Wedding rehearsal?

We didn't end up having one, but ours was very cut and dry. 4 people in the bridal party. All of us had been in weddings. We did go over the plan just so everyone knew, and gave out the timeline of the day.

We went to a restaurant to have dinner.

If you're having a larger wedding party, readings, prayers, it is a good idea

We're having our rehearsal dinner the evening before! The bridal party and their dates, our parents, any out of town guests, and guests who will be staying at the venue the evening before will join us. The rehearsal will be at the church followed by a buffet dinner at the venue; think pizzas, salads, pasta. I haven't actually met with the priest yet, but I assume the rehearsal with be just a very quick rundown of the ceremony, readings, and entrances. I've been in church weddings before, and though I'm familiar with church weddings, I think rehearsals might be helpful to those who aren't depending on how thorough they are.

We’re having a rehearsal for our wedding in October!
1. We are having it the Sunday prior to our Friday evening wedding so no one has to take extra time off of work to attend.
2. Parents and bridal party will attend the actual rehearsal. Significant others/spouses will be invited to join us after for the rehearsal dinner. My grandmother, as well as siblings and some close family have also been invited to dinner.
3. Rehearsal will hopefully be at our venue, still need to check with our coordinator. If not, we will do a run through quickly at the rehearsal dinner space.
4. We’ll rehearse timing and the order of everyone walking down the aisle so no one is confused during the Processional or recessional. We’ll go through our officiants speech and any readings that are being done, so everyone knows what is expected of them.
5. Yes, we are having a full dinner after the rehearsal. It will be a fixed menu, with salads, select entrees and dessert plus drinks. It’s being hosted and paid for by FH parents.
6. Can’t speak on whether it’s useful as it hasn’t happened yet, but we’ll see! If we had to pay for it ourselves, I would have cut out most additional people invited to the dinner and just get pizza, salads and dessert plus beer/wine to keep costs down and do it at our house.

We’re not getting married in a church, but from previous weddings FH has been in the rehearsal has happened in the church (you just need to coordinate date and time with whoever at your church handles that), then they traveled to a restaurant to have the rehearsal dinner and meet up with people who didn’t need to be at the actual rehearsal.

I was in a church wedding a few years ago, they did....

1. How many days before the wedding did/do you plan you have it? Friday afternoon, day before

2. Who attended or will attend your rehearsal? Parents, wedding party, officiant, bride and groom

3. Was/will your rehearsal be at the church, or elsewhere? Yes, in the church

4. What took place during the rehearsal? Just a walk through of what we were doing. How fast bridesmaids should walk, where we should stand, who walks in when, etc.

5. Were food and beverages served? If so, what kind? There was a formal rehearsal dinner after at a restaurant, with dinner and alcohol. Significant others came to this of bridal party.

6. Did you find the rehearsal useful, or a waste of time and money? I always find them useful!

Our wedding is this January and this is what we have planned for the rehearsal...

1. How many days before the wedding did/do you plan you have it? One day before, wedding is Saturday afternoon, rehearsal is the Friday evening before the wedding.

2. Who attended or will attend your rehearsal? All bridesmaids & groomsmen, both of our parents and the officiant.

3. Was/will your rehearsal be at the church, or elsewhere? It will be at the church in the sanctuary where we are having our wedding.

4. What took place during the rehearsal? Not sure of the exact details on this one, but most likely it is the order of the processional, where everyone will stand & order of processional.

5. Were food and beverages served? If so, what kind? Nothing will be served at the actual rehearsal. We are having our rehearsal dinner immediately afterwards though.

6. Did you find the rehearsal useful, or a waste of time and money? I am hoping it will be useful!

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Awesome, that sounds great!

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That's super cool. Wow, a formal rehearsal dinner, that's awesome. Thank you so much for your input

We had a full Catholic Mass so we had to have a rehearsal.

1. We had ours 2 nights before (Thursday) because that's when the pastor was available.

2. Our parents, wedding party, pianist, readers, and sponsors. DH is Filipino and there's a tradition where there are "sponsors" for the coin, candle, veil, and cord ceremony.

3. Ours was at the church.

4. We walked through the entire ceremony, from processional to recessional. The readers tested the microphone.

5. We went to a restaurant for a rehearsal dinner.

6. It was helpful to have the ceremony walkthrough. It didn't cost us anything.

I got married in a church. Here are my answers to your questions:

1. How many days before the wedding did/do you plan you have it? We had ours the night before which worked great since this was a semi-DW (1.5-2 hours away) so people came for the weekend. It worked this way for the church's schedule too.

2. Who attended or will attend your rehearsal? The entire wedding party, his parents (no parents on my side), the pastor, the church coordinator, the church pianist and one of the members of the string duo I hired.

3. Was/will your rehearsal be at the church, or elsewhere? Yes, it was at the church.

4. What took place during the rehearsal? We went through the order of events and discussed in general what we envisioned. We saw where everyone needed to stand on the stage and then went through a trial run. In the meantime, the musicians practiced their music together.

5. Were food and beverages served? If so, what kind? We had a welcome dinner for everyone who came in Friday night. We closed down a local BBQ place within walking distance from the hotel. We arranged for the food ahead of time so it would be served immediately upon arrival and guests were free to drink whatever they wanted with no limitations.

6. Did you find the rehearsal useful, or a waste of time and money? Yes, I found it to be useful. It didn't cost us any money. We would have done the welcome dinner regardless. It wasn't a waste of time because it helped calm everyone, especially the little ones we had in our wedding party.

Wedding is not at a church but this is what we have planned

1. How many days before the wedding did/do you plan you have it? The evening before

2. Who attended or will attend your rehearsal? Bridal party, parents, grandparents and siblings

3. Was/will your rehearsal be at the church, or elsewhere? It will be at our venue followed by dinner at a local restaurant

4. What took place during the rehearsal? Our pastor goes over the order of everything and a practice walking in and out

5. Were food and beverages served? If so, what kind? Going out to a restaurant

6. Did you find the rehearsal useful, or a waste of time and money? Haven’t had it yet so I’m not sure. But never been in a wedding so I’m sure it’ll be useful

1. The day before - day & time dictated by venue.

2. Wedding party & parents only + officiant

3. It's in the chapel of our venue. same spot!

4. Just a walk through and who will stand where.

5. No - i'll probably take BM to lunch beforehand and we will have RD afterwards including OOT family (FILs paying for this).

6. I'm a planner - and it doesn't cost anything. Help eliminate any potential confusion on the day of.

They usually make you have a rehearsal, not really an option.
Day before, wedding party and parents only, at church, you rehearse at it rehearsal, it was helpful, you typically cant/should not eat at church.