Outdoor wedding in the rain!

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This is fantastic advice! I think that someone else should be responsible for secondary plans as you already have enough on your plate.

Don’t stress! It will be fine. Adults know how to entertain themselves. It rained on our wedding day and we laughed it off. And because we did, our guests did and everyone had a great time despite having been through a downpour. If you really want something, I would suggest passing it on to someone else to take care of. Has one of the moms or an aunt been dying to help out? Assign them to come up with rain games. That way, there’s a backup, and it frees you up to plan the rest of the details of the day.

Thanks for your help! I'll definitely add it to my to-do list

Maybe get a karaoke machine? I’m assuming you’ll have power if you have twinkle lights. And just extra umbrellas for when people need to move from one areas to the next. Food music and booze will typically do the trick for entertainment.

If you're really worried I would have some umbrellas at the edge of the tent and near the bathrooms so if someone has to walk through the rain they'll be dry and if they get surprised by the rain on their way back they can grab one near the bathroom too!


I like Tori's suggestion of some rainy day indoor type activities like cards at each table. If there are any kids invited having some coloring books and simple Lego would be good too (even if it doesn't rain tbh). And like she said people will party no matter the weather!
I've seen some beautiful rainy wedding photos with transparent umbrellas or through rainy windows.

Well... I'm not sure about rain for the reception... but for my ceremony on October 5th 2019 it POURED... and it was outdoors.... so... I imagine a tent would be nice

We originally were also going to have yard games and bonfires - but with the rain not letting up until the guests started to leave all the guests were fine just doing what one normally does at a wedding; dancing and drinking while conversing with people they don't see that often. Only thing I would have added is that maybe I should have got a pack of cards for every table like we did for our wedding social... Other than that I wouldn't worry too much about it since most weddings don't have yard games when they have ballroom weddings.