New details are emerging about the goodies some guests received while attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding in New York City.
If an invite to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's New York wedding wasn't cool enough, guests can also flex what they brought home.
The Grammy-winning musician and Super Bowl champion held their extravagant yet private ceremony on July 3 at New York City's Madison Square Garden. After the biggest wedding of the year, new details are emerging about the goodies some guests received.
Women who attended the ceremony had the chance to play games to enter a raffle for a chance to win a Chanel or Dior saddle bag, USA TODAY can confirm. The prize for the men was a golf bag and the games included miniature golf, skee-ball and a football ring toss.
Country singer and Swift collaborator Maren Morris revealed on Instagram that they were given custom handkerchiefs embroidered with the T&T" crest, the date — July 3, 2026 — and "New York City" as well as the opening lyric from "Blank Space": "So it's gonna be forever…"
Guests at a rehearsal dinner were given a custom black box containing a diamond-adorned champagne flute, according to Page Six.
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood were at the arena when the superstar couple tied the knot, including Selena Gomez, Hugh Grant, Jason Sudeikis, Dakota Johnson, Nikki Glaser and Patrick Mahomes.
Two guests who spoke to NBC News said the night included performances by Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks, in addition to a raffle that featu
For days, details surrounding the wedding between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce remained hidden behind a veil of mystery. But now that the lovers’ matrimony has been officially confirmed by their camp, guests are opening up about the event.
Guests, including musicians, directors and more, have started to share their impressions of the nuptials on social media. Two people who were at the star-studded bash exclusively shared with NBC News details on how the extraordinary July 3 night at New York’s Madison Square Garden unfolded — and it certainly sounds as fantastical as many had predicted.
The entire wedding, the guests said, was a “pinch me moment.”
So far, not much about the ceremony has been publicly revealed by the couple themselves. The pair’s representatives said in a statement sent to NBC News that the nuptials were officiated by friend and comedian Adam Sandler. The pair also opted against a traditional wedding party, the statement said. Instead, the musician’s brother Austin Swift served as the “Man of Honor,” while Kelce’s sibling Jason Kelce served as best man.
According to the two who spoke to NBC News, guests first entered the venue and walked through a tunnel that featured photos of Swift and Kelce throughout the years, from childhood through their relationship together. Then, guests stepped into what was the couples’ “Secret Garden, the two people both said.
The ceremony itself, the two guests added, was particularly moving. According to the statement from the couple’s representative, Swift and Kelce wore looks that were created by fashion house Christian Dior Haute Couture. The two guests mentioned that both the bride and groom wore white.
Swift and Kelce personally wrote their own vows, the two guests said. Swift’s vows featured a bit of her singing. And the exchange between the couple elicited tears from those in the crowd, the two attendees said.
“You would think the bride would be the one crying more, but it was actually Travis that was more emotional,” one of the attendees said.
The magic didn’t stop there. The reception was one to remember, with performances from Paul McCartney and Stevie Nicks, the two guests said. While Swift did not perform at the wedding, she did so at the rehearsal dinner the night before with Kelce as the couple sang their favorite rock song together, the two attendees added.
The two guests also shared other details, raving about the food that was served that night, which was from the couple’s favorite New York City restaurants. One standout aspect of the wedding was the games that attendees were invited to play, the two guests said. Through the games, people could win tickets to be submitted into a raffle. The two people explained that raffle items — which included multiple designer bags — also featured a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, the storied car that the couple rode together on their first date. It’s unclear who ended up winning the prizes.
Famous attendees — which included Tom Hanks and Jennifer Lopez, according to the two guests — have begun to share snippets from the night to remember as well. Singer Fergie, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, actress-singer Selena Gomez and others have shared their “Tayvis” wedding day outfits.
Director Joseph Kahn, who socialized with fellow director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw, said he had a “wonderful time.”
“What I will say about the wedding was it was so much funnier and emotional than expected, and as big as it was, it also felt very intimate,” Kahn wrote in an Instagram post. “Wishing your beautiful family and future family endless happiness!”
In a July 4 post on X, country star Kelsea Ballerini described the event as “the most beautiful wedding,” adding that she is “still crying and dancing.”
Sportscaster Rich Eisen, who attended with his wife and fellow sportscaster Suzy Shuster, had high praise for the wedding as well.
