Reception-How long was/is yours, and how late did/do you plan to go?

@KitKatDC are you getting married in DC?

Our ceremony is going to be at 3 and the reception is going until about 9/9:30. We're getting married in a park, so we have to be out of the shelter house by 10pm. However, we're getting married on a Sunday, so I think that will work out just fine.

Here is my schedule--- pictures will be from 4-6 (no cocktail hour), ceremony at 7 with reception immediately after (same location), ending at midnight.

6:30 Music starts playing/Drink Bar opens

6:55 MC asks guests to take seats

7:00 Ceremony starts

7:20 Ceremony ends/ Receiving line

7:30 Dinner Starts

8:00 Bride/Groom Game

8:30 First Dance

8:35 Father/daughter dance

9:30 Cake cutting

10:00 Bouquet Toss

10:10 Garter Toss

11:50 Last song announcement

11:55 Send off

We are alotting 6 hours for the whole thing ceremony and reception will be at the same place.

Timeline:

Ceremony: 5:00

Mocktail Hour: 5:30-6:15

Reception: 6:15-11:00

Clean up: 11:00-11:30

I'm trying to stick to this as much as possible!

We are doing ceremony at 5:15. Cocktail hour at 6-7. Reception 7-11. So 5 hours total. But we are having our wedding at a camp & most people will stay on site in cabins so the after party will continue by the fire.

Our ceremony is at 3:30pm. Our wedding and reception are at a friend's property along a river, so we are just letting everything flow naturally. Guest will be welcomed to get drinks and apps immediately after the ceremony before all the "fun" stuff starts. (Like the German tradition of sawing a log in half.)

We are getting the dinner, toast, cake and first dance done back-to-back. The vendor is picking up the tent, tables, chairs, etc. at 8:30pm. If people want to stay and party there is a picnic shelter with a fireplace and they can go all night. But you can bet the bride and groom will be long gone after a long day.

Ceremony - 4:30 PM

Cocktails - 5:30 PM

Diner - 6:30 PM

Party Time - 8:00 PM

We have until 2am, but I doubt people will stay that long

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When looking at your times, they seem off as you are not giving time for transitions. Here is a solid timeline for what i call ceremony at venue, cocktails 1 hour and 4 hour reception. This is ideal for about 100 guests...Will give you about 2.25 hours of dancing...

5:10 Ceremony Prelude Music

5:30 Ceremony at venue

6:00 cocktails

6:45 b&g preview ballroom

6:55 Ballroom open to guests

7:10 Introductions, first dance and toasts

7:30 Meal

8:30 Cake cutting, parents dances

8:45 - 9:45 Dancing

9:45 Garter and then continue dancing

10:55 last dance

11:00 end