Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's summer wedding is over a week away: what to expect, according to the couple
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding is one of the most anticipated of the year. Here is everything the couple has shared so far about their wedding plans
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are just over a week away from becoming husband and wife, and excitement is reaching fever-pitch for their highly anticipated nuptials.
Ever since they announced their engagement on August 26, 2025, fans worldwide have been dying to discover what could be in store for possibly one of the most star-studded celebrity weddings ever.
The couple announced their engagement on Instagram with a series of touching photos that captured the moment Travis got down on one knee. "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," their joint caption read.
While they have remained relatively tight-lipped about their big day, several reports have claimed that Taylor and Travis will tie the knot in New York City on July 3, 2026.
Taylor and Travis will reportedly marry at Madison Square Garden
22,000 capacity wedding venue
While neither Taylor nor Travis has confirmed their wedding venue, all signs point to it being Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan, which can accommodate between 18,000 and 22,000 people, depending on the event configuration.
After reports surfaced claiming the couple will marry in an arena or museum-like space to accommodate a large guest list, it was reported that they have spent a whopping $3 million to hire out the famed arena for at least three days: one for setup, one for the wedding, and one for the breakdown.
Tellingly, MSG's website shows that no events are scheduled from June 29 to July 6.
City Hall also confirmed to The Poston June 24 that a permit application was filed with the city's Street Activity Permit Office for July 2 to July 4.
The permit, filed by Winick Productions in June, requested street closures around MSG and a public tent to be erected outside the venue, which will include 500 to 999 attendees.
Taylor is famously a fan of the city that never sleeps, and even paid homage to it in the 2014 hit "Welcome to New York."
Travis loves NYC, as he shared on his New Heights podcast. "It's cool to just kinda vibe around the city," he said. "I think it's one of my favorite things to do in New York, just be one with the city and just kinda walk the streets and feel the electricity, feeling everybody doing their own [stuff] and meeting a few new people along the way."
While most brides and grooms must make cuts to their wedding guestlist, Taylor plans to invite everyone.
"I'm so excited about it ... I know it's going to be fun to plan because I think the only stressful weddings are the ones where you have a small amount ... and people are on the bubble," she said on The Graham Norton Show on October 3
"And you have to evaluate or assess your relationship with them to see if they should be there. I'm not gonna do that," she added, before claiming "everyone I've ever talked to" will be invited.
Taylor continued: "It’s like, 'Oh, we have to have hung out eight times ... you're on the bubble. We've hung out five times.' You know what I mean? We don't have to think about it. It's gonna be fun… I shouldn't have said any of that."
Stars expected to attend so far include Zoë Kravitz, Suki Waterhouse, Karlie Kloss, Ed Sheeran, the Haim sisters, Gigi Hadid, and Selena Gomez.
Ed Sheeran will likely perform at Taylor and Travis' wedding
Taylor's BFF A-list performer
Back in October, Taylor revealed she already had a wedding performer in mind – her good friend Ed Sheeran. During an appearance on Hits Radio Breakfast Show, she was asked whether Ed would perform on her big day. She replied: "I mean, it would be hard to keep him from it, I think! That's the thing, he's like, 'I'm always being asked to sing at weddings,' and you're like, 'Ed, if there's a stage, you know that you'll be on it!'"
She added: "He knows what people want and he wants to give people what they want. That's the fun thing about our friendship is we both love performing, and we love writing, and we love singing. It's actually not that hard to talk either of us into performing at anything!"
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Taylor and Travis will have a live band at their wedding
Band vs DJ
Last September, Travis shared an insight into how else they planned to entertain their guests on his New Heights podcast with his brother, Jason. Travis was asked by guest Jimmy Fallon: "Are you working on planning the wedding? Is that the next move?" to which he replied: "That's the next step. That one's gonna be easy, I just gotta figure out winning football games first."
Jimmy probed further, asking: "Are you gonna do DJ or band? Are you thinking about all this stuff?" Travis noted that they will likely go down the band route. "Yeah, I think we're live music kind of people, you know?"
Taylor has never thought about her bachelorette before
Surprising bachelorette party
With the number of friends Taylor has, you'd be surprised to know that she hasn't put much thought into her bachelorette party.
Speaking to Jamie Theakston and Emma Bunton on Heart Breakfast last October, Taylor was quizzed about plans for her bachelorette party after Spice Girl Emma said she has "such a good girl gang."
However, Taylor admitted that while her girlfriends are "very busy," she hasn't actually thought about having a bachelorette before.
"But everyone's scattered across the world is the thing, actually, you'd think I'd be the type of person who would have obsessed over the idea of a wedding my whole life, but I actually never thought about what I would do, what I would want, until I met the person," she confessed.
"So I haven't even thought about that, doing a [bachelorette], this is the first time I've thought about that!"
From cooling friendships to royal duties and global residencies, some stars just couldn't find the time for Taylor and Travis' big Madison Square Garden day