Rehearsal dinner not night before?

You can. My fiancé qorksnighta but is taking that Friday and sattoff. Some of our wedding party is out of town.

Nothing is wrong with that. We are doing a rehearsal lunch because timing worked best for lunch instea of dinner. As long as you rehearse then eat theres no rules to a rehearsal dinner

View Quoted Comment Our wedding party is mostly in towners 20 mins away
I was gonna take friday off but he has a new job he cant

If you have out of town guests for the rehearsal, I would ask if your groom can take off work to attend the rehearsal so that people don't have to miss it or travel twice. If not, having it the weekend before is fine.

View Quoted Comment I was thinking lunch too
The wedding is at 2pm
I figuree if we have rehearsal dinnrr around noin to 2 we will see how the sun hits and so i will know where we will want to stand for pics cause its an outside wedding

View Quoted Comment Furthest anyone in the WP lives is 20 to 25 mins

If everyone in your wedding is local I don't think this would be a problem, usually it is the night before to accommodate people who may be traveling for the wedding.

I don’t see why the weekend before would be a problem. The rehearsal dinner is really to rehearse. So why not?
If you are wanting to do it the day before (Friday), maybe see about a brunch or lunch? Maybe if it’s early enough before they have to go to work, that could be an option.

We are doing rehearsal the morning of. We are bringing donuts and coffee for the wedding party. Our coordinator said the day would run smoother if everyone standing up was there.

When are you actually rehearsing? Because that is when the rehearsal should be. Assuming everyone is in town and you can do it the week before at the venue, that should be fine.

View Quoted Comment I suggested the best time to rehearse is the week before

I'm having my wedding on a Friday night and the rehearsal dinner the Saturday before. Really, it seems like too much hassle to have a semi-large party the night before you are having a huge bash. Do it whenever it is most convenient for you and your attendees!

Our wedding is on a Friday so my FILs are hosting our rehearsal dinner the Sunday before so everyone can be there. Nothing wrong with having it a little early!

It is traditional to have it separated from the weekend of the wedding by a week or two, and not necessarily right following the rehearsal. People who have most wedding party from their local area, and whose churches or venues are too busy for weekend evenings, usually offer rehearsals T, W, or Th evenings, up to 3 weeks before. I never heard of a wedding that had a rehearsal dinner the night before in the first 70 or more I was involved with, WP, SO of WP, or family, unless the whole wedding party was from far away, until a few years ago. People seem to consider it a whole weekend party bash, and some do it the night before even with all local WP, horrible in my opinion, and any BM or MOH with a family I have ever talked too. . So if you want to do the traditional thing, not the trendy pack all events together thing, please do. Especially where alcohol is serve, the wedding becomes the 3rd event to bachelor / bachelorette parties, rehearsal dinners, then wedding, in a few days. And lots of people look bloated and somewhat sick on wedding day. Especially brides and grooms who do not stick to one drink on the first two occasions. Which makes brides unhappy with pictures. Go for an earlier rehearsal, and the traditional dinner on a close by weekend. Sometimes not all of WP can make it to a rehearsal then, but not all get off from work a day early or want to stay in a hotel another night before the wedding, especially if they have kids or are broke from buying gifts, dresses,shoes, tux rentals, and transportation to get to and from the wedding. So go traditional!