Wedding Day Timeline

Along with confirming all of our vendors and setting up the venue, our day-of-coordinator prepared a detailed timeline for the wedding day. She shared the schedule with our MC and vendors, and I converted it into a Google Doc to share with our bridal party that had a separate sheet for contact info and each day in our wedding weekend.

Our schedule may be of use to you if you're planning an afternoon ceremony with time before the reception for photos. It included the time, location and a contact person for each event.

7:00 AM Wake up, shower, get dressed
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:15 AM Leave for hair appointment
9:00 AM Bride starts hair appointment
9:30 AM MOH starts hair appointment
10:00 AM Chair covers set-up at reception venue
10:30 AM Leave for make-up appoinment
11:00 AM Arrive for make-up appointment
12:15 PM Leave make-up to go back to the house to get ready
12:30 PM Eat lunch prior to getting into dresses
1:00 PM Bouquets and corsage delivered to the house
1:15 PM Photography Arrives to capture getting ready photos
1:30 PM Groom & Groomsmen Start to get dressed
1:45 PM Florist delivers centerpieces to reception venue
2:00 PM Fairy Godmother Weddings Arrives at church to set up décor; Bride starts getting dressed
2:15 PM Groom & Groomsmen Leave for the church; ushers arrive to great/seat guests
2:30 PM Limousine arrives to pick up the girls and take them to the church; guests begin to arrive
2:55 PM Limousine arrives at front of church with the girls. Wait in limo until ready

3:00 PM Ceremony Begins 
3:45 PM Family photos
4:30 PM Limousine takes wedding party around for photos
5:00 PM DJ arrives and sets-up equipment
5:30 PM Cake delivered to reception venue

6:00 PM Wedding Guests Begin to arrive; toonie bar open
6:20 PM MC asks guests to take their seats
6:30 PM Wedding Party grand entrance; MC introduces wedding party and greets the guests
6:45 Buffet dinner served; newlyweds visit guest tables after eating
7:45 PM MC gives last call for seconds and 10 minute warning before speeches
8:00 PM Speeches
8:30 PM Newlyweds play the shoe game
8:45 PM Cake Cutting
9:00 PM First Dance followed by Mother/Son Dance
9:15 PM Bouquet Toss
9:30 PM Photography Finishes up and leaves
10:00 PM Fairy Godmother Weddings Packs up and leaves
11:30 PM Last call at the bar
11:45 PM DJ plays last song
12:00 AM Wedding is over; DJ packs equipment and leaves; rental company arrives for take down

The day went like clockwork and we were right on time for everything. The ceremony finished early and family phots were done very efficiently so we gained an extra 30 minutes for wedding party photos before the reception!