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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: How to watch the Rutgers University marching band

The Rutgers University marching band is performing on Thanksgiving at the Macy’s parade.

The famed Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the most iconic moments of the holiday season, will host a performance from the Rutgers University marching band. It is the first-ever appearance of the band in the historic parade.

  • When: Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 23) from 8:30 a.m. to noon
  • How to watch: The parade will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock

If you missed Rutgers marching live, don’t worry! There will be a rebroadcast of the parade in a shortened form from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Rutgers is one of 11 marching bands that will be performing at the Macy’s parade. The parade went mainstream as a central part of the plot for the original 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street.

On Monday during his weekly press conference, Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano gave the band a shoutout.

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“Our band, our band is playing in the Macy’s Day Parade which is really cool, so to them, I want to wish them luck for a great performance,” Schiano said.

Rutgers to send marching band representation to games at Boston College and Temple

The Rutgers marching band will be traveling to the football team’s first two road games.

Sound the trumpet and strike the drums. Rutgers football is going to have some marching music for their first two road games of the season.

On Wednesday, the Rutgers marching band account on Twitter responded to a question about if they will travel to Saturday’s season opener at Boston College or two weeks later for the game at Temple. The response said that “a small group” is heading for Boston College and then the whole ensemble will be at Temple on Sept. 17.

The marching bands and the atmosphere created is one of the great things about college sports. It is certainly something unique to college sports in this country.

Last season, the Rutgers marching band traveled to the game at Indiana. They were a good luck charm for that game as Rutgers rolled to a 38-3 win for an impressive Big Ten win.

 

Last year’s traveling support was a fortuitous scheduling boon for Rutgers. The marching band performed the exhibition that weekend at the ‘End of Finals Competition’ as part of Music for All’s Bands of America Grand National Championships. It was quite an honor for the band and allowed them to travel to the game and participate in the football game’s atmosphere.

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Greg Schiano gives Rutgers marching band a shoutout for Saturday’s game

Rutgers marching band was in attendance for Saturday’s game at Indiana, with Greg Schiano giving the group some postgame love.

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In a rarity for a Big Ten road game, Rutgers football was able to travel with their marching band for Saturday’s game at Indiana. It afforded Rutgers the opportunity to celebrate on the road a 38-3 win with the alma mater being played by their band.

During the Big Ten Network’s broadcast, the Rutgers band was shown on television several times adding to the atmosphere of the conference game.

It was an attribute not lost on head coach Greg Schiano immediately after the game.

“Our band is out here for a competition in Indianapolis. And we were able to work it out that they came up and really it was you know…a couple times I looked up there. I think they probably couldn’t have been further away, right? But man that was great,” Schiano told reporters after the game.

“And then to be able to go over and sing the alma mater with them and our cheer squads always with us but they mean so much.

 

“I know that the band and the cheer squad are working to build just like we are right? It’s hard to build a band but over time you can do it. And same thing with a cheer squad. It’s hard to get the numbers you want to be able to do it all. So we’re all doing this thing together. And I’m really thankful for them being here.”

As part of the Music for All’s Bands of America Grand National Championships, Rutgers University had the prestigious honor of performing the exhibition on Saturday evening at the ‘End of Finals Competition.’ The competition was hosted in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.