Timeline for 6 pm wedding?

You could do 6 - 6:30 ceremony, cocktail hour and pictures from 6:30 - 7:30 and then reception from 7:30 - 11?

Here's what I'm working with. Our ceremony starts at 6:30pm:

11am: Hair and make up

2pm: Videographer arrives

4pm: Photographer arrives

4pm-6pm: Bridal party pictures (separate if we don't do a first look...still deciding on that), family pictures

6pm-6:30pm: Make our way to bridal suite at ceremony site, touch up and relax

6:30pm: Ceremony

7pm-8:30pm: Cocktail hour (my venue does a 90-minute one so if we don't do a first look, we will take all group pictures during this time)

8:30pm-1am: Reception

I had a 6pm wedding but we did a first look so my timeline won't help you. How long will your ceremony be?

We are just doing a traditional ceremony with no extra traditions so I'd say 30 minutes tops!

I have 7 bridesmaids so I have no clue how long hair/makeup will take....

My timeline is pretty similar, just an hour earlier. You can easily cut out a few things (late night snacks) and make your dancing time just a little shorter.

11:00 am- Call time for Hair & Makeup (4 hours)

12:00 pm - Call time for Groomsmen getting ready

1:00 pm - Call time for Photographer (Getting ready shots)

2:00 pm - Groomsmen Photographs & Groom portraits

3:00 pm - Bridesmaid Photographs & Bride portraits

4:30 pm - Invitation time for Ceremony

5:00 pm - Actual start time for Ceremony

5:30 pm - Cocktail hour

5:30 pm - Bridal Party portraits

6:00 pm - Family/Couple portraits

6:30 pm - Couple portraits

7:00 pm - Dinner starts

7:15-45 pm - Toasts

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Espresso Cart service

8:30 pm - Dinner service ends

8:45 pm - Cake cutting

9:00 pm - First Dance

9:10 pm - Dancing

10:30 pm - Late Night Snacks

11:00 pm - Last Call

Ashley, You should ask your hair stylist (or whomever you're hiring if you're doing that) for an estimate on how long hair & makeup should take. You might want to hire a couple of people for that many people (and if you mothers, flower girls, etc want hair & makeup done, you'll need to factor that in). I have 6 bridesmaids & 11 women that will likely have some combination of hair & makeup professionally done.

Also, create an order for when people will do each so you have yourself timed appropriately & don't have someone double booked to get both done at the same time or people sitting around with nothing to do.

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I have myself and 6 bridesmaid getting hair and makeup done and my HMUA quoted me 4 hours for everyone with having 3 stylist there.