There is no more traditional way to ring in the New Year than with the Tournament of Roses Parade And with the annual New Year's Day Parade now (January 1) being broadcast on multiple channels, finding a live stream of the Rose Parade is easy

Today is the 131st annual Rose Parade, with more than 40 floats marching down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, along with marching bands and equestrian groups The parade is meant to celebrate the Rose Bowl game between Oregon and Wisconsin, which will take place later that day, and is one of the college football games that can be steamrolled on New Year's Day But if you want to watch the parade, here's how to track a live stream of today's Rose Parade

Coverage of the Rose Parade began in Pasadena on New Year's Day at 11:00 AM ET/8:00 AM ET One need not look too hard to find television coverage of the parade

Both ABC and NBC broadcast the parade, so as long as you have a TV and an HDTV antenna, you can watch either network broadcast Spanish-language broadcasts of the parade are available on Univision Two cable channels, Hallmark Channel and RFD TV, will also broadcast the parade

Los Angeles-area television station KTLA also covers the parade, and its broadcasts are usually syndicated to other channels in other cities across the country (KTLA's live stream can be found on YouTube)

For the past two years, Amazon Prime has offered an alternate broadcast of the Rose Parade, with Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon doing the announcing Ferrell and Shannon dressed as a pair of hilariously cheesy announcers, Cord Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan, to call the parade

The 2019 broadcast is still available on Amazon Prime, but it seems unlikely that Cord and Tish will return for a third year Funny Or Die, which produces the mock broadcast, told Pasadena Star News that they will not be back for the 2020 edition of the parade So, the above options are available

If your calendar switches to 2020 and you happen to be out of the country when the Rose Parade begins, you can still watch from abroad With a virtual private network (VPN), you can disguise where you are surfing the web and access the same streaming services you enjoy at home

Of all the services we tested to find the best VPN overall, we think ExpressVPN is the best choice It performed well in our tests and their customer support was very helpful Also, if you sign up for the annual service, you get a lower monthly fee

If you can't be near a TV when the Rose Parade is taking place, there are several streaming options at your disposal, but you may need a cable subscription to take advantage of some of the more direct choices

Both ABC and NBC stream their broadcasts live from their respective websites However, neither network requires a cable provider to sign in, making this option unavailable to cord cutters

Instead, they can use a subscription streaming service that carries one of the channels that airs Rose Parade However, that is a bit more difficult for two reasons First, not all streaming services broadcast local channels in all markets (Sling, for example, offers only NBC and ABC in some cities) Second, Hallmark Channel is included in a limited number of packages offered by various streaming services

Still, if you want to live stream the 2020 Rose Parade, you have several options The following are the best options