August outdoor wedding in Phoenix.... Any suggestions to cool the outdoor area?

[ArizonaKevin]

I think that is the point everyone is trying to make here. Why would you want to make your weeding an unpleasant experience?

Totally get that, there's a difference between an unpleasant experience and having the wedding literally kill grandma, though.

There's a bunch of different factors that go into choosing a wedding date, especially in this post covid world where everyone is trying to book weddings that were delayed or cancelled. It may be a situation where the wedding happens in august or it doesn't happen until 2025, or they can get a date that they want but it will cost them double the $, or bride and groom may have plans to want to start their family soon so August it is.

At the end of the day, the wedding is about the union of the bride and groom, not about how great of a party your guests have. That's just a nice icing on the cake.

 

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[HNL2LHC]

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I just sent mine in too. Same reply….

We got married Aug 1st in Redlands and to this day my best man still gives me a bad time about the heat. I can’t imagine Phoenix

 

[white tortilla]

I went to a wedding in July in Phoenix a few years back, about 105 degree day. It was pretty rough. Was inside a small old Catholic church south of downtown. No air conditioning. I sweat straight through my suit along with everyone else. It was at 10am.

Everyone went home or back to hotel pools after. They did the big reception later that night at the AZ Grand Hotel.

 

[94Nautique]

My son is getting married and due to all the various constraints they are going for August 13th at 6pm in Phoenix. She wants an outdoor ceremony and the reception indoors. Her and her family are from Chicago and we wil have elderly people attending. Im born and raised in Phoenix so I know all about what August 13th can be like.

What can we do to cool the general area for the ceremony? We used large rolling swamp coolers in our fire stations but is there something less like a wind tunnel that can be used in the shade to cool?

Shoot down the sun. Not sure how anything else works. Remember, free advice is worth what you paid for it.

 

[lbhsbz]

The humidity in August is what will Literally be killing people.

People from Chicago like that sort of weather

 

[Marios Metalworks]

@kurtis500 are y’all in a venue or private residence?

 

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I attended a wedding that landed on the hottest day in Phoenix in 2016, topped out at 118. Not much you can do about it, keep the ceremony short, ensure there's a lot of water on hand for people, and offer the cooling towels as your wedding favor.

I think it's a little dramatic to say that people will be dropping like flies with heat exhaustion on their way to the ER. Was that wedding the most pleasant experience? No, but everyone survived.

What time was the wedding at?

 

[ArizonaKevin]

What time was the wedding at?

430PM

 

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430PM

Yikes!

 

[Sleek-Jet]

All kidding aside, if the OP's son can pull this off he'll be the hero of the day. I would say tents and large fans to keep the air moving (and a good PA so everybody can hear the ceremony). I'd actually hope hope for a mid-afternoon Tstorm to cool things off. Casual dress would help also, new shorts and a pressed camp shirt for the men, comfy lightweight dresses and sandals for the ladies. The only people that have to be dressed up are the bride and groom.

And keep it short.

Everyone should survive...

 

[hallett21]

I’ve done 105 in a three piece suit. 115 might be a little much.

If you have to do this outdoors…..

Keep the wedding party inside somewhere with the AC set on snowing. Keep any elderly in a similar room until right before the ceremony.

Everyone else is gonna suffer for the ceremony. Even a fast ceremony will have everyone sitting in the heat for 30-45mins.

Honestly sounds miserable lol

 

[Orange Juice]

Board shorts , tank tops, flip flops, official dress code.

I’m going with a small cooler of beer.

 

[FROGMAN524]

What makes me laugh is the fact that everyone in Phoenix is from Chicago or LA and when you ask them about why they moved here, it was either escaping the cold or cost of living. I can tell you cost of living difference is nill and the heat ain’t worth it half the year. Move it inside or move the date all together.

 

[460 2.0]

You should suggest the bride take everyone hiking as a part of the wedding festivities. Might as well give them the full az experience in augast.

Disclaimer…… I’m totally kidding, the boys don’t need another dummy on the mountain they have to pluck off.

 

[Deckin Around]

Ceremony inside, have an outside alter decorated for pictures that the bridal party can stand at after the real ceremony.

 

[bonesfab]

Just buy her a house and save the frustration of planning a wedding. The old joke. Why is the bride always smiling?? Because she doesn't have to suck dick no mo.

 

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