The sound of wedding bells is currently being drowned out by the noise of paparazzi and chauffeured cars pulling up outside Madison Square Garden, as celebrations are in full swing for the marriage of popstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
On Thursday, blacked-out SUVs believed to be carrying the happy couple arrived at the venue around 4pm EST for the rumoured rehearsal dinner, before their close friends, including Bradley Cooper, Gigi Hadid, Selena Gomez, Abigail Anderson, Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff, were spotted making their way to the venue.
Security on Thursday resembled a military-style operation. Guests arrived inside a covered gazebo to conceal them from the press, while cops moved along journalists and onlookers from the surrounding vicinity.
We’ve now arrived at the big day, where a cocktail hour will be held before the wedding ceremony at 5.30 p.m. A reception is expected to conclude proceedings, with up to 1,000 guests anticipated to attend and dance the night away, celebrating Swift and Kelce’s “Love Story” until the early hours.
There has been speculation that the couple may be “already married” after exchanging vows in front of what the publication calls a “tiny group of loved ones,” according to the New York Post.
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Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden - key points
- Are they already married?
- What is the schedule for Taylor and Travis's wedding today?
- Every celebrity that was seen at the rehearsal dinner
200 city cops on a holiday weekend, $5M in security concerns...
10:01 , Roisin O'ConnorThe eye-popping estimate for the celeb couple to shell out to secure Madison Square Garden comes as some suspect planning for the mega-event in New York City is a ‘fake-out,’ while a former city official estimates the wedding could cost New Yorkers millions in police and cleanup expenses. Bruce Golding reports:
Experts dissect Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s MSG wedding security
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09:29 , Roisin O'ConnorTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26 million to 20 charities ahead of MSG wedding
09:01 , Carsen HoladayTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce are giving back ahead of their big day.
The pop icon and Kansas City Chiefs star, both 36, donated $26 million to at least 20 charity organizations including food banks, music education programs and children’s hospitals in the days before they are set to tie the knot Friday at Madison Square Garden, according to a representative.
Swift and Kelce donated to several groups that are based in cities that hold meaning for each of the A-listers, including New York Cares, Nashville’s The Store, Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, After-School All-Stars in Kelce’s hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Helping Harvest in Swift’s hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital.
The list of recipients also includes national charities like Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, ASPCA, Feeding America and Grammy In The Schools.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26 million to 20 charities ahead of MSG wedding
Are they already married?
08:33 , Carsen HoladayAhead of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding festivities Friday, multiple sources are claiming that the two A-listers have already privately tied the knot.
Page Six reported that although Swift and Kelce are planning to hold a 1,000-person wedding at Madison Square Garden, they already exchanged vows in front of a small group of loved ones in Nashville.
So are they already married? Only time will tell!
What is the schedule for Taylor and Travis's wedding today?
08:31 , Roisin O'ConnorThe Associated Press have all-but confirmed the previous reports of what the schedule looked like for Taylor and Travis’s wedding festivities.
After yesterday, which indeed looked like the rehearsal dinner for just 100 of the couple’s closest friends and family, today is due to be the wedding itself, with further load-ins scheduled at 12pm ET (5pm BST) before doors open and guests begin arriving between 3pm to 5pm ET.
The event (aka the wedding) is scheduled to take place from 5pm ET (10pm BST) onwards, with guests celebrating until 4am.
