Editor: Colin Dow
Announcer: Les Marshak
Backtimer: Molly Gray
Audio Supervisor: David Chessman
Senior Audio: Jorge Silva, Chris Acker, KC Hoffman, Dave Swanson
Audio: Greg Acker, John Ariz, Jay Carrie, Mel Cubero, Frank Duca, Will Finan, Josh Flower, Brain Flanzbaum, Jack M. Goodwin, Steven Giampaolo, Ricardo Gomez, Burton Ishmael, John Karwecki, Robert Lapp, Ultan Molloy, Efrain Ortega, Chris Prinzivalli, Alex Raytses, Brian Ready, Katie Reif, Sasha Rosario, Bob Selitto, Tayler Stendel, Ryan Stotts, Yuri Suzuki, Gianluca Trombetta, Jim Van Bergen, Amanda Wong, Dave Winslow
Music Mix: Carl Glanville, Peter Gary, Charles Campbell, Michael Cruz, Mike Hetzel, Joel Singer, Michael Fortuanto
Graphic Design: Charli Davis, Ian MacIntosh, Rachel Shepherd
XPression: Layne Dornstein
Senior Video: Oliver Bosill
Video: Taylor Dees, Chris Halloran, Doug Youmans
Video Record: Alan Buchner
Video Playback: Joe Bonanno, Ted Gilmartin, Eddie Hinch, Mark Katz, Marc Nathan, Tum Rubino, Jarret Tipiere
Cameras: William Angelucci, Dan Bolton, Marc Bloomgarden, Bobby Del Russo, Dan Erbeck, Robert Feder, Keith Greenwood, Jake Hoover, Raymond Hoover, Kat Kallergis, Evans Kotsis, Jay Kulick, Tore Livia, Ben Parsons, John Pry, Tim Quigley, Vin Rega, Ron Rigoli, Rich York
Utilities: Michael Barsky, David Perez, Ryan Balton, Dustin Balton, Stas Bilyavskiy, Andrew Bovino, Franco Coello, Ryan Goldsmith, James Goldsmith Sr., Jimmy Goldsmith, Sean Haberle, Alexander Latz, Jay Lopez, Anthony "Ricco" Maggio, Carlton Mohabir, Rick Ochtera, Vincent Rega, Johnathan Schamann, Joseph Barsky, Matthew Burke, Zachary Soloman, Matthew Sweet, Andrew Vella, Steven Barsky, Carlos Serrand, Mike Thompson, Adrian Ionescu
Helicopter Team: Rob Angelos, Robert Rodgame, Tom Zweier
Drone Team: Caleb Descognets, Chase Ellison, Silas Greever, Michael Izquierdo, Warren Jamal McElroy, Kal Reifsnyder, Stephen Szot
Special Thanks to: Mayor's Office of City Wide Events, NYCDOT, NYPD, Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Macy's Parade Families and Dedicated Volunteers
Costumes: Nerissa Diaz, Robin Erichsen, Robin Bemporad, Jacquelyn DeMayo, Madison Gonzalez, Bridget Hughes, Karen Malecki, Jaimie Odom, Michael Patierno, Juliet Pettit
Production Operations: Jordanna Terrell, Robert DiGiovanni, Paul Anthony Lopacinski, Amanda Renzi, Justin Cantrell, Christopher Lim, Alexandra Coccia, Chris Levy, Alexandra Rotche, Bridget Dennin
Production Management: Lauren Rossi, Meri Larsen, David Fershtadt, Gabriela Wojcik, James Cozzarelli III, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Darlene Peaco, Charlotte Glassett, Samantha Russo
Partnership Marketing: Jenna Geniale, John De Leon, Alex Kamen, Natalie Aders
Parade Studio: Kristine Ammerlaan, Gerard Angelella, David Assel, Jason Baroody, William Barton, Rudy Botelho, Christian Bracco, Justin Briggs, Edward Cardenales Rolon, Cameron Carnivale, Camyron Chauffe, John Cheney, Alyssa Devers, Ashylnde Ditaranto, Brian Drew, Matt Guarino, Matthew Hoffer, Devon Holland, Josephine Hong, Alexander Kanderis, Lucas Koty, Paul Krasulja, Grace Lizner, Sarah Lloyd, Jennifer Motta, Tina Pfefferkorn, Noelle Rasco, Riley Satterfield, Thomas Schnackenberg, Aaron Smith, Cory Stallworth, Olivia Testa, Greg Thompson, Emily Wagner
External Communications: Christine Oliver Nealon, Ryan Gannon, Gabriella Boresi
Trivia[]
Official partners for the 2025 Parade included Ram Trucks (official truck and work van provider), Remo (official drumhead provider), and The North Face (official outerwear provider).
2025 marked the first time The North Face has been an official partner. It replaced Under Armour, who had been the previous outerwear provider since 2017.
Additionally, five Ram Trucks—Holland America Line, Jolly Polly Pirate Ship, The Counting Sheep's Dream Generator, Brick-tastic Winter Mountain, and Santa's Sleigh—were given custom-wrapped designs
The NBC broadcast of the 2025 Parade achieved the highest number of viewers in its history for the third year in a row, attracting 34.3 million viewers (including streams on Peacock)—an 8% increase from the previous year.[4]
The 2025 Parade telecast on NBC was produced by Done + Dusted Inc. for the first time, replacing Silent House Productions.
Renowned choreographer Mia Michaels directed several performances performances with Macy’s House Dancers for the arrivals of Tom Turkey and Santa Claus, as well as five featured floats—DORA's Fantastical Rainforest, Harvest in the Valley, Big Turkey Spectacular, Jolly Polly Pirate Ship, and The Counting Sheep's Dream Generator.
Social media influencer Taylen Biggs took over Macy's social handles on Instagram, TikTok and Threads, interviewing celebrity talent, special guests and more.
