The 99th America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White returns to Downtown Detroit on Nov. 27! Here’s what you need to know.
The parade is held on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, 2025.
The Parade route is three miles of smiles along Woodward Avenue from Kirby to Congress. The Parade steps-off at Kirby and Woodward at 8:45 a.m. It’s roughly an hour and a half march south on Woodward through the TV Zone at Grand River.
How can I watch the 2025 America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit?
Coverage begins at 6 a.m. on WDIV-TV in Detroit, or streaming on Local 4+, an app you can download for free on any smart TV device, like Roku or Apple TV. Streaming is available outside the Detroit market.
You can also watch in the live stream player at the top of this page.
Our parade preview is from 8-9 a.m., and the parade broadcast starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 12 p.m. The parade is also syndicated across 185 markets nation-wide.
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