Before you break the wishbone on your Thanksgiving turkey, Conan Gray is going to build on the success he’s seen with 2025 album Wishbone with a performance during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year.
As Billboard can exclusively announce on Monday (Nov. 24), the indie-pop singer is joining the annual showcase’s already star-studded lineup. Viewers tuning in at 8 a.m. local time on Thursday (Nov. 27) can catch Gray performing on 34th Street, where the iconic Macy’s storefront is located in New York City.
The news comes a little over three months after the release of Gray’s fourth studio album, Wishbone. Featuring singles “This Song” and “Vodka Cranberry” — which Gray performed at the MTV VMAs in September — the project reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
In addition to the parade performance, Gray will also co-star in a new “Holiday Gift Hotline” commercial for Macy’s that will premiere during the broadcast. The singer/songwriter stars alongside NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield and actor John O’Hurley in the spot, as they call on the “Macy’s Gift Guide,” aka actress Alison Brie, to help them with their holiday shopping.
Gray is just the latest star to be revealed as a parade performer in 2025, with Cynthia Erivo, Lainey Wilson and the singing trio behind KPop Demon Hunters girl group HUNTR/X — EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — also sharing the bill. The show’s full guest lineup features Drew Baldridge, Matteo Bocelli, Colbie Caillat, Ciara, Gavin DeGraw, Meg Donnelly, Mr. Fantasy, Foreigner, Debbie Gibson, Mickey Guyton, Christopher Jackson, Jewel, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Darlene Love, Roman Mejia, Taylor Momsen, Tiler Peck, Busta Rhymes, Calum Scott, Shaggy, Lauren Spencer Smith, Luísa Sonza and Teyana Taylor.
There will also be appearances by Nikki DeLoach, Kristoffer Polaha, U.S. Olympian Ilia Malinin, U.S. Paralympian Jack Wallace and special correspondent Sean Evans, as well as the Radio City Rockettes and guest dancers from the EVIDENCE Dance Company, Native Pride Productions, Circus Vazquez, and A Chorus Line: The Next Generation, led by creative director and original cast member Baayork Lee. More than 1,200 dancers and cheerleaders repping the Spirit of America Dance and Spirit of America Cheer will perform as well.
And of course, it wouldn’t be the Macy’s parade without a brigade of marching bands in the mix. This year, the featured ensembles will be the Banda de Musica La Primavera (Panama), Catawba Ridge High School Marching Band (South Carolina), Damien Spartan Regiment (California), L.D. Bell Blue Raider Band (Texas), Northern Arizona University Lumberjack Marching Band, Alcorn State University Sounds of Dyn-O-Mite (Mississippi), Spartans Jr Drum and Bugle Corps (New Hampshire), The Marching Pride of North Alabama, Temple University Diamond Band (Pennsylvania), the Macy’s Great American Marching Band and the NYPD Marching Band (New York).
Hosted by Today‘s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker, the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air live on NBC and Peacock at 8 a.m. local time.
