Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

New York City

Thursday,
November 27, 2025
8:30 AM

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off the holidays with unparalleled pomp and pageantry. The scale of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is immense: more than 3.5 million people view the parade live along the parade route, and more than 50 million viewers tune in to the television broadcast. Spectators watch in awe as 10,000 participants — including the nation's best marching bands, performance groups, giant helium balloons, breathtaking floats and the one-and-only Santa Claus — pass before their eyes.

A day in the life of a Macy's Parade marching band

Each year, top marching bands of all varieties from across the country are invited to represent their states in the annual parade. In addition, the Macy's Great American Marching Band returns to the parade route each November with more than 250 participants representing all 50 states.

Macy's 2025 Participating Bands

Alcorn State University Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite Marching Band, Alcorn, Mississippi
Banda de Música La Primavera, Santiago, Veraguas, Panama
L.D. Bell High School Blue Raider Band, Hurst, Texas
Catawba Ridge High School Marching Band, Fort Mill, South Carolina
Damien High School Spartan Regiment, La Verne, California
Macy's Great American Marching Band, USA
NYPD Marching Band, New York
Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Marching Band, Flagstaff, Arizona
Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps, Nashua, New Hampshire
Temple University Diamond Marching Band, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of North Alabama Marching Band, Florence, Alabama

Macy's 2026 Participating Bands

Updated October 7, 2025

Concord Community High School Marching Minutemen, Elkhart, Indiana
Dobyns-Bennett High School Band, Kingsport, Tennessee
James F. Byrnes High School Band, Duncan, South Carolina
Hawaii All State Marching Band
Pearland High School Pride of Pearland Band, Pearland, Texas
UConn Pride of Connecticut Marching Band, Storrs, Connecticut
University of Alabama Million Dollar Band, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
University of Illinois Marching Illini, Champaign, Illinois

Macy's Great American Marching Band, USA
NYPD Marching Band, New York

Future Dates

Thursday, November 27, 2025
Thursday, November 26, 2026 - 100th Annual
Thursday, November 25, 2027
Thursday, November 23, 2028
(Always held on Thanksgiving Day)

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