I’ve seen a new Trend in my wedding for 2025. Since I’m old and don’t have Tic Tok or the Instagram(did have a MySpace once, if you’re old enough to remember that hahaha) I only noticed this through planning with my clients, I mention this cause it might be old news to you already but the trend I’m talking about is cutting out cocktail hour or dinner and getting straight to the dancing.
This is something I’ve done in very limited quantity over a 20+ year career. I mean over that time I’ve done this style of event less than 10 times, yet this year alone I’ve already surpassed that number in planning events… before June… This isn’t even counting my summer and fall weddings…. JUST THIS SPRING!!!
I low key love this type of event but it’s certainly not for everyone. In an era that 9 to 10 hour weddings are few and far between, which was not the case in the early 2000’s. Getting people right to the point seems to be an emerging trend this year. The benefit of an event like this is if you love to bar hop and you just wanna get the party started then hit the town… This is the style event for you.
I will say that it works better when you cut out dinner and not cocktail. A great way to get the best of both worlds is to doing standing food stations during cocktail hour that may be heavier than normal. what I mean by this is instead of serving veggies and cheese ( not that there is anything wrong which that shout out to all the Veg Heads) but try serving something that will provide a good base for the guests like Bacon Wrapped Shrimp, or Scallops… Really anything bacon wrapped will do and more filling appetizers like that. This will ensure you give your guest the base they need before getting wild on the town.
Another great app for this style is the Mac & Cheese Cups that Together & Company makes at the High line car house… would legit fight Andre the giant for these things… soooooo good and filling.
Got a bit off topic there but oh well. These type of events are the bee’s knees. Highly recommend. Just make sure you got the crowd for it
Health & Happiness to all!!!!!