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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have a “whimsical” evening planned for friends and family when they reportedly tie the knot in New York City, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.
An insider says that the engaged couple have dreamt up a celebration inspired by fairytales, which have been a recurring theme in Swift’s music throughout the course of her career.
Reports emerged this week that Swift and Kelce, both 36, are having a grand castle and white staircase built as part of their wedding set inside of New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where the wedding is rumored to be taking place on Friday, July 3. Such an elaborate set would certainly fit in with a “whimsical” theme, in addition to tying into the castle imagery in Swift’s classic “Love Story” and “Blank Space” music videos.
As for the guests, the source shares that attendees still do not know exactly where the wedding is actually taking place, but have been instructed to be in New York City between July 2 and July 3 and that MSG will be used as a meeting place.
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Prospective guests have been drip-fed hints that the ceremony will be the “ultimate surprise” but have no firm details at this stage, per the insider.
Swift has yet to be seen in New York City this week, though her groom-to-be was photographed on a jog in the city on Tuesday, June 30, per DeuxMoi.
Several of the couple’s friends — including Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Suki Waterhouse — have also been spotted in the New York City area in the days leading up to the expected nuptials. Kelce’s longtime stylist, Danielle Salzedo, also confirmed her arrival in NYC on Wednesday, July 1.
While speculation is running rife that Swift and Kelce will tie the knot sometime over the holiday weekend, the couple themselves have remained tight-lipped about their wedding plans thus far.
Swift announced her engagement to the Kansas City Chiefs star in August 2025 with a photo of Kelce proposing on one knee and a sweet Instagram caption from the singer. (Kelce popped the question immediately after Swift recorded an episode of his “New Heights” podcast.)
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” she joked.
During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show in October 2025, Swift said that her fiancé “crushed” his proposal.
“He really crushed it in surprising me. While we were talking on his podcast, he had a complete garden built out the back of his house to propose in,” she recalled. “He went all out — 10 out of 10.”
In that same interview, Swift said that she planned to focus on wedding planning once the promotion cycle for her October 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl was finished. (The Life of a Showgirl sold more than 4 million albums in its first week of release, giving Swift a record-breaking 15th number-one album on the Billboard 200 chart.)
“I think the wedding is what happens after [my Life of a Showgirl promotional tour] in the scheme of the planning, but I’m so excited about it,” Swift teased. “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.”
