Mother's Day Vs. Cinco De Mayo Wedding Date

Sorry I wasn’t clear on the above ! My fathers bday is not on cinco de mayo. But another date in May

A wedding on either day would not personally effect me.


However I think mothers day over someone's birthday is a much better choice. That way no one will try and turn the whole thing into a birthday party. 😂

I think a lot of US families take Mother’s Day more seriously than Cinco de Mayo, and if you have high school/college guests, graduation also overlaps with that weekend a lot (of course that’s true for any weekend in May). So I would definitely do Cinco de Mayo over Mother’s Day. But your SIL’s bday complicates things. Is it a milestone birthday for her and/or is she the type of person who really cares about her birthday or is just like “meh it’s just another day”? Maybe reach out to her and see if she was planning to do anything big or if she’ll be offended to have an overlap this year. And then maybe set aside a cupcake and candle for her at the reception or something so she can still have a small moment.

I agree with Kimberly. I think more people prioritize Mother's Day than Cinco de Mayo. Plus, Cinco de Mayo in the US is really just a day to party/celebrate, which a wedding/reception is! I think it could be really fun to have a wedding on Cinco de Mayo! You could even incorporate little aspects of it - like a tequila-based signature drink, or even have a piñata at the reception!

I would choose Cinco de Mayo for a wedding daye! I think that would be fun and memorable!

Unless Cinco de Mayo is an important cultural holiday for most of your guests Mother’s Day is by far going to be the bigger conflict or perceived imposition. It’s a day when many people prioritize not only celebrating with their own children or nuclear family but with their own mothers and grandmothers.


An adult birthday can be celebrated ahead of time or afterwards and would not be a consideration in your place.

Just a different viewpoint here - I agree that Cinco do Mayo would be the preferred date over Mother's Day ...... however ...... just make sure that there will be no parades, parties, road closures, etc around your ceremony and venue location. Our wedding was May 6th this year, so we were "clear" in that respect, BUT ... omg what a nightmare for our out of town guests trying to get to our Welcome Dinner the night before (Cinco de Mayo) The streets were shut down in a 4 block radius. Thank God my son was able to field all panic calls and navigated them to where we were.

Keep your date

So as a Canadian we don't celebrate May 5th as a thing, neither does Mexico, FYI. Having said that, I've been to wedding on my bday, and I was fine with it.

A Sunday wedding will be likely to be problematic for some people, but at this point I'd keep the date, maybe do a nod to mothers in one of the speeches.