Fans will get to see the 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade for themselves Friday night on The CW!

The 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade will air in a two-hour special tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. Hosted by travel expert Laura McKenzie, actors Erik Estrada and Dean Cain and TV personality Montel Williams, the parade features character balloons and special celebrity appearances.

"The parade on Hollywood Boulevard will include live musical performances that will take place on two stages. A true Hollywood tradition, the parade features larger-than-life inflatable character balloons, and celebrity-filled cars making the heralded trek down the parade route," says The CW.

Singer Olivia Newton-John serves as the Grand Marshal for this year's parade.

 With Olivia Newton-John, Grand Marshall, 85th Hollywood Christmas parade

A photo posted by Santa Tim Connaghan (@santatimconnaghan) on Dec 12, 2016 at 5:07pm PST

You can check out the full lineup of celebrities appearing at the parade right here, but highlights include Bill Engvall, Lou Gossett, Jr., Robert Wagner, Camryn Grimes, Christina LeBlanc, Lou Ferrigno, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin and the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful.

Performers include Cyndi Lauper, War, Scotty McCreery, Kenny G, Julia Ara, Eric Benet, Empty Hearts, Masters of Illusion and Newton-John.

Some of the character balloons viewers should expect to see flying down Hollywood Boulevard include The Grinch, the Penguins of Madagascar, Pac-Man, Thing 1 and Thing 2, The Cat in the Hat and Santa Garfield.

To live tweet and follow along with others watching The 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, use hashtag #HCP2016.

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