wedding at midnight ...

Me personaly wouldn't do it,and i think it would be hard to find a venue to start at midnight...but whatever you want to do....good luck....

I would say that you are crazy. BUT, I also think that you should do what you want to do. Personally, I have a hard time staying awake after midnight so it would be an exhausting wedding for me.

It may deter some of your guests from coming, but hopefully the important people will be able to stay awake. Agree, you may have an issue finding a venue or vendors that will deliver late at night. If you do they will more than likely charge extra $$. Your wedding and you know the motto here, do what you want.

I was thinking of doing the same but its been really hard to find a judge that will perform after office hours

The one way you could probably do that would be at Midnight on New Years. I'm not saying it's totally not doable, but as people have said, a lot of people may not attend and any venue will charge you extra. You can always have a friend/family member "ordained" to do your service for under $100 online, and if your friends would attend, go for it!

Thanks Amber for the vote of Im not too crazy ! i know my friends will come, we may be a bit older than most of you, but we all still love to party ! I would def nap that day and since it would be so late i would hope others would too. I am just throwing out the idea to see...

This would work better if your wedding was on Jan 1. Alot of places stay open late and plan to have parties anyway. But for me its not a wedding I would want to go to.

I tend to go to bed around 9 or 10pm. HOWEVER...if a good friend of mine was wanting to get married at midnight, I'd make sure my scheduled was covered so that I could have the next day off and I'd plan on taking a LONG nap that day.

Also make sure if you do it that people know what day you are really planning to have it. I know that midnight is the FIRST minute at the beginning of the day, but a lot of people think it's the very last minute. (ie: I'm a nurse. Let's say that a person is to be NPO (Nothing by mouth) for some lab work on Tuesday morning. I know that I'm supposed to technically write the order as NPO after 12mn on Tuesday, but unfortunately I have to write that for the staff as NPO on Monday or otherwise they won't get it right. I've tried explaining it to them DOZENS of times, but i still have to do it their way to make sure it gets done correctly.

What is the significance of midnight? I understand a new years wedding at midnight, but I don't understand why midnight in august? Are you trying to save money by not serving dinner? I would assume that vendors will charge way extra since they probably won't be able to work normal hours the day of your wedding or the day after so you are eating up 2 days of their business with having your wedding at mignight.

At what time do you say I do and become offically married???

I would think that it would be hard for many guests to attend a late wedding like that.

But it is your wedding... sorry not to have a happier opinion

Um, no. It would be an organisational nightmare, and good luck with vendors as you will have to pay extra.

That sounds like fun! Especially if you don't want children at the wedding. A midnight ceremony would pretty much guarantee it. But it would be difficult find vendors who are willing to work those hours unless they are charging extra. But if money is no problem and your venue is already cool with it, then that's awesome!

What if you did it backwards? so had the reception like at 7 before you have the ceremony...and at midnight have one of your friends be ordained and have them do it...the important people would be there to see it, and it would still be different...good luck!

While that does sound cool, it also sounds like a pain in the @$$. As a parent, I'd have to find someone to watch my kids overnight, and would have to organize my day to get a nap, which is basically impossible. Vendors usually stop at 1130/midnight, so if you'd have a reception after a midnight wedding i'm thinking you'd want to party till 4. Unless you got married in a bar, this would be difficult.

Thanks for all of your comments... i really wanted to run it by you all first.. so i have to say i think its a NO but ... thanks again for all of your input.. I just really want this wedding to be differant, and vendor wise its not a big deal, mostly friends and family and not in a catering hall but possibly at a beautiful barn under the moon light or in a friends winery.

I think an evening wedding would be beautiful! Midnight might be a little late though. How about a dusk wedding? You can have colorful lanterns and candles that would serve a dual purpose.

I was thinking of having a mid-nite wedding because we got engaged at 2:30am and obviously thats way to late to have a wedding so i was thinking a mid-nite wedding would be more the way to go.

I would strongly recommend against it! I'll tell you- I LOVE to party and live it up, but to attend a wedding that starts at midnight- you're asking alot of your guests.

You said you are older than most brides- I'm going to assume your guests are older as well. Them getting a sitter that late into the night is going to be very expensive for them.

I love the idea of doing something different- and having it in a barn would accomplish that.

Im 25 and that sounds miserable to me. honestly, If I came, it would probably be just for the ceremony and then Id go home to sleep