Sunday weddings?

I’d love to go to a Sunday wedding! Brunch or afternoon (over by 8 or 9 pm?). But I do think a Sunday evening wedding would be tough if you wanted a party vibe because I don’t think guests will drink/party on a Sunday night.

Sunday weddings tend to be mid-afternoon cake and punch events, especially if the ceremony is held in a church so it wont be free for you to use until 2pm. Guests tend to leave early to be able to make it to work on Monday.

Been to three last year, all started at 4pm and yes many guests left early. My one friend regretted having her wedding sunday evening and felt she wasted a lot of money for several to leave immediately after eating.

I’ve never been to a Sunday wedding, but my wedding is on a Sunday! I really wanted the date 10/10 and the Sunday rate for the venue was a lot cheaper. I have these concerns too, but I think it will be fine. My Sunday wedding falls on Columbus Day weekend so I’m hoping that means some of my out of town guests will have that Monday off. Even for the guests who don’t have Columbus Day off, I’m sure my younger guests who want to party will just request that Monday off no problem. Also many of my guests are local to my wedding venue so I’m hoping people who live nearby anyway will stay longer, etc. I think the amount of guests who leave early will also kinda depend on the guests! Mine are mostly young close friends like 25-27 year olds so I’m sure they will milk the event lol. The older guests might leave early.


My ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception are all at one venue. Ceremony 4:30pm, Cocktail Hour 5pm, Reception 6pm-10:30pm. Music and open barbcuts off at 10. People can trickle out until 10:30.

I attended one a few years ago. I don’t remember what time it started but I wanna say like 3. It was an hr from our house and my husband gets up super early for work. So, we left right after dinner. I saw several other people leaving too, including bridal party members

I’ve been to a Sunday wedding! Probably a little less than a quarter of the guests left pretty early. The reception started around 4. To be fair though, it was a Hispanic wedding and at the time, most of the non-family people invited were all service industry people. So basically we stay up late all the time and go to work later in the day. Was a little problematic for me as I was finishing my undergrad and had class the next day, but I stayed the whole time and I think it was the most fun wedding I’ve been to in a long time. As long as you invite a lot of people that you know will have fun until 9 PM with no problem and a good DJ, people will stick around. It was a real party. My biggest complaint was the fact that it was a Sunday and inconvenient for me as a guess, but at the end of the day it’s your wedding and what you and FH want is what really matters. The people who love you will be there, even if you did it on a Tuesday morning, and that is what will make your wedding fabulous.

I went to a Sunday wedding a year or so ago, and guests did leave early. It was a more casual wedding, and while there was a DJ, not many people were dancing, and started leaving shortly after dinner (many had to travel or work the next day).

If you're going for a party vibe, Sundays are tough. Otherwise, they can be lovely!

I've been to around 2 dozen Sunday weddings and the only people I recall leaving only were some elderly folks. Most of these weddings were evening black tie affairs and I was travelling from out of town (took a Monday morning flight back). If most of your guests are local and your wedding is casual, then I can see a likelihood of more people leaving early. It just hasn't happened in my personal experience.

I've been to a few Sunday weddings, and some were afternoon and some were evening. The afternoon ones had a ceremony at 11:30am and then ended at around 5pm, which was nice. They served a full cocktail hour and dinner service, so it was a bit odd eating steak at like 2pm. Not as much dancing. The evening weddings started around 5pm and they were like a Saturday wedding except for people left early due to work, but the vibe was the same.

Been to a couple of sunday weddings and i would suggest starting earlier. people either leave earlier or they're just tired for the next day. i know i didn't ever leave early but i was so tired the next day i should have haha.

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This is my mindset as well. I think the guest list definitely plays a part. We're having an evening Sunday wedding in October 2021. We're hoping that with so many couples living close to the venue, giving advance notice with Save the Dates, and most of our guest list being younger that we won't see a lot of people leave early. Most of our friends are planning to take that Monday off and the entire thing is in one place so we don't see it being too much of an issue. We were thinking of having a brunch event but we want that black tie evening feel so our ceremony starts at 6pm and reception ends at 10:30pm.

I've been to several Sunday weddings, both afternoon and evening. Ours was an afternoon affair. Mass at noon, reception 2-6 (it was a 30 minute drive to the reception venue). Since we planned and carried it off in 3 months, we didn't have a lot of choices on the venue, and only Sundays were available. But, it was an afternoon tea, and we saved money not only on the location, but also on food and alcohol. (Champagne only.) Now the caveats: most of our guests were 70+ and didn't dance much or like to drive at night. Our younger guests had an easy time finding babysitters and preferred to be home with the kids for bedtime. As for leaving early, no. We practically had to throw people out of the venue at the end of the afternoon. We had a few out-of-town guests, and they stayed a few days just to have a little vacation in Washington DC.