It’s a new year! If you’ve already started planning your wedding, you already know that the prime dates are hard to come by and there some wedding dates to avoid! If you and your partner are open to a weekday or Sunday wedding or a winter wedding, you’ll find a whole lot more flexibility (and likely some significant savings to boot!).
While the prospect of greater flexibility and cost savings are great, you’ll definitely want to keep in mind that the given calendar year is full of long weekends, holidays, big city events and so forth. Perhaps your friends and family would be absolutely thrilled to celebrate your love on New Years Eve or St. Patrick’s Day, but maybe not; if the majority of your nearest and dearest are avid cottage goers, you might want to steer clear of any long weekends; and if your fiancé’s family is Jewish, you’ll definitely want to avoid saying “I Do” on a High Holiday.
While you won’t be able to accommodate everyone, the goal is to have the majority of your guest list in attendance, so you’ll definitely want to make sure you know your audience when considering a wedding date. Lucky for you, we’ve already done the heavy lifting! Below is a list of all the wedding dates to avoid (or not) in 2024 & 2025.
New Year’s Day: January 1, 2024 | January 1, 2025
Chinese New Year: January 29, 2025
Superbowl: February 11, 2024 | February 9, 2025
Chinese New Year: February 10, 2024
Valentine’s Day: February 14, 2024 | February 14, 2025
Family Day: February 19, 2023 | February 17, 2023
Mardi Gras: February 13, 2024
Additionally, Ramadan is an Islamic holiday that lasts a whole month beginning on February 28, 2025.
St. Patrick’s Day: March 17, 2024 | March 17, 2025
Palm Sunday : March 24, 2024
Good Friday: March 29, 2024
Easter Sunday: March 31, 2024
Mardi Gras: Mar 4, 2025
Eid-al-Fitr: Mar 30, 2025
Additionally, Ramadan is an Islamic holiday that lasts a whole month beginning on March 10, 2024.
April Fools Day: April 1, 2024 | April 1, 2025
Good Friday: Apr 18, 2025
Easter Sunday: Apr 20, 2025
Palm Sunday: Apr 13, 2025
Passover: April 22-30, 2024 | April 22-30, 2025
Ram Navami: April 17, 2024 | Apr 6, 2025
Eid-al-Fitr: April 9-10, 2024
Mother’s Day: May 12, 2024 | May 11, 2025
Victoria Day: May 20, 2024 | May 19, 2025
Father’s Day: June 16, 2024 | June 15, 2025
Eid-al-Adha: June 16-18, 2024 | June 6-7, 2025
Friday the 13th: June 13, 2025
Canada Day: July 1, 2024 | July 1, 2025
Civic Holiday: August 5, 2024 | August 4, 2025
Tisha B’Av: August 12-13, 2024 | August 2-3, 2025
Krishna Janmashtami: August 26, 2024 | August 15, 2025
Labour Day: September 2, 2024 | September 1, 2025
Friday the 13th: September 13, 2024
Rosh Hashanah: September 22-24, 2025
Rosh Hashanah: October 2-4, 2024
Yom Kippur: October 11-12, 2024 | October 1-2, 2025
Diwali: October 20, 2025
Thanksgiving: October, 14, 2024 | October, 13, 2025
Halloween: October 31, 2024 | October 31, 2025
Remembrance Day: November 11, 2024 | November 11, 2025
Diwali: November 1, 2024
Friday the 13th: December 13, 2024
Hanukkah: December 25-Jan 2, 2024-2025 | December 14-22, 2025
Christmas Eve: December 24, 2024 | December 24, 2025
Christmas: December 25, 2024 | December 25, 2025
Boxing Day: December 26, 2024 | December 26, 2025
Kwanzaa: December 26 to January 1, 2024-2025 | December 26 to January 1, 2025-2026
New Years Eve: December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2025
Did we miss any wedding dates to avoid? Let us know in the comments!