Every celebrity that was seen at the rehearsal dinner
08:21 , Roisin O'ConnorBelow are some of the attendees that were confirmed to be at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s rehearsal dinner:
- Abigail Anderson
- Ross Travis
- Tree Paine
- Selena Gomez
- Jack Antonoff
- Rachel Antonoff
- Lena Dunham
- Kimberly Schlapman
- George Kittle & Claire Kittle
- Charissa Thompson
- Erin Andrews
List of charities that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated to
08:02 , Carsen HoladayAccording to a representative, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated $26 million to the following charities in the days before their wedding:
- City Harvest (New York City)
- Food Bank for NYC
- New York Cares
- Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
- Harvesters - The Community Food Network (Kansas City, Missouri)
- The Store (Nashville)
- Helping Harvest (Reading, Pennsylvania)
- Rhode Island Community Food Bank
- Feeding America
- ASPCA
- Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
- Grammy In The Schools
- Education Through Music (New York City)
- Answer The Call (New York City)
- Musical Mentors (New York City)
- After-School All-Stars (New York City)
- After-School All-Stars (Cleveland, Ohio)
- MSK Kids, the pediatric cancer program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Children (New York City)
- Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone (New York City)
- Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, Missouri)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26 million
07:31 , Carsen HoladayThis week, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated $26 million to at least 20 charity organizations including food banks, music education programs and children’s hospitals in the days before they are set to tie the knot Friday at Madison Square Garden.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate $26 million to 20 charities ahead of MSG wedding
Pictured - Swifties outside of MSG
07:00 , Carsen HoladayTaylor Swift fans and members of the press alike gathered outside of Madison Square Garden Thursday evening as people attempted to decipher what was going on inside of the arena as Swift and Travis Kelce’s rehearsal dinner took place ahead of their wedding Friday.
No-phone policy
06:31 , Carsen HoladayGuests at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding were reportedly made to sign an electronic non-disclosure agreement, according to TMZ.
Multiple outlets have reported that the wedding venue was kept a secret from attendees ahead of time, and that the invitations only listed New York City as the location.
Attendees will also be made to give up their phones before coming into the event as an extra precaution, multiple outlets have reported.
ANALYSIS: Why wouldn’t Taylor Swift get married in the heart of New York City, it’s a rich person’s playground after all
06:00 , Ellie MuirOf course, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and their wealthy friends want to have a wedding party right in the middle of it over the major America 250 holiday, says Holly Baxter, who looks at how New York has started asking residents to step aside for the uber-rich
Why wouldn’t Taylor Swift get married in NYC, it’s a rich person’s playground
Order of events
05:30 , Carsen HoladayNow that the rehearsal dinner is complete, the big day is finally here.
Friday’s wedding festivities will start with a cocktail hour at 4 p.m.
The ceremony will then take place at 5:30 p.m. on the arena floor. The party is expected to go until 2 a.m.
Wedding festivities disrupt Midtown
04:59 , Carsen HoladayTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding Friday at Madison Square Garden is set to disrupt foot traffic and vehicular traffic in Midtown Manhattan, according to the New York Police Department.
Starting at 1 p.m. Friday, the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic:
- Seventh Avenue between 30th and 34th Streets
- West 33rd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
- West 32nd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
- West 31st Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
- West 31st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Pedestrians will not be allowed in the following areas:
- West side of Seventh Avenue between 31st and 34th Streets
- West 33rd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Taylor Swift teased 'huge' wedding
04:31 , Carsen HoladayDuring an appearance on The Graham Norton Show in October 2025, Taylor Swift said that she was not planning on keeping the guest list small for her wedding to Travis Kelce.
“I’m so excited about it,” Swift said at the time. “I know it’s gonna 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 that oftentimes, having fewer guests meant that the wedding planners “have to evaluate or assess your relationship,” to which she said, “I’m not going to do that.”
Swift kept to her word, as her wedding guest list reportedly included more than a thousand people.
Who is on the guest list?
04:01 , Carsen HoladayAccording to Variety, the following celebrities have been invited to Friday’s 1,000-person wedding ceremony:
- Steven Spielberg
- Bob Iger
- Miranda Lambert
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Little Big Town
- Maren Morris
- Kane Brown
- Jack Antonoff
- Max Martin
- Shellback
- Aaron Dessner
- Ed Sheeran
- Haim sisters
- Gigi Hadid
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Phoebe Dynevor
- Ellen Pompeo
- Ice Spice
- Zoe Kravitz
- David Greenbaum
- Dana Walden
- Adam Aron
