Will people dance at my brunch wedding?

Is booze being served?

I went to a daytime wedding once, and while it wasn't a party atmosphere, people danced. As long as the bride and groom dance and there's alcohol, people will dance.

Personally, I would probably slow dance, if there's some nice romantic music playing. I probably wouldn't dance to party music though

Yes open bar

I've only been to one brunch wedding but people danced a little while. Definitely not a party atmosphere but some people still like to get in some dancing before they go!

We are having a brunch wedding as well. Reception from 12 - 4:00 with a DJ, MC, and open bar. I think the alcohol definitely helps lol. I mentioned this concern to the MC when we were booking, and she said people dance at daytime weddings, it just depends on how you set up the atmosphere of the whole event. She recommended dimming the lights and using uplighting so that it feels a little less like you're dancing during the day, if that makes any sense. My great-aunt and uncle recently had a daytime anniversary party with dim lighting like this, and we all danced. It won't be exactly the same as a Saturday night party, of course.

We had a daytime brunch wedding and honestly no one really danced besides the kids and us. A few couples danced for the slow songs. It was more of a romantic laid back reception and not a party atmosphere. I don't regret having a dj at all though. It was great to have nice background music while everyone socialized.

I second LMac. Is there music? I'm dancing. Plus an open bar will definitely encourage it.

I've been to early weddings some with alcohol and some without. People always danced at least a little bit. Sometimes people don't want to be the first or only on the dance floor, get a friend to get out there and get it started if it's a worry for you. I'm sure it will all be great.

My reception is at a beachy venue. palm trees and such so I kind of want to make it a tropical getaway wedding so it all depends on the mood of the event? I'm stressing out about this I just picture a DJ and just a couple people on the floor and then crickets. I don't want the whole thing to be a bore.

Okay. I will need to have my designated people get out there and open the dance floor aha

Open bar will encourage the dancing. I think as long as you have a few people to get up there and start the dance party, you will be fine. Like StitchingBride said, people don't typically want to be the first ones on the dance floor.

I've never been to a brunch wedding, but I'm of the mindset that if there is music, I am dancing. Also, I would think the open bar would help. Me, day-drinking = dancing for sure.

Its the mixed comments that make me nervous. I will have to ask my DJ what he thinks will happen and what his experience is.

My recent wedding had a similar timeline as yours and there was TONS of dancing! It helps that both of our families like to get out there and shake it though...and of course the open bar DH was concerned with this as well during planning and here's what we did...might be possible at your venue. Our venue lets in alot of beautiful natural light, which I was 100% a fan of. DH preferred a dimmer atmosphere to add to the "party" vibe. Our venue coordinator offered this as a compromise. We kept the lights up in the ballroom and let all the natural light pour in for cocktail hour, first dances and meal portion of the reception. When it was time to start gettin' down, they dimmed the lights and drew the shades that were installed on most of the windows on the second floor, which is where most of the natural light came from. It was perfect! I even had several guests comment they had to laugh because when the reception was over at 4pm, they were happily exhausted from dancing the afternoon away and then realized when they stepped outside to the valet that it was still daylight and they still had the after party to go to (which went on until 11:30 that night...some of our guests partied for 12 hours straight, lol!)! You might consider asking your venue if lighting can be adjusted just to help with the atmosphere. But honestly, I think no matter your lighting situation, it's really going to be up to your particular crowd. Good luck!

I'd dance, bc I love to dance. But I probably wouldn't be thrilled about the 10:30 Sunday ceremony. (would pushing it back until 11:30 be an option?) But given that your wedding is labor day weekend, I am guessing many ppl with have the next day off to sleep in, so they probably won't be as grumpy if they had to work the next day. I would def try to keep it interesting/enery up until about 1pm, bc it's hard for me to imagine ppl dancing in the morning.

I'm with LMac, you give me music and I'm dancing. It could be a tune in my head and I'm dancing. You know your crowd better than anyone. Good music, food, and alcohol w/a dancing bride and groom can certainly create the mood.

To be honest I might dance a little after a lot of a few glasses of wine but not even close to an evening wedding where you would have to drag me off the dance floor at the end of the night. There is just some kind of dancing magic when the sun goes down.

Thank you everyone. I will defiantly ask the venue if there are something they can put in front of the windows. Hopefully that would help. I talked to the coordinator about pushing it to even 11 and he said it would mess with the flow of eating brunch.

How would starting at 11:00 mess with the flow? Are your ceremony and reception in the same venue? Our ceremony is at 11 am, and the reception will start immediately after and go until 4 pm.