Big Concert on my Wedding Day!

I would just stick to sending out the STD's in April. If they buy them that far out in advance, and would rather go to your wedding, they will have ample time to resell the tickets on StubHub or something.

I wouldn't worry about it tbh. If any of them are super close friends, I don't think it would be weird to mention in passing that you set a date and will be sending STDs soon. Otherwise, I agree that it could come off like you expect them to cancel their concert plans for your wedding and possibly rub some people the wrong way. I'd just leave this one be and let people decide later if they want to attend the concert vs your wedding and if they want to sell or keep any purchased tickets to do so.

I agree. Stick with your original plan.

If they are people who you are close with, I would give them a heads up on the date. You don't want them to get excited about the concert for months and then feel disappointed when they get the save the date for your wedding. Plus, reselling tickets can be a pain.

There was a news article locally for a couple that booked a small wedding here close to the arena. About a month before their wedding Garth Brooks announced his concert here. They had parking issues but I guess their guests already knew.



If you already have your save the dates could you send them out early? Other than a potential change of heart on the guest list, I don't see the problem. It's only 2 months early.

I would either send tha save the dates early or start mentioning your date to your closest friends. Most of closets my friends knew the date before they received their save the dates. So I don’t think it will be weird. I was so excited about my date when I had it finalized I started sharing it lol!

I had the same issue. A month or so before our Save the Dates went out, Billy Freakin' Joel scheduled his annual Philly concert the same day as our wedding--the NERVE of the guy, right? If I saw on FB that one of my guests were "interested" in the FB event for the concert, I dropped a little "Uh...wedding date! " comment, and reached out personally to one friend who is a Billy super fan. I told her that if I didn't have to be at my wedding, *I'd* be trying to get tickets, too, and that I would understand if she decided to go to the concert. She was totally cool, said she wouldn't miss my wedding for the world, and appreciated the heads up, because it avoided a sticky situation down the line.

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OH MAN! Billy Joel is way harder to handle! I'm thinking for some of the fringe friends (that are teetering on the maybe list anyway) I'll just let it ride, but there was about 4 that I couldn't imagine the day without that said they were interested in the event. I may have some mutual friends talk to them about the date so it doesn't look like it's coming from me. Haha.

I had this exact situation happen to a friend. A concert came to town and one of her friends shared it on Facebook with a "can't wait to see him!" (I can't even remember the artist but I'm pretty sure it was Kenny Chesney) So, in turn, my friend posted a picture on Facebook of her and her FH and the date. Just the date, and a "I can't wait to marry you in x amount of days!" I don't even know how she could guarantee those friends saw it. But she sent STD's 3 months later and all of those friends RSVP'd yes once invites went out.

A lot of people I know say they're "attending" or "Interested" in those big Facebook concert things, who end up not going. At least I do all the time myself! I just like to know what's going on in the area. If you want to give them a heads up, fine, and I'd certainly do it for any VIP guests, but if they buy tickets then they might have to just make a choice, which is what we all sometimes have to do. They will easily be able to resell them

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You know what's funny? My SIL/MOH just recommended doing this same thing! Maybe posting something on the 3rd (5 days before the tickets go on sale) being like "So excited November 3rd is only 9 months away!!" that way it looks like a normal excitement wedding post but it has an ulterior motive Thank you so much for the recommendation!

Being a huge country music fan myself & how i go to quite a bit of the big name shows. I would give them a headsup because alot of the time even when its sold out you take a pretty good hit on the tickets because people will wait to buy till last minute so people who cant go anymore get in a panic & just want some money back on their tickets which always sucks to take the hit!