“Storybook doesn’t do the expression of love we witnessed justice,” Eisen wrote in an Instagram post.
And actress Niecy Nash, who went to the nuptials with her wife, musician Jessica Betts, had one word to sum up the event of the year.
“Wowwwwwww‼️ is the best way to describe it,” Nash wrote on social media. “From beginning to end no detail was spared! Congrats!”
1000 people (approx) know what her dress looks like at this point. They've seen her hair and makeup and heard the song she walked down the aisle to. The greed.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tied the knot at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3.
Speak now or forever hold your peace: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married! The singer-songwriter and Kansas City Chiefs player tied the knot in a ceremony on July 3, 2026, at Madison Square Garden, Rolling Stone has confirmed.
The couple did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen. Instead, Swift’s brother Austin Swift served as her “Man of Honor” and Jason Kelce was Kelce’s Best Man. The ceremony was officiated by Adam Sandler.
Both Swift, 36, and Kelce wore a wedding looks designed by Jonathan Anderson for Christian Dior Haute Couture.
Unsurprisingly, the big spectacle was jam-packed with musicians, from Swift’s close collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner to her close friends in the music industry like Ed Sheeran, Selena Gomez, the Haim sisters, Sombr, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney, and Maren Morris.
Some of Swift’s closest friends were in attendance, including Abigail Andersen, Ashley Avignone, Gigi Hadid, Lena Dunham, and Zoë Kravitz. Karli Kloss attended with her husband Joshua Kushner, a surprise after rumors of a rift between her and Swift.
Beyond the music industry, Swift also made sure to invite celebrities she’s bonded with over the years, like Marisa Hargitay from Law & Order: SVU. Dakota Johnson, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Jessica Chastain added to the A-list hype. Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser, a longtime Swift fan, also scored an invite, as did The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon.
Of course, several athletes were on Kelce’s side of the aisle, including his Kansas City Chiefs teammates and head coach Andy Reid. Other NFL players, including LA Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, were also there. Kelce brought sports broadcasters to the party in Erin Andrews and Greg Olsen, who are also retired NFL players. Abby Wambach, who attended with wife Glennon Doyle, represented soccer, while NFL commissioner Roger Goodell joined the festivities.
Over the last few months, speculation swirled surrounding the location, guest list, and more. The New York Times reported that on Thursday, July 2 the couple would host “an intimate gathering of about 100 people” and the following day they would hold a larger event with “about 1,000 guests,” citing an “entertainment industry executive and another person with knowledge of the matter.”
Amtrak police officers in charge of Penn Station, which sits underneath MSG, confirmed to the publication that they were “told to expect a Swift wedding the weekend of July 4.” NYPD officers also told Variety they were “briefed about a potential influx of Taylor Swift fans, paparazzi and onlookers” surrounding the venue on July 3. The Times also reported that a permit was filed in the city for the streets surrounding the venue to be closed between July 2 to midday July 4, affecting traffic during the Fourth of July long weekend.
The pair, who met in 2023, announced their engagement last August via their social media accounts, where Swift quipped “your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
Swift revealed that she first took interest in the Kansas City Chiefs player when he “adorably” mentioned her on his podcast, New Heights. “I thought was metal as hell,” she told Time in a rare interview in 2023. “We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.”
In 2024, Kelce appeared onstage at Wembley Stadium during The Tortured Poets Department segment of the Eras Tour. For Swift’s part, she’s attended several of his games with the Chiefs, including the 2024 and 2025 Super Bowls (the Chiefs won in 2024).
Swift has described their romance as something straight out of a movie. “This kind of felt more like I was in an Eighties John Hughes movie, and he was standing outside of my window with boom box, just being like, ‘I want to date you,'” she said on New Heights while announcing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl. “This is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
“When I say it was so organic, we fell in love just based off the people we were sitting in a room together with. We are two fun-loving people who have the morals to appreciate everyone for who they are. We share all those values. It kind of just took the fuck off,” Kelce told GQ.
also unsurprising that Taylor and Travis are making guests check their phones and obviously it's a privacy consideration, but given how much Taylor has been driving home the message of late that people need to get the fuck offline, forcing everyone in attendance from a wide cross-section of backgrounds to be phone-free for an evening and actually tangibly experience the moment like they are is incredibly chic of them imo
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