Reception Entrances

Every wedding I’ve been to the parents have been introduced. Generally first, before the bridal party.

The only ones being introduced are me and FH, our bridal party and family will join the rest of our guests during cocktail hour. We're entering to our first dance song since we're going straight into it.

We are introducing parents, my sister with her husband & child and then bridal parties then us. I think you can do whatever you want but it's nice to acknowledge the families

You can do it however you want. We didn’t introduce our parents at the reception, but I’ve seen it done.

Typically, no. It's just the bridal party and couple getting announced. But the parents being introduced might be a regional thing. I'm from the Midwest and never see that at weddings.

It's personal preference but my FH's parents and my grandparents are going to be introduced with the bridal party. They will be introduced first and then the bridal party introductions will start. My FH wants them to walk in to the song "Bad Medicine" but we haven't fully decided, lol.

Every wedding I have been to the parents have been introduced prior to the bridal party. After the ceremony, we had the receiving line then family photos. Once family photos were done, our parents went to cocktail hour. Approximately five minutes prior to the end of cocktail hour, our event coordinator opened the ballroom for guests to take their seats. Our parents stayed back in the room where cocktail hour was and we all lined up for the entrance. Our parents and bridal party entered to 24K Magic by Bruno Mars and we entered to Timber by Pitbull and Kesha. We wanted a very fun party feel.

I am in NJ, and the parents have been introduced at every wedding I've ever been to. We had both sets of parents and his grandparents first (mine are deceased) , then bridal party (which included siblings), and then us.

We only had our bridal party and us introduced. I’ve actually never seen a reception where the parents are introduced. But you can do whatever you want, it’s your wedding.

It depends on how you want it. I've seen entrances where all of the parents and bridal and grooms parties get introduced and I've seen some where it's only groom and bride. I did mine where it was groom and bride only.

Our parents were at their seats, but still
announced as our parents just before the wedding party was introduced:

I've seen it done, introducing "bride" who is the daughter of "parents" like the DJ says their names but they don't "grand entrance" like you do

I've never been to a wedding where the parents are introduced, but of course since it's y'alls day you can make the rules as you go

After the ceremony, while guests went to cocktail hour, we did family portraits, wedding party portraits and then couples portraits. Since the wedding party was done 30+ minutes before my husband and I, we had them go enjoy the rest of cocktail hour with the other guests and only my husband and I were introduced into the reception/dinner area. We walked in to the first drop of the intro of Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix

I've never seen the parents introduced. My family will be seated along with the guests. Groomsmen, then bridesmaids, then my groom & I will be introduced leading directly to our first dance.

I’ve seen it both ways, there’s really no “norm” on this. We had 2 daughters marry 4 months apart in 2018 and we were introduced at one and not at the other,