UBS Parade Spectacular

The Stamford Downtown Parade Spectacular (previously UBS Parade Spectacular) is held in Stamford, Connecticut each year on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. It features helium balloons, and attracts over 200,000 spectators annually, much as with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was created in 1993 by the Downtown Special Services District. Sponsors include Macy's and King Features Syndicate.
The parade has Fabulous Inflatables balloons in the procession.
==Muppet connections==
* 2007: Related balloons included were Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy; Non-Muppet balloons include the Grinch, Garfield and Odie, and a Looney Tunes float.
* 2008: Related balloons included were Oscar, Bear, Big Bird; non-Muppet balloons included Beetle Bailey.
* 2012: Related balloons include Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, Red Fraggle and Super Grover.
* 2014: Related balloons include Super Grover, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, and Animal. Non-Muppet balloons include The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Pac-Man, Fred Flintstone, and Scooby-Doo.
* 2024: Related balloons included Elmo and Oscar the Grouch.Ignacio Laguarda, "See Stamford's Thanksgiving parade with its giant balloons, daredevil Bello Nock and more", Stamford Advocate, 24 November 2024.
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File:Bearubsparade.jpg
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File:Piggyubsparade.jpg
File:Stamford Oscar 2024.jpg|2024
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