Rhode Island weddings August 2020?

I'm not getting married in RI but I got engaged in Newport in February! It was my first trip there and it was the most beautiful setting. I'm sorry this pandemic hit during your planning. Everything will work out the way it's supposed to! Congrats and good luck to you.

Wedding date twins!! We're supposed to get married on August 14th too and I'm so sad. I am soo so sorry you have to deal with this! While we aren't getting married in RI, I have my fingers crossed things will get better and you'll be able to have your special day. We are also looking to postpone and the earliest date our venue has available is in May . Wishing you the best and good luck!

I’m in MA (close!) and we seem to be opening pretty slow. We’re cancelling our June wedding plans and having an intimate ceremony (hopefully). I just don’t have confidence that things will open up enough to have 100 person wedding this spring/summer. I did hear RI was allowing 50 person events for June and July and possibly would increase to 100 people by August? So that could be good if you have a small enough event.

Ours is scheduled for August 8th in MA. This IS really stressful. My bridal shower is going to be a combination of a parade and a Zoom meeting (?) and my dress is trapped in alterations. We haven't postponed the wedding yet, but I feel like that's probably going to happen. It just doesn't seem likely to be safe to have 100+ people together 3 months from now, and if I care enough about someone to have invited them to the wedding, I would feel really bad if they got sick.
We're going to make a decision next week so we can order either invitations or change the date cards.

If you just want to know whether your wedding will be allowed, a couple of weeks ago, Gina Raimondo said that maybe weddings of up to 100 people could be allowed in August. Here's a link to an article with her full quote:https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/29/metro/another-12-rhode-islanders-die-coronavirus-bringing-death-toll-251/

And here's a link to the RI reopening plan:https://www.reopeningri.com/

Hi I’m from MA so not too far from you! We postponed our June wedding to August and I am REALLY hoping it can be pulled through. We are (supposed) to open up on Monday and I am holding out until at least July to make a decision. I have a hold on a date with my venue for 2021 just Incase! It’s hard to continue because many people do make me feel guilty with “how can you plan your wedding with all of this” but I am trying to just relax! Best of luck to you!

Hi!! I live in Boston but we are getting married in NH. Our original date was July 11th but moved to August 23rd. I heard a proposal that is trying to get passed for weddings in NH proposing the capacity should be based off of square footage and if the venue has a good size outdoor space(which my venue does).


My cousin was getting married September 12th in Scituate and she is now moving to next year.
My big concern is that there will be a capacity cap and we have 250 people. I also don’t want people to be uncomfortable, if some are wearing masks and others aren’t. I also have half my family in CA so my elderly family already said they would not feel comfortable flying.We haven’t moved yet, I am hoping to get a hold date for next year and then I am going to see what Baker says tomorrow and what NH ends up saying. I think my deadline is mid June as this is getting to stressful, it is almost worth moving it (even though I am devastated)
Good luck!!

View Quoted Comment Thank you, Jessica!

View Quoted Comment Thank you! Keeping my fingers crossed as well.

View Quoted Comment Thanks, Kristen. We are leaning towards postponing- the stress has been too much. This is supposed to be an exciting time leading up to the wedding and it’s been mainly stressful. We are thinking of also doing a small ceremony and postponing the big celebration for next year.

View Quoted Comment I agree! Way more stressful that it should be, it’s so sad! Good luck to you 😊

Hi Patricia! Just wanted to chime in with two other discussions you should definitely check out with helpful info on what other couples are thinking:

East Coast Brides with Late Aug/september weddings - anyone postponing yet?

Brides who waited it out

I’m supposed to be getting married first week in Sept in Rhode Island and I have a back up date for May that my venue put on hold for me. RI opened before other states so that’s a good sign for Aug which I think you would be in the last phase for large gatherings. I’m fine with cutting my list to 100 ppl but just not sure what the guidelines will be etc. masks, no dancing, no hugging, few ppl at each table.. all that can affect your decision as well. It sucks and we don’t deserve to not have our day that took months to plan. I’m also thinking of doing small ceremony this year and big party next year but starting a family could get in the way. Praying for the future!