Lighting for an Outdoor Wedding at Night?

LED lanterns.

I have the same issue. I'm getting married at ranch in west texas. There are a lot of trees outside and I wanted to wrap lights around them but there's no place to connect them. I found some lights on amazon that are battery powered and they're not expensive at all. Im.going to order some and see how many hours they last. You don't need much lighting, there's nothing more magical than a starry night

I like that! I was just looking through a rustic wedding gallery on here and saw something really similar! So much of what we do is DIY and fortunately FH can build anything, so maybe we can rig some battery powered white lights up high.

I also was concerned about the temperature in march, because it's either going to be a perfect 75 degrees, or it could be in the 40's which is cold. I think that maybe I am going to line the reception area with fire pits/s'more stations if I can think of a way to make it look quaint and not just lazy haha

It's a bad idea to have an outdoor wedding and reception (especially at night) in March. It was snowing/icy where I live in March of this year.

ETA: I just saw your last response. Even fire pits won't quite work. People will be uncomfortable during dinner and then spend the rest of the night huddled around the fire (if they don't just leave). I think it would be a good idea to have an indoor backup.

Lanterns, fairy lights... and definitely heaters. Plus an indoor option.

The strings of outdoor lights that I own are solar powered, and my parents have large solar outdoor lights. If you set up early on in the day you should be good to go and no noisy generators.

Also, I'm confused because your thread says October but your wedding date is 3/17.

Edit: I misread "outdoor" as "October" and now I feel dumb.

If it's 40 degrees those fire pits arent gonna do jackshit. I would strongly recommend having an indoor backplan that has proper heating.

Where are you located? No way in HELL I would ever attend an outdoor wedding in March (especially in the evening) unless you are located somewhere very warm

Really have no suggestions other than to say my bridesmaid was in a wedding once where there were generators everywhere she said it was so loud it was unbearable.

I really think you'll need a generator, not just for lights but for heat too since it's March at night. My husband and I had our wedding in our backyard (in a relatively rural area). We needed two generators for everything electrical. We had tent lighting, plus a lamp post that we rented from our equipment rental store to light between the tent and restroom trailer. The generators were used for lighting, a heater (we should have gotten an extra heater, I still feel bad that we underestimated that), the restroom trailer, the DJ music/mic... and probably other stuff I can't think of at the moment.

Bottom line: Rent lighting, rent heaters (!!!), and obviously rent a generator (or two) to plug all that into.

ETA: Photo of what our wedding looked like with lighting (not much outside)... We also had a fire pit, as you can see in that photo. That does not make up for having heaters blowing heat into the tent. Photo credit - Julie Napear Photography.

Also ETA: Our wedding was October 10, 2015... The day time weather was perfect (ceremony was at 6:00pm), but it got really chilly. I was comfortable and sometimes hot because of all the adrenaline and running around, but guests were chilly. We provided a lot of blankets for people to use as well, so definitely consider that too.

I am having an outdoor wedding in March (3/17), but it is in Cancun, so I expect it to be warm, but if for some reason it wasn't I would talk to the coordinator about moving the reception inside, I was planning it originally in SC and it was still outdoor, but it was at an estate house so people could go inside and I had planned to have heaters for the tent if it was weirdly cold that day. Some places in the south it can be very warm in March, but you really need a good back up plan if the weather doesn't cooperate, which is true for an outdoor wedding any time of year. Sorry no help with your problem, though I would second looking into solar options. I just wanted to defend my date twin on your decision to have an outdoor wedding in March.

Oh we will be renting heaters - we're in the south, Alabama. So it's likely to be in the 50's/60's, but it COULD be cooler, and I would still like it warmer because I'm a Florida girl.

Outdoors in March?

No. Unless you're in Cancun.

Here? It's dark, it could be cold, and when it does get dark, it will get colder. We had a weird 65 degree day in NJ in mid November; guess what? It still got dark and then it got cold and guests were grumpy and unhappy.

If you don't want the topic of conversation to be how uncomfortable everyone is, move the date.

50s is way too cold for an outdoor event. 60s is pushing it. I wouldn't stay for an outdoor nighttime event unless it was at least 68-70F. For reference, I live in central NC.

Way too cold for an outdoor wedding especially at night.

Alabama girl here and March is pushing it at night. There are years where the nights are 70 degrees and years where they're 40. I would certainly have a backup plan.

I officiated a wedding in a pecan grove in October. They took battery operated LED spotlights and shined them into the trees. They had some pale purple and white. It was absolutely gorgeous.

I'm in Arkansas and even we are still getting snow or ice (mostly ice) during March. Our Aprils have been known to be very cold as well. Even at 50-60 degrees, I wouldn't enjoy being at that wedding. I'd freeze my butt off.

What are you going to do for your wedding pictures?

No, it is not a bad idea, it is a great idea it makes it so unique.

Last month when I had attended my friend's outdoor wedding (especially at night) in Pennsylvania, he had organized food, enjoyable music, and enough places to take time and relax. He had installed outdoor LED lightings by taking a help from

electricians in Bala Cynwyd PA experts, where LED lighting had created vignettes of feeling in the place. I think the outdoor wedding is a perfect option.