With Halloween over, it’s now time to talk Thanksgiving. Today the first performers and balloons for the 88th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade were announced by NBC.

Unsurprisingly, the 2014 Thanksgiving Day Parade will have a slew of high-profile artists and various types of entertainers make their way down Manhattan’s 34th Street on Thursday, November 27.

The first batch of entertainers are as follow: The Big Apple Circus, Before You Exit, William Blake, Sabrina Carpenter, Cirque du Soleil, Hilary Duff, Renee Fleming, Becky G., Lucy Hale, Nick Jonas, KISS, Sandra Lee, The Madden Brothers, Idina Menzel, Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez, MKTO, the cast and Muppets of Sesame Street, NEEDTOBREATH, NHL legends John LeClair and Pat LaFontaine, Pentatonix, Romeo Santos, Cole Swindell, Meghan Trainor, The Vamps, Quvenzhané Wallis, will be marching down the parade route on Thanksgiving Day. Expect to see their smiling faces on your television.

In a press release, the network says that Little League World Series team Taney Dragons from Philadelphia, with pitcher Mo’Ne Davis, will lead the parade.

As usual, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be hosted by Today Show anchors Matt Lauer, Al Roker, and Savannah Guthrie. The event kicks off at 9 a.m. and airs for three hours in your local time zone.

This year’s parade will feature “16 giant character balloons; 33 novelty/ornament balloons, balloonicles, balloonheads and trycaloons; 27 floats; 1,300 cheerleaders and dancers; 1000 clowns; 12 marching bands.”

As for which balloons to expect? There will be a few which will be “the biggest class” in the parade’s history. Says NBC, “Six new giant characters will take to the sky including the loveable Peruvian bear Paddington; the always electrifying Pikachu; the warm giggling Pillsbury Doughboy; the vanquisher of evil the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger; the lava spewing Skylanders® Eruptor; and the friendly locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine.

“Rounding out the ballooning line-up are returning favorites including Adventure Time with Finn & Jake, Diary of A Wimpy Kid, The Elf on the Shelf, Hello Kitty, Papa Smurf, Ronald McDonald, Snoopy and Woodstock, Spider-Man, SpongeBob SquarePants and Toothless of How to Train Your Dragon. In addition, the balloon cast includes new balloonicles (a Macy’s Parade hybrid of cold-air balloon and vehicle) of the famed-spokesduck the Aflac Duck and Cloe the Holiday Clown, as well as the return of the KOOL-AID Man. In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the film classic, balloonheads of The Wizard of OZ characters will also make a special appearance.”

‘Tis the season